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Jung vf n oebnqpnfg synt?
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hanhgubevmrq erqvfgevohgvba. Vg qbrf abg qvfgbeg gur ivrjrq cvpgher va nal jnl. Vzcyrzragngvba bs guvf oebnqpnfg synt jvyy crezvg qvtvgny GI fgngvbaf
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pbafhzre?f novyvgl gb znxr crefbany pbcvrf.
Ner qvtvgny GI cebtenzf nal qvssrerag sebz jung V frr ba zl GI abj?
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arj qvtvgny gryrivfvba frgf jvyy cebivqr n zhpu uvture dhnyvgl bs cvpgher naq fbhaq gb pbafhzref.
Jung vf gur OCQT?
Gur Oebnqpnfg Cebgrpgvba Qvfphffvba Tebhc vf n jbexvat tebhc pbzcevfrq bs n ynetr ahzore bs pbagrag cebivqref, gryrivfvba oebnqpnfgref,
pbafhzre ryrpgebavpf znahsnpgheref, Vasbezngvba Grpuabybtl pbzcnavrf, vagrerfgrq vaqvivqhnyf naq pbafhzre npgvivfgf. Gur tebhc jnf sbezrq
fcrpvsvpnyyl sbe gur checbfr bs rinyhngvat gur fhvgnovyvgl bs gur oebnqpnfg synt sbe cebgrpgvat QGI pbagrag naq gb qrgrezvar jurgure gurer jnf
fhofgnagvny fhccbeg sbe gur synt. Gur tebhc pbzcyrgrq vgf zvffvba jvgu gur eryrnfr bs gur OCQT Ercbeg.
Jub perngrq gur oebnqpnfg synt?"
Gur Oebnqpnfg Synt jnf perngrq ol gur Nqinaprq Gryrivfvba Flfgrzf Pbzzvggrr (NGFP), juvpu vf gur fgnaqneqf-frggvat betnavmngvba gung
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No. It's just that MS bashing is fun for lusers. I'm in a certain IRC channel, and people come in and bash MS. We version them. About 95% of the time, they're running mIRC:
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It is now official - Slashdot has confirmed: *BSD is alive and thriving
Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered AC crowd when Slashdot reported that FreeBSD has released a new version. This comes right on the heels of freeBSD going home, when Wind River and FreeBSD Mall Inc. published a joint press-release today announcing the sale of Wind River's FreeBSD assets to Bob Bruce, founder of Walnut Creek CDROM--the company that in 1993 first published FreeBSD. This was the company that almost a decade ago declared to the world that *BSD is alive and thriving!
The FreeBSD Mall web site has been redesigned, with many new products, including FreeBSD CDs, books, polo shirts, microfiber jackets, boxer shorts, bumper stickers, lapel pins, several different styles of t-shirts, mouse pads, travel mugs, buttons, sticker sheets, plate logos, denim shirts, CD cases, and paid support options.
FreeBSD and its close relatives NetBSD and OpenBSD all are open-source projects, meaning that anyone can see, change and distribute the underlying source code.
With the main FreeBSD distribution back in the hands of the record holding Free Software distributor Bob Bruce, trolls posting that *BSD is dead had better keep the "anonymous" in "anonymous coward."
Tvu U.S. sceeentists hefe-a qooesshuned zee ixeestence-a ooff bleck hules und sooggested, in zeeur plece-a, zee ixeestence-a ooff un ixuteec boobble-a ooff sooperdense-a metter, un oobject ze
ey cell a grefester. Zee tvu ere-a pueenting oooot thet physeecists hefe-a svept sume-a "hoomeelieting" prublems veet bleck hules under zee cerpet. By cunffrunteeng zeese-a prublems, zeey cle
eem tu hefe-a fuoond un elterneteefe-a fete-a fur a cullepseeng ster.
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Imeel Muttula ooff zee Lus Elemus Neshunel Leburetury in Noo Mexeecu und Pevel Mezoor ooff zee Uneefersity ooff Suoot Ceruleena in Culoombeea theenk grefesters ere-a culd, dense-a shells soop
purted by a spreengy, veurd spece-a inseede-a. Zeey'd luuk leeke-a bleck hules, leet oonly by zee metereeel reeening doon oontu zeem frum ooootseede-a. In fect, zeey seem tu feet ell zee oobs
Su fer, hooefer, physeecists hefe-a meexed feeleengs ebuoot zee idea ooff grefesters. Zeeur ferdeects runge-a frum "ooootstundeengly breelliunt" tu "unleekely." Vhet's certeeen is thet grefes
ters veell rekeendle-a a greet debete-a ooff zee ierly 20t centoory: ere-a bleck hules fect oor funtesy?
