The use of tense in that article is confusing to me.
Yeah, it confused me too.
Maybe a physicist is using it as a paperweight. (OK, the black hole's container would actually be what holds papers to his desk.)
Willow: Happy hunting. Buffy: Wish me monsters.
'Beneath You'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2005 9:33:17 am PST #8345 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wolfram - Mar 17, 2005 9:35:58 am PST #8346 of 10002
Visilurking
Maybe he's using it as a bagless vacuum.
Aims - Mar 17, 2005 9:36:36 am PST #8347 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It's a Dyson!
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2005 9:37:44 am PST #8348 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Romulan ships use black holes for propulsion, right?
Did someone check this guy for pointy ears and a bowl haircut?
Laura - Mar 17, 2005 9:38:32 am PST #8349 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Physicists may have accidentally created a black hole in the lab
I would like this in my back yard if it slowed down time for me.
Poor Not!Dead!Dick. Rumors of his death may have been exaggerated. It could be that AP (or whoever) was just putting together their materials for when it does happen. It was before NYE that he had his stroke I thought. Last I heard he was slowly improving.
edit cause of spelling stuff
Gudanov - Mar 17, 2005 9:39:24 am PST #8350 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Is the plasma ball with the black hole in the middle (that is most likely of no threat to me) still in existence, or did it die its 1/10 million million billionth of a second death like all the other plasma balls with no balck hole?
A teeny black hole like that wouldn't last very long. So it probably didn't much outlast the plasma ball.
JenP - Mar 17, 2005 9:39:40 am PST #8351 of 10002
What a great excuse. "My journal article? Yeah, no. It got sucked into the black hole on my desk. Again."
msbelle - Mar 17, 2005 9:40:28 am PST #8352 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
feminine can be tough.
Grrr.
JenP - Mar 17, 2005 9:40:49 am PST #8353 of 10002
Thanks, Gud. My reason told me that was probably the case, but the confirmation is kind of comforting.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 17, 2005 9:45:49 am PST #8354 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Um, it's not thought to pose a threat? Counldn't they have said, "it absolutely positively has 0 percent chance of sucking life the universe and everything into its hungry black maw, we promise"? Somehow I'm not feeling comforted.
Since the scientists aren't able to make mass out of nothing, I imagine it's a pretty wee black hole. And since it was suspended in their accelerator along with all the other charged particles, probably not much of a threat for getting loose, growing, and becoming a danger.