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The Universe May Be Shaped Like a Doughnut
NewbieV writes "The NY Times (reg., etc.) is reporting that data from the Wilkinson
Microwave Anisotropy Probe may suggest that the universe might be shaped like a doughnut or a cylinder: it might be possible, like in the old video game Spacewar, to drift off one 'side' of the Universe and reappear on the other."
...the Cop of the Universe?
damn stephen hawking!
(ps. - third?)
Is that the universe is donut shaped.
I am a science fantasy fan
homer was right!
moo
Mmmm... Universe... (knew someone would do this, thought I'd try to get in first)
The Krispy Kreme Endowment for Excellence in Cosmology.
2 dimensional universes are shaped like donuts. 3 dimensional ones like ours are shaped like hyperspheres.
I guess they forgot to carry the 1.
I have been pwned because my
Those of us who have played games like Space Wars, Asteroids and Star Castle were already well aware of the toroidal truth.
....cosmic size donut with solar sprinkles.
/me drools
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That is kinda vague. What kind of donut, as we all know the jelly filled ones take on a different shape than a fritter.
At BASF, we don't make the Universe, we make it, more doughnut like.
"I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin"
But then what the hell is the jelly?
"I only speak the truth"
Karma: null(Mostly affected by an unassigned variable)
Voyager could also become the first device of our civilization to sail around the entire universe?
if (particle->position.x < LEFT_LIMIT)
particle->position.x += RIGHT_LIMIT - LEFT_LIMIT;
else if (particle->position.x >= RIGHT_LIMIT)
particle->position.x -= RIGHT_LIMIT - LEFT_LIMIT;
Space is a toroid with finite size? Augh, I must be trapped in a static warp bubble! CleverNickName, this is all your fault!
It was discovered that the internet is shaped like a pringle.
I think the Flintstone's house is it's own tightly bounded universe with high curvature... notice when they run in a straight line, they nevertheless keep passing the same circular window and pelican ash tray? Perhaps they have floating bubble universes they get trapped in from time to time.
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
On learning of this news Ford Motor Company immediately sent the universe a "cease and desist" letter, claiming violation of their trademark "Taurus."
While someone was trying to explain to a Ford executive that "Taurus" was a different word, and only applied to to an abstract portion of space, not the universe, and the word "Torus" refered to a donut shaped object, said executive got a blank look in his eye, muttered the words, "Hmmmmmmmmmmm, Donut," and wandered off.
KFG
I wonder what color our sprinkles are.
paintball
In an infinite volume, he pointed out, anything that can happen will happen.
"Somewhere there are two guys having this same conversation," Dr. Starkman said in a telephone interview, "except that one of them has a purple phone."
Whoa!
And that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped.
;-)
Someone had to say it.
Then in theory, we'd be able to see the same part of space from two vantage points
SETI: "We found a signal! Yipeee! Wait, Is that a Toyota commercial? Damn! It is just us."
Table-ized A.I.
Mmmm, universes...
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
Donuts. Is there anything they cant do?
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
It is true...
Hawking: Your theory of a donut-shaped universe is
intriguing, Homer. I may have to steal it.
Homer: Wow, I can't believe someone I never heard of is
hanging out with a guy like me.
Moe: All right, it's closing time. Who's paying the tab?
Homer: [imitating Hawking's voice box] I am.
Hawking: I didn't say that.
Homer: [still imitating] Yes I did.
[the glove comes out again, bopping Homer in the
face]
[still imitating] D'oh.
Script from the episode
10 print "Oh no, Homer was right!"
20 print "Mmm... Universe."
30 goto 10
or, better yet....
for (i=0; i < 1; i--)
cout << "Oh now, Homer was right!\"\n"Hmm... Universe\"\n
Except that it doesn't really look like that. A sphere of matter inside the horizon collapses to a singularity -- but that doesn't mean that it looks like it is in an expanding universe, anymore than someone sitting on a deflating beach ball would think he's in an expanding universe.
Also see the FAQ.
That would make the metaverse like a bowl of Spaghetti-Os, wouldn't it?
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
"Actually, it's shaped like a burrito"
Greenshift: when something is standing still at high relativistic velocity.
Messages to/for me ( in me journal )
I just knew the old video games had to be right !
Now all we can do is wait until pacman passes and eats the earth ?
Learn about pinball machines on www.flippers.be
I Will Not Hang Donuts On My Person
I Will Not Hang Donuts On My Person
I Will Not Hang Donuts On My Person
I Will Not Hang
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.