November Entry - Real Science

[torstan]

Wave away

[Immolate]

I am positive I posted an update earlier but it doesn't seem to be here.

Updated narrative, black hole and a few other, minor adjustments.

I am no more willing to do away with Hawking than I am the SPS. I even gave him a guest appearance.

Thanks rdahenry and Ramah for weighing in. Your suggestions are always on point and helpful.

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[Gamerprinter]

I am positive I posted an update earlier but it doesn't seem to be here.

Maybe the black hole accreted your previous map post and would account from some more matter to enlarge it a bit.... heh!

GP

[ravells]

Beautiful design work, Imm! Love it!

[rdanhenry]

I'm sure there's a range of black holes between "blink and you miss it" and "stable over the long term" which would be relatively small, but hang around long enough for human beings to notice. You don't need a black hole that will be "sustainable" in astrophysical terms. Something that'll erode away in as short a time as a decade would still be significant event in our mayfly existence. Certainly, it could have less mass than the Earth and still be yanking stuff nearby into itself. As long as there's stuff falling in, that'll help balance energy radiated away (radiation strong enough to erode a black hole large enough to notice probably produces problems of its own).

[torstan]

Great work. I love the added text.

A couple of minor edits

nuclear physicist -> particle physicist
Atlas collider -> ATLAS detector
disipate -> dissipate.

Love the note about the tourists.

[wormspeaker]

The style is unusual for the material you are presenting, but I can't say I dislike it. I rather think that it's quite impressive.

[Steel General]

I like it, but everytime I look at it I see an LP Record for some reason.

[wormspeaker]

But wherever would we find a phonograph big enough?

[Immolate]

One of the hazards of mucking about with someone else's specialty is that you're going to screw up the lingo. One of the hazards of being me is that you're going to screw up the spelling

I should not have screwed up the detector vs. collider though. I should have thought that through. Ever watch that time-lapse movie of them putting Atlas together? Very cool. That sucker is enormous. If you had a vehicle that big, monster trucks would scream like little girls and wet themselves.

Thanks wormspeaker for the encouragement!

SG: that's because you are among the dozen people left that are old enough to remember LP's. Apparently so is wormspeaker. My kids think they are musical instruments used at dance clubs.