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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / How do virtual particles evaporate black holes?

« on: 02/01/2011 15:51:55 »

I have heard of this being called a theory, yet a theory usually has some supporting evidence often obtained by experimentation. My gut feeling is that the science community is being nice to Mr Hawking due to his particular circumstances. I have no doubt that after his eventual demise this 'theory' will simply e lost.  How convenient to form a 'theory' that cannot be supported until after a googleplex of years has demised.

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 02/01/2011 15:42:15 »

Shank

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 01/09/2009 22:48:43 »

illiteri []te

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 10/08/2009 13:36:30 »

Telephone

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 03/08/2009 22:08:21 »

convergence

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / What did I see?

« on: 02/08/2009 23:37:22 »

It seems what I saw was jupiter temporarily brightened by the impact of a comet collision the day before it happened :=)

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / What did I see?

« on: 23/07/2009 23:20:17 »

Ok,
Thanks for the replies, Aircraft? probably not, the direction of this light was not a usual flight path. Since the light faded whilst the source was stationary (reference a nearby star) this also rules out a plane - though I have seen 'stationary' plane lights before. Iridium flare? no, I have seen many of these. I still think it may have been sunlight glinting from a geostationary - otherwise I'll go with the plane - 3rd maybe some Alien trying to find his home planet...

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / What did I see?

« on: 18/07/2009 16:50:03 »

About a week ago I awoke around 3:15 GMT (just before dawn) and noticed a very bright object around due south about 25 degrees above the horizon.  At first I thought it was Venus even though it was much brighter than I had ever seen the planet. After a few a few minutes I again peered out and was surprised to see the object had faded to about half it's previous brightness. Since it appeared stationary I wondered whether it was a super nova - but after a few more minutes I went back to sleep. It was not a dream as my wife also saw the object. Later in the day I checked the position of Venus and promptly discounted this as the cause. For the last few days this has perplexed me until I realised that the direction of the observation coincides with with geostationary TV satellite positions. The following night (to the annoyance of my wife) I set the alarm for the same time - you guessed it - no sign of anything near the location where seen.

Is it possible that I saw a direct reflection from the solar panels of a geo sat?  does anybody have any other possible explanations?

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New Theories / is the big bang correct?

« on: 17/07/2009 09:10:23 »

ahhhh... Iron and Oxygen, Earth's two most abundant elements -- Rust -- Hemaglobin!

Hemaglobin... the color of the glow of health and of the blush of embarrassment, the color of both the wondrous renewability of the womb and the shameful sin of war.  Hemaglobin, of all the proteins, the most symbolic of life!!

(And why do I feel underfoot around 2 struggling titans? -- or at least 1½ titans?)

Now dave, just lie back on the couch and tell me all about it.. 

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 17/07/2009 09:02:42 »

Phuck (as in the original medieval meaning)

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 07/07/2009 16:41:53 »

tungsten

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 20/06/2009 19:45:42 »

Eagle

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 16/06/2009 21:22:02 »

Agressor

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 15/06/2009 18:36:17 »

punch

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 14/06/2009 11:44:05 »

Bolt

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 07/06/2009 17:45:38 »

Money

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Effect of nuclear explosions in space?

« on: 07/06/2009 17:44:21 »

Here's another thought, a small diversion at an early enough phase would be enough to cause a miss, another way of cuasing a near miss would be a head-on high speed collision of a simple mass, slowing the target by even the tiniest amount would also effectively produce a miss. If the target was broken up early enough the debris field would probably widen to many times the earth's diameter and thus only a proportion (if any) would get through.

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 05/06/2009 15:08:55 »

Tosser

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 05/06/2009 13:31:45 »

Biomass

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Just Chat! / Re: Freudian Word Link

« on: 05/06/2009 13:08:39 »

serried