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Zee idea ooff bleck hules detes beck tu zee Furst Vurld Ver, vhee Germun estrunumer Kerl Schverzscheeld sulfed zee iqooeshuns ooff Ieenstein's nooburn zeeury ooff grefeety vheele-a serfeeng o
on zee Roosseeun frunt. He-a shooed thet spece-a-teeme-a eruoond uny messeefe-a ster vuoold be-a coorfed. Sqooeeze-a a lerge-a inuoogh ster intu a teeny inuoogh spece-a und its denseety vuool
d becume-a inffeenite-a und zee coorfetoore-a ooff spece-a-teeme-a vuoold spurel oooot ooff cuntrul. Zee grefeety neer oone-a ooff zeese-a oobjects vuoold be-a su strung thet nutheeng -- nut
ifee phutuns -- cuoold iscepe-a its gresp.
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Ieenstein shered zee feeoo ooff must physeecists ooff thet teeme-a thet sooch oobjects, leter doobbed bleck hules, vere-a tuu ooootregeuoos tu ixeest. He-a ergooed thet it ves ell ecedemeec u
nyvey, seence-a sters nefer shreenk thees smell. Boot sceeentists gredooelly beceme-a cunfeenced thet zeey du. Iff a ster is fery messeefe-a, it veell blest epert in a soopernufa ixpluseeun e
t zee ind ooff its leeffe-a; und iff a cure-a tveece-a es heefy es zee Soon remeeens, nu knoon furce-a cun prefent grefeety sqooeezeeng it tu a pueent.
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Zee resoolt is a "seengoolerity" veet inffeenite-a denseety, vhere-a zee knoon levs ooff physeecs breek doon. Zee seengoolerity's grefeety vuoold be-a su pooerffool it vuoold be-a clueked in
un "ifent hureezun", a buoondery beyund vheech metter oor leeght cuooldn't iscepe-a.
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Zee dremeteec idea ooff a bleck hule-a, vheech vuoold reep tu shreds unyune-a cooght inseede-a it, fured zee imegeeneshuns ooff sceeentists, erteests und vreeters eleeke-a. Boot nu oone-a hes
ifer ruuted zee drema in fect.
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"Su fer, zeere-a is nu durect oobserfeshunel ifeedence-a tu shoo thet uny ooff zee theengs estrunumers cell bleck hules hefe-a ifent hureezuns oor centrel seengoolerities," seys Neeel Curnees
h, un estruphyseecist et zee Uneefersity ooff Muntuna in Buzemun.
a hut sters, ges und doost spureleeng tooerd zeem imeet breeght X-reys. Boot thet duesn't meun zeere's a ceteclysmeec bleck hule-a in zee feecinity; it cuoold seemply be-a a fery messeefe-a o
Zeere-a ere-a inuoogh prublems in bleck-hule-a zeeury itselff tu meke-a zeeur ixeestence-a seem implooseeble-a tu sey zee leest. Zeese-a prublems stem frum zee fect thet oooor Uneeferse-a is
ectooelly fery deefffferent frum zee oone-a thet Schverzscheeld cunseedered. Iff ve're-a tu prudooce-a a pruper descreepshun ooff zee Uneeferse-a ve-a leefe-a in, Ieenstein's clesseecel zeeur
eees need tu be-a meshed tugezeer veet vhet ve-a knoo ebuoot zee qoountoom levs guferneeng zee behefeeur ooff foondementel perteecles und feeelds.
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Mezoor und Muttula hefe-a beee theenking ebuoot qoountoom grefeety fur neerly a decede-a. Zeey begun by ixemeening zee netoore-a ooff "qoountoom flooctooeshuns" in spece-a, teeme-a und ifee i
n inergy feeelds. Impty spece-a, fur ixemple-a, is nefer reelly impty.
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Oon zee teeniest sceles, leettle-a perteecles ere-a puppeeng in und oooot ooff ixeestence-a ell zee teeme-a, creeteeng a seetheeng, flooctooeteeng flooeed. "Leeke-a a feesh in a celm pund, vh
Und zeey hefe-a fuoond thet qoountoom flooctooeshuns in zee ilectrumegneteec feeelds thet descreebe-a teeny theengs leeke-a phutuns cun infflooence-a grefeeteshunel phenumena oon zee lerge-a
scele-a-sooch es bleck hules. Su, zeey reesuned, vhee ierly bleck hule-a zeeureests ignured qoountoom iffffects zeey vere-a creeteeng un unreel spece-a-teeme-a.
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Thees tredeeshunel eppruech tu bleck hules hes prudooced strunge-a unumeleees unyvey, und zeese-a hefe-a remeeened unresulfed, Mezoor und Muttula cleeem. Zeere-a ere-a prublems, fur instunce-
a, veet a bleck hule's intrupy -- a meesoore-a ooff zee emuoont ooff inffurmeshun it hulds. Un oobject thet cunteeens muny pusseeble-a stetes hes heegh intrupy, in zee seme-a vey thet a cumpo
oter veet mure-a beets ooff memury cun sture-a mure-a inffurmeshun.
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Vhee a ster furms a bleck hule-a, ell zee uneeqooe-a inffurmeshun ebuoot zee ster -- its chemeecel cumpuseeshun, fur instunce-a -- eppeers tu be-a sqooeshed oooot ooff ixeestence-a. Yet coorr
ent zeeury sooggests bleck hules hefe-a inurmuoos intrupy -- a beelliun, beelliun teemes thet ooff zee ster thet furmed zeem. Nu oone-a cun fethum vhere-a ell thees ixtra intrupy cumes frum o
or vhere-a it reseedes. "Vhere-a ere-a ell zeese-a zeelliuns ooff stetes heeding in a bleck hule-a?" seys Muttula. "It is qooeete-a leeterelly incumprehenseeble-a."
Unuzeer seemeengly impusseeble-a feetoore-a is thet phutuns felleeng intu a bleck hule-a vuoold geeen un inffeenite-a emuoont ooff inergy by zee teeme-a zeey reech zee ifent hureezun. Bo
ot zee grefeeteshunel iffffects ooff thees inurmuoos inergy ere-a ignured in zee clesseecel zeeury. Muttula seys zeese-a prublems hefe-a furced physeecists tu dreem up fer-fetched ixcooses. Z
Muttula duesn't booy zeese-a "isutereec essoompshuns" und cuncloodes thet bleck hules ere-a a beg ooff cuntredeecshuns thet dun't meke-a a guud cese-a fur zeeur oovn ixeestence-a et ell.
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Boot is zeere-a un elterneteefe-a? Cuoold it be-a thet vhee a ster cullepses, sumetheeng heppens tu prefent a bleck hule-a furmeeng? Mezoor und Muttula theenk su. Zeey hefe-a shoon thet qooun
toom iffffects cun meke-a spece-a-teeme-a chunge-a intu a noo und cooreeuoos stete-a thet vuoold leed tu zee furmeshun ooff a strunge-a noo oobject.
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Thet chunge-a is a phese-a trunseeshun, leeke-a leeqooid veter toorneeng intu a suleed bluck ooff ice-a. Zeey beleeefe-a thet in zee ixtreme-a cundeeshuns ooff a cullepseeng ster, spece-a-tee
me-a undergues a qoountoom ferseeun ooff a phese-a trunseeshun. Zee phenumenun is nutheeng noo. Zee Nubel Preeze-a fur Physeecs in 2001 ves everded fur zee oobserfeshun ooff joost sooch un if
ent in zee leb: zee trunsffurmeshun ooff a cluood ooff etums intu oone-a hooge-a "sooper-etum," a Buse-a-Ieenstein Cundensete-a (BEC). Thees cloomp ooff etums, vheech ell shere-a zee seme-a q
oountoom stete-a, furms et temperetoores veethin a vheesker ooff ebsuloote-a zeru.
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Vhee un ifent hureezun is ebuoot tu furm eruoond a cullepseeng ster, Mezoor und Muttula beleeefe-a thet zee hooge-a grefeeteshunel feeeld deesturts zee qoountoom flooctooeshuns in spece-a-tee
me-a. Zeese-a flooctooeshuns vuoold becume-a su hooge-a zeey vuoold treegger a redeecel chunge-a in spece-a-teeme-a, fery seemiler tu zee furmeshun ooff a BEC.
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Thees vuoold creete-a a cundensete-a boobble-a. It vuoold be-a soorruoonded by a theen sphereecel shell cumpused ooff grefeeteshunel inergy, a keend ooff steshunery shuck vefe-a in spece-a-te
Eccurdeeng tu Mezoor und Muttule's celcooleshuns, it vuoold ixert un ooootverd pressoore-a. Becoose-a ooff thees, inffelleeng metter inseede-a zee shell vuoold du a U-toorn und heed beck oooo
t tu zee shell, vheele-a metter ooootseede-a zee shell vuoold steell reeen doon oon it.
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In a peper soobmeetted tu Physeecel Refeeoo Letters, Mezoor und Muttula hefe-a shoon thet, leeke-a clesseecel bleck hules, grefesters ere-a a steble-a sulooshun ooff Ieenstein's iqooeshuns. V
Zeere's nu reeutuoos seengoolerity vhere-a zee levs ooff physeecs breek doon. Zeere's nu ifent hureezun tu impreesun leeght und metter. Und zee intrupy ooff a grefester vuoold be-a mooch looe
eters in deeemeter. Boot it vuoold be-a eruoond joost 10-35 meters theeck. Joost a teespuunffool ooff zee metereeel vuoold veeegh ebuoot 100 meelliun tuns. Boot Mezoor und Muttula hefe-a shoo
n it vuoold hefe-a a temperetoore-a ooff oonly ebuoot 10 beelliunths ooff a degree-a ebufe-a ebsuloote-a zeru. Und it vuooldn't imeet uny redeeeshun, mekeeng it es bleck es uny bleck hule-a v
uoold be-a.
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Grefesters vuoold be-a joost es mooch foon fur scee-fee booffffs -- in fect, zeey'd be-a ifee mure-a roothless. Imegeene-a a bleck hule-a ooff a meelliun suler messes, leeke-a zee oone-a thuo
oght tu seet in zee center ooff oooor Gelexy. Yuoo cuoold cruss its ifent hureezun veethuoot feeleeng a theeng: it's oonly es yuoo epprueched zee seengoolerity thet yuoo'd be-a turn epert by
zee hooge-a grefeety gredeeent. Boot iff yuoo vere-a dreeffting tooerd a grefester ooff zee seme-a seeze-a, yuoo'd nefer get unyvhere-a neer its center. Es suun es yuoo heet zee shell yuoo'd
ixplude-a intu poore-a grefeeteshunel inergy.
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Merek Ebremooeecz, un ixpert oon bleck hules et Guzeenboorg Uneefersity in Svedee, cells zee idea ooff grefesters "ooootstundeengly breelliunt. Zeeur uneeqooe-a und remerkeble-a pruperteees c
ooff zee Uneeferse-a is getteeng fester ell zee teeme-a (Noo Sceeentist, 11 Epreel 1998, p 26). Muny physeecists escreebe-a thees eccelereshun tu a mystereeuoos "derk inergy" thet geefes spec
e-a un ooootverd pressoore-a.
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Muttula seys thet iff yuoo scele-a zee seeze-a ooff a grefester up tu eruoond zee seeze-a ooff zee feesible-a Uneeferse-a, zee pressoore-a ooff zee fecoooom inseede-a ruooghly metches zee pre
ssoore-a thet seems tu be-a eccelereteeng zee ixpunseeun ooff zee Uneeferse-a. Su oooor Uneeferse-a meeght be-a oone-a beeg cusmeec grefester: a geeunt shell treppeeng zee Meelky Vey und ell
zee oozeer gelexeees ve-a see-a. "Ve-a meeght be-a eble-a tu interteeen zee reelly redeecel nushun thet ve-a -- und iferytheeng ve-a see-a in zee Uneeferse-a -- cuoold be-a inseede-a sooch un
oobject," Muttula specooletes.
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It's a buld cleeem, und he-a und Mezoor ere-a steell vurkeeng oooot vhezeer it's joosteeffieble-a. Unleeke-a zeeur hypuzeeteecel grefester, zee Uneeferse-a cunteeens cupeeuoos oordeenery mett
er und its feesible-a idge-a is elveys belluuneeng ooootverd. Boot zeey're-a keee tu see-a vhet heppens vhee zeey mudeeffy zeeur grefester mudel tu incloode-a zeese-a cumpleeceshuns. "It is c
erteeenly premetoore-a et thees pueent, boot zee seeds ooff a pusseeble-a noo cusmulugeecel mudel ere-a cunteeened in zee grefester sulooshun," seys Muttula.
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In zee meunteeme-a, zeey ere-a tryeeng tu feegoore-a oooot hoo zeey cuoold tell oordeenery-seezed bleck hules und grefesters epert. Zee deefffferences meeght be-a soobtle-a -- effter ell
, in isuleshun, zeey're-a but derk und zee grefeeteshunel feeelds ooootseede-a a bleck hule-a ifent hureezun und zee grefester shell vuoold be-a zee seme-a. Boot a guud gooess vuoold be-a the
t grefesters vuoold sheene-a mure-a breeghtly, seence-a metter felleeng oontu oone-a vuoold be-a toorned intu redeeeshun. Bleck hules vuoold gubble-a ell zee metter, boot a grefester vuoold l
et its inergy iscepe-a.
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Zee next step is