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Steven Hawking Loses Bet On Black Holes?

Posted by simoniker on from the most-upsetting dept.

st1d writes "Looks like Steven Hawking might have to pay up on an old bet regarding black holes - seems his idea about them destroying information wasn't quite living up to his expectations: 'The about-turn might cost Hawking, a physicist at the University of Cambridge, an encyclopaedia because of a bet he made in 1997. More importantly, it might solve one of the long-standing puzzles in modern physics.' He's due to make a formal announcement July 21."

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  1. Hawking for President!! by goldspider · · Score: 0, Troll

    In an election where our choices are a man who believes God is telling him how to run the country and a man who abandoned his fellow soldiers calls himself a war hero, we could gain a lot from a little integrity.

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  2. No such word as "maths" by galt2112 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Slightly off topic, but it drives me nuts when people shorten "mathematics" to "maths" (like in the article). It is not a plural that needs to retain the "s", not even in middle english: From Middle English mathematik, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathmatica, from Greek mathmatik (tekhn), mathematical (science), feminine of mathmatikos, mathematical. See mathematical.

  3. What we need is a cluster! by BigWhale · · Score: 0, Troll

    Imagine... a beowulf... of all this blackholes and all this information... Wheee.... ;)

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