Stephen Hawking...

DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

I've just got one question for Hawking: He claims that small black-holes cannot exist indefinitely (the reason we can't find them) because they slowly leak matter into space. Since time virtually stands still at the event horizon of a black hole, how long will it take for them to leak this matter off?

He has some interesting ideas...some which contradict Einstein. (Einstein: God does not play dice. Hawking: Not only does God play dice, but he throws them where we can't see them.)

I favor Einstein...but Hawking does have some interesting ideas. I just can't download 33 megs at the moment.

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

Some of you may be into this...I am, and admire him greatly...

Brief History of Time

The Nature of Space and Time

Black Holes

:ft

RonOnGuitar · Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 1916

Back in the Jurassic Era when I was using a Radio Shack CoCo3 computer, I bought a speech pack that would plug into it. Sounded just like him. I would leave 'obscene' messages on some of my bud's answering machines using it, ".....this is Steven Hawking....what are you wearing?".

Hawking's always been a personal fave, an incredible mind and great wit trapped in that body. One of my first handles on the web was "EinHawk" as a personal in-joke homage to the 2 giants of physics.

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

DT....GREAT question!! I'll ponder that one for quite a while...

Hey...how's this??

Einstein: God does not play dice.

Hawking: Not only does God play dice, but he throws them where we can't see them.

Seismo: God not only rolls dice, he spins Roulette.

:hm

Ron...great phone gag...caller ID has pretty much killed all the good ones now, eh?

RonOnGuitar · Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 1916

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caller ID has pretty much killed all the good ones now

yeah, now you can only getty punny and pranky with people you know and who won't sue you.

I hate to think of kids today being deprived of the joy of calling a number and asking whoever answers the fon if their "refrigerator is running".

Someone got me good one time with "Hello, is this Mr. Pike?' - I sez "No" - guy on the other end sez "Sorry, I must have the wrong fish." hahahaha!!