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08-24-2007, 01:18 AM
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Massive Hole In The Universe
Found this on physorg.
From TFA:
" University of Minnesota astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies and gas, as well as the mysterious, unseen “dark matter.” While earlier studies have shown holes, or voids, in the large-scale structure of the Universe, this new discovery dwarfs them all."
Wow.
A giant hole found in the universe.
I wonder when they'll release the patch.
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08-24-2007, 02:02 AM
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Universe version 1.56301
For report on fixes made read the update_info txt file that came with download.
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08-24-2007, 02:06 AM
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Hahaha - it's actually not a hole - it's the place where Slartiblarpfast and his crew of engineers are building custom planets. From our side it looks like a black void, because you can only actually see it from the other side - you know, where you enter with the service trolley?
But that is pretty fascinating. I like the sound of 'dark energy'.
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08-24-2007, 02:11 AM
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Yes I will use it for my dark energy fusion reactor!!!
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08-24-2007, 03:16 AM
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I was wondering where the all the flies were coming in from.
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08-24-2007, 05:12 AM
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Great now the universe broke it's hymen.
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08-24-2007, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Splintered
"University of Minnesota astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe...."
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So it is a female.
I knew it.
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08-26-2007, 11:04 AM
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That's interesting. *clutches towel*
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08-26-2007, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
I was wondering where the all the flies were coming in from.
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That would be because you smell like shit.
[Is immature].
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08-26-2007, 05:46 PM
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Wow. I love astrology. How interesting. You would figure someone who loves astrology would know a thing or two about science but I dont. But anyways, thanks for sharing.
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08-26-2007, 05:52 PM
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[cue assinine joke about asses]
Seems I've done my part.
Out of mild curiousity... has there every really been a progression on the study of these things? Hmm. Article hunt time.
Black hole this, dark matter that... what ever happened to that one small-scale experiment with dark matter (I think it was)?
Kirby...
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08-26-2007, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by soveryfragile
Wow. I love astrology.
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You're kidding, right?
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08-26-2007, 06:35 PM
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This is obviously in accordance with the Aztec calendar and the position of the Orion constellation. What is its relative position to Venus? This calls for a ritualistic bash.
All right, that's not exactly astrology, but it's a bit more entertaining. I personally haven't been to a ritualistic bash in quite some time.
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You would figure someone who loves astrology would know a thing or two about science but I dont.
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Clever use of irony... right? Right?
Forums are weird... talking to strangers is weird.
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08-26-2007, 09:07 PM
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Well this could ruin a few theories on the Universe. For one some scientists envisioned that eventualy there would be a big crunch when the universe could expand no more and eventualy everything just comes crashing back together again untill the next big boom. This apparently proves the universe will expand without limit.
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08-26-2007, 09:12 PM
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Most scientists have dismissed the theory of the Big Crunch. The universe has shown to be not only expanding as you said, but accelerating also.
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08-26-2007, 09:48 PM
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We better hurry up and develop technology to visit other galaxies quick before all the galaxies get too far away from each other then.
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"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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08-26-2007, 10:03 PM
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If we ever travel to different galaxies it wont be by conventional means as faster then light travel(and even light travel(even though traveling at the speed of light will still take us ages to get anywhere) is practically been proved impossible. We will be using stuff such as quantum tunneling which distance from 2 objects in the same universe is meaningless.
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08-26-2007, 10:10 PM
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Actualy there have been several theories that could allow faster than light travel.
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"The chaos of the world viewed from a distance reveals perfection."- me
"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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08-26-2007, 10:17 PM
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The only thing so far to break the speed of light is light itself.
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08-26-2007, 10:32 PM
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something just to add
One of the reasons that prevent any object with a mass going at or faster than the speed of light is that the mass is not constant - it increases with velocity and it goes to infinity at the speed of light. So that eventually you need infinite amounts of energy to accelerate infinite mass past the speed of light mark! (and as far as I know we have yet to find an infinite source of energy :-)
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08-27-2007, 10:19 AM
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Yeah, thats where all the real aliens are hiding, blocking our attempts to uncover their existence.
Sorta like when that friend of friend you don't care for buzzes yer flat at 2 in the morning after the club lets out and everyone quiets down so they think your not having a party - yeah, Earth is that friend.
'Shhh - turn off the lights, they won't know we are here!'
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08-28-2007, 07:00 AM
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Here is where I got some of my info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster_than_light
Please look at options B,C,F
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"The chaos of the world viewed from a distance reveals perfection."- me
"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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08-28-2007, 12:32 PM
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Yes but apart from wikipedia being a unreliable source all those theories back up what I was saying. None of them are conventional traveling eg warp holes and quantum tunneling which isn't going faster then the speed of light its just finding a shortcut in space and therefore doesn't depend on the distance our galaxy is from others.
Oh and I also think you will find that option b explains how only light can go faster then light
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08-28-2007, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by dark_dragon_of_ice
Universe version 1.56301
For report on fixes made read the update_info txt file that came with download.
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patches always fuck my things up...
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08-29-2007, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by CptSternn
Yeah, thats where all the real aliens are hiding, blocking our attempts to uncover their existence.
Sorta like when that friend of friend you don't care for buzzes yer flat at 2 in the morning after the club lets out and everyone quiets down so they think your not having a party - yeah, Earth is that friend.
'Shhh - turn off the lights, they won't know we are here!'
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Hilarious Captain, simply hilarious.
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