Having read the sources cited in the article, I'm left wondering how they're extrapolating a bio-feedback mechanism regarding evolution from an adaptation/feature of how individual cells adapt to variable energy available to 'burn', based purely off a statistical analysis *shudder*.
I find this extremely unlikely, as gravity is a lot weaker than electromagnetic force. Also, what's this solid crust made out of? Iron? Copper? Some other *conductive* material? (In case you missed it: Just because it's solid to us doesn't mean that electrons can't travel through it)
Yes, but what's keeping the electrons trapped in this superconducting liquid? Surely the gravity isn't strong enough to overcome the momentum of electrons from propelling them into space.
If pulsars are comprised almost entirely of neutrons, then how could they hold on to their electrons which are needed for magnetism (for there is no magnetism without an electrical field, if Michael Faraday is to be believed)?
Since neutrons hold no electrical charge, they wouldn't possess an electron shield, which should tell us that neutron stars have no electricity, and therefore no magnetic sphere. Shall we all collectively go back to the drawing board, or did I (hopefully) miss something here?
So a war that's costing us $100 Billion per year (http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/10/news/economy/costofwar.fortune/index.htm) isn't having an impact on our economy whatsoever? Oh that's right, because we're not paying our soldiers salary, training, food, ammo, health-care, transportation to both fronts and back, etc.
Except for the black people only getting 3/8s of a vote. What about rich black people, eh? No dice there. However the rich should definitely get more of a say than the poor.
You're a good-for-nothing-waste-of-an-orgasm, btw.
How many domestic disturbances do the fabulously rich call in with in comparison to 'trailer trash'? Quantity over quality - it's the American way. The rich aren't getting anywhere near what they pay for when it comes to taxes. As a matter of fact the rich should be afforded more than one vote when it comes to local elections; after all they're the ones funding most of what the politicians take credit for.
Whoa now! Double taxes on the rich? Why on Earth would anyone go for that? Are the rich somehow given more police protection? Do they get better roads (without already bribing city officials)? No; so why should they pay more toward these enterprises than anybody else? They already pay more because they make more, anyway. We're all in this together. Let the poor carry their own weight once in a while.
Proletarians... always looking for that free hand-out.;)
Don't have mod points, but if I did I'd give you +1 brownie points....and while I'm dreaming, I wish I had millions upon millions of pre-inflation dollars.
As long as this camera has more force behind it (which as you pointed out is mass x velocity[/momentum]^2) then it'll escape a stronger gravitational well than a mere photon could hope to. Neutrinos are not required.
You know, you're right. I was mistakingly equivocating force and energy. My argument stands though that yes, something that had more kinetic energy than the sum of a photon's mass and velocity could indeed probe beyond the event horizon (as exists for light) of a black hole.
Feel free to dismiss this outright on anything less than its logical merits.:)
Well if they don't annihilate one another then black holes ought to be growing all the time. Thank god the universe is expanding, eh?
And if that isn't enough to keep the kids from wetting their pants, it's not as though virtual particles (not to mention Hawking Radiation) have ever been observed to begin with, and are most likely a prank that the scientific community is pulling on the general public. Much like string theory. And quantum mechanics. Hell, mistaking the model for reality (a la Relativity)! What a bunch of jokers. I wonder what they're *really* doing with all that grant money.
Whoops, I just remembered "A more precise, but still much simplified view of the process is that vacuum fluctuations cause a particle-antiparticle pair to appear close to the event horizon of a black hole. One of the pair falls into the black hole whilst the other escapes." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation) and forgot the next sentence which they made up on the spot to preserve their hypothesis which reads thusly: "In order to preserve total energy, the particle which fell into the black hole must have had a negative energy (with respect to an observer far away from the black hole). By this process the black hole loses mass, and to an outside observer it would appear that the black hole has just emitted a particle."
All sarcasm aside: why should only matter (as opposed to antimatter) escape the gravitational pull of black holes? One assumes that the chances of both escaping in equal quantities are equal, and that the matter gained versus matter lost due to antimatter attracted toward the center evens the whole thing out.
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Having read the sources cited in the article, I'm left wondering how they're extrapolating a bio-feedback mechanism regarding evolution from an adaptation/feature of how individual cells adapt to variable energy available to 'burn', based purely off a statistical analysis *shudder*.
What am I missing, people?
I find this extremely unlikely, as gravity is a lot weaker than electromagnetic force. Also, what's this solid crust made out of? Iron? Copper? Some other *conductive* material? (In case you missed it: Just because it's solid to us doesn't mean that electrons can't travel through it)
Yes, but what's keeping the electrons trapped in this superconducting liquid? Surely the gravity isn't strong enough to overcome the momentum of electrons from propelling them into space.
If pulsars are comprised almost entirely of neutrons, then how could they hold on to their electrons which are needed for magnetism (for there is no magnetism without an electrical field, if Michael Faraday is to be believed)?
Since neutrons hold no electrical charge, they wouldn't possess an electron shield, which should tell us that neutron stars have no electricity, and therefore no magnetic sphere. Shall we all collectively go back to the drawing board, or did I (hopefully) miss something here?
So a war that's costing us $100 Billion per year (http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/10/news/economy/costofwar.fortune/index.htm) isn't having an impact on our economy whatsoever? Oh that's right, because we're not paying our soldiers salary, training, food, ammo, health-care, transportation to both fronts and back, etc.
Correction: That's a false analogy.
So if you can't pay for (as an example) a heart transplant you should just die, right?
Until 'The Enemy' (tm) starts wearing reflective plastic armor, and then it's just back to plain old lead and black powder.
So I'm curious: Where would I submit a resumé to join a merry band of pirates?
What sort of ethical education classes/programs have we lost over the course of the years?
That's actually a great idea!
Except for the black people only getting 3/8s of a vote. What about rich black people, eh? No dice there. However the rich should definitely get more of a say than the poor.
You're a good-for-nothing-waste-of-an-orgasm, btw.
How many domestic disturbances do the fabulously rich call in with in comparison to 'trailer trash'? Quantity over quality - it's the American way. The rich aren't getting anywhere near what they pay for when it comes to taxes. As a matter of fact the rich should be afforded more than one vote when it comes to local elections; after all they're the ones funding most of what the politicians take credit for.
Whoa now! Double taxes on the rich? Why on Earth would anyone go for that? Are the rich somehow given more police protection? Do they get better roads (without already bribing city officials)? No; so why should they pay more toward these enterprises than anybody else? They already pay more because they make more, anyway. We're all in this together. Let the poor carry their own weight once in a while.
Proletarians... always looking for that free hand-out. ;)
Sorry, but you're wrong!
Don't have mod points, but if I did I'd give you +1 brownie points. ...and while I'm dreaming, I wish I had millions upon millions of pre-inflation dollars.
So now we're going to redefine 'phase transition' to mean the breaking of symmetry? Ach.
Where's the experimental data that this occurs in the vacuum of space?
Yes, many cosmological theories without any empirical backing. I'm sure the invisible pink unicorns are subject to phase transitions too.
My god man, I want what you're having.
Phase transition presupposes matter to be transitioned. As such, empty pockets of space cannot undergo phase transitioning.
I agree - that's a rookie mistake.
String Theorists are to scientists what Southern Baptists are to Christians. Enough said.
As long as this camera has more force behind it (which as you pointed out is mass x velocity[/momentum]^2) then it'll escape a stronger gravitational well than a mere photon could hope to. Neutrinos are not required.
You know, you're right. I was mistakingly equivocating force and energy. My argument stands though that yes, something that had more kinetic energy than the sum of a photon's mass and velocity could indeed probe beyond the event horizon (as exists for light) of a black hole.
Feel free to dismiss this outright on anything less than its logical merits. :)
Well if they don't annihilate one another then black holes ought to be growing all the time. Thank god the universe is expanding, eh?
And if that isn't enough to keep the kids from wetting their pants, it's not as though virtual particles (not to mention Hawking Radiation) have ever been observed to begin with, and are most likely a prank that the scientific community is pulling on the general public. Much like string theory. And quantum mechanics. Hell, mistaking the model for reality (a la Relativity)! What a bunch of jokers. I wonder what they're *really* doing with all that grant money.
Whoops, I just remembered "A more precise, but still much simplified view of the process is that vacuum fluctuations cause a particle-antiparticle pair to appear close to the event horizon of a black hole. One of the pair falls into the black hole whilst the other escapes." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation) and forgot the next sentence which they made up on the spot to preserve their hypothesis which reads thusly: "In order to preserve total energy, the particle which fell into the black hole must have had a negative energy (with respect to an observer far away from the black hole). By this process the black hole loses mass, and to an outside observer it would appear that the black hole has just emitted a particle."
All sarcasm aside: why should only matter (as opposed to antimatter) escape the gravitational pull of black holes? One assumes that the chances of both escaping in equal quantities are equal, and that the matter gained versus matter lost due to antimatter attracted toward the center evens the whole thing out.