Black Holes No More -- Introducing the Gravastar 670
Mark Eymer observes: "From the Space.com article: 'Emil Mottola of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Pawel Mazur of the University of South Carolina suggest that instead of a star collapsing into a pinpoint of space with virtually infinite gravity, its matter is transformed into a spherical void surrounded by "an extremely durable form of matter never before experienced on Earth."' While these objects may abound in the universe, they also say that our entire universe may reside within a giant gravastar." This new theory attempts to fill holes in the currently accepted concept of the "black hole".
ah.... (Score:5, Funny)
Durable Material (Score:4, Funny)
But can they make a new non-stick pan surface out of it?
dig a hole, fill a hole (Score:1, Funny)
Is that the first step of filling up the black holes themselves?
All well and good but (Score:4, Funny)
it's true (Score:3, Funny)
Come on guys! (Score:3, Funny)
I can't help myself (Score:4, Funny)
Ha Ha Ha! Your puny theory will never escape from the irresistible gravitic pull of this horrible pun...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Warning (Score:2, Funny)
Stoner philosophy (Score:3, Funny)
"Dude... what if, like... our whole universe... is just one tiny atom... in the toenail of some giant dude?"
"Woah, dude."
Reminds me of Animal House (Score:4, Funny)
"So what you are saying is that an atom inside our fingernail..."
"That atom could contain a teeny, tiny universe."
"Woah!.................Can you sell me some pot?"
Re:ah.... (Score:4, Funny)
Which would mean the universe is already *in*
Re:Durable Material (Score:3, Funny)
Misplacing things... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It's turtles all the way down! (Score:3, Funny)
Feinman talks with an old lady who won't listen to anything he says, she is convinced that the earth really rests on the back of a giant turtle. When he asks what that rests on, she replies something like "Buddy, it's turtles all the way down."
-Tyler
tjw19@columbia.edu
Re:Stoner philosophy (Score:5, Funny)
"Woah, dude."
Man, you should write scripts for the Matrix!
Oh great! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:where is the peer review? (Score:3, Funny)
Inflations a bitch, ain't it?
Seven colors to choose from (Score:5, Funny)
Isle 3, womens's underwear. 5 for $2.00 - durable, breathable, washable, wearable.
Re:So the real question is.... (Score:3, Funny)
ob. futurama quote. (Score:4, Funny)
one pound of which weighs over TEN THOUSAND pounds!
Re:ah.... (Score:5, Funny)
Actually I believe we're in
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In the beginning, God created the universe, and saw that it was good. And God created Man, and Man developed Windows 3.1. Angered, God sent a UDP packet flood filled with His wrath to destroy the sins of man.
Time went on, and once again mankind became wicked and corrupt. Arrogantly, a tower was built of such size and breadth that it was said that it would reach the Gates of heaven, and it was named the tower of Win32. God punished the wickedness of man by releasing a plague of worms o'er the land, and caused the tribes of men to be unable to interoperate. The tribe of Noob called their language Me98. The tribe of Sadmin called their language Entie2000, or Ekspee in certain regions.
And time went on in that manner for some time. But yet again, mankind became frought with sin, and God sent a savior, whom he named Linus. But the descendents of the tribe of Redmond had Linus berated under the rule of Pontius PHB.
And God spake, "fsck this", and made Linux the True System of the Universe. And he didst pipe all sinners into /dev/null, and he didst give those of kind spirit very high "nice" priorities.
We must look to the day when all zombie processes will rise from their slumber, and the monitors will go black, and the high-bandwidth pipes will run red as blood, and all directories in /home will be judged as fit, or...
DELETED!
Re:So the real question is.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:ah.... (Score:2, Funny)
Which would mean the universe is already *in*
Hmm, I wonder if a case-mod using a klein-bottle would work.
Re:It's turtles all the way down! (Score:5, Funny)
The last thing that gets sucked into the gravastar is the gravastar itself, which results in the formation of what scientists call a kleinstar, a four-dimensional construct where the inside is the outside (and vice versa). This neatly avoids any issues arising from the concept of having the universe contained within something that is itself within the universe, by moving the whole discussion into the realm of mathematical topology -- which nobody understands, but which we're all too embarassed to admit.
Remember to stock up on Klein bottles [kleinbottle.com] now, so you'll have something to drink out of once the kleinstar forms. ;-)
Re:ah.... (Score:3, Funny)
Does this mean that Darl is claiming rights over the universe? (No surprise there.)
Re:Infinite Recursion (Score:5, Funny)
When I try to think of time having already existed forever, then, I start to think about how some random configuration of particles that looked exactly like me has randomly been in this same spot, doing the same things I am doing...
WORSE, that this thing that looks and sounds like me and has the same name, has already done some of the things I've been meaning to do, and then I don't feel like doing them, cause A, I already did them, and B, I'll just have to do them again.
At which point the only thing I care to think about is the infinite other versions of me that have existed through time, sitting on a Lazy Boy recliner watching Cartoon Network all day, and give him a double thumbs up. Cause, in the end, that's what it's really all about. And that would be the clincher folks, undeniable proof that I am right.
Just goes to show ... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Previous references (Score:3, Funny)
Newton Ate Mercury (Score:5, Funny)
Newton did go crazy, from (among other alchemical things) the mercury he ingested.
-kgj
Re:Gravastar (Score:4, Funny)
Gravastar. What is that all about? Is it good or is it whack?
It's a minivan. You've been skipping over the commercials again, haven't you?
Re:Previous references (Score:2, Funny)
"My God! It's full of dupes! My God! It's full of dupes! My God! It's full of dupes! My G...."
Re:Seven colors to choose from (Score:3, Funny)
Golfer #1..."Ever since my wife found them in the glove box of my Mercedes..."
Actually discovered in 1983 I think... (Score:3, Funny)
I am Gravastar! I hunger! Run, Coward!
Run! Run! Run!
Re:Infinite Recursion (Score:1, Funny)
Don't worry about it... Soon, a random collection of particles in India will be doing the same things you are now doing.
I live! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Ahh human hubris as usual (Score:2, Funny)
Given:
1. God exists
2. God is high order infinite(Gamma) {knowledge space time}
3. The Afterlife is low order infite(Beta) {time future}
4. God will extrude into the afterlife
5. God will participate with those in the afterlife
Assumption:
1. Based on my beliefs I will also be in the afterlife.
BR Looks like just one Assumption...Of course you could put all the givens as also assumptions, but
The bet is off (Score:4, Funny)
(if you don't get it, move along. There is something to "get" and your mod points are needed elsewhere. Thank you.)
I'm waiting for them to discover the Sinistar (Score:1, Funny)
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I was wondering what is this
However, when I tried to view it again all I got was gibberish. Please tell me how to view the complete works of Shakespeare through
Re:ah.... (Score:4, Funny)
This thread might also explain the popularity of mind-altering drugs among amature theoretical physicists.
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Re:ah.... (Score:1, Funny)
If you had a Mac, you could download it from iMonkeys.
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Re:ah.... (Score:3, Funny)
Man, lacking a TCP/IP stack in his creation, missed out on this experience entirely. God, receiving no response from his fierce, packety wrath, believed he had won, then abandoned the Earth and spent the rest of eternity darning socks.
Re:ah.... (Score:3, Funny)
...but Gretzky grabs the rebound...
He shoots...
He scores!!!!!
Re:Newton Ate Mercury (Score:3, Funny)
Besides, if Newton ate Mercury Einstein would not have had to publish his theory of General Relativity to explain the discrepancy that Newton's theory of Gravity predicts for Mercury's orbit and Mercury's real orbit!