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.

What a great excuse. "My journal article? Yeah, no. It got sucked into the black hole on my desk. Again."

feminine can be tough.

Grrr.

Thanks, Gud. My reason told me that was probably the case, but the confirmation is kind of comforting.

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.

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.

There is a Dead!Dick today, but it was Dick Radatz, once a relief pitcher for the Red Sox whose nickname was "The Monster."

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.

At least not until Congress cuts their funding.

I imagine it's a pretty wee black hole.

Can we taunt it?

That would be tacky.

sara, No. It's tacky.

eta: Curse you, wee Matt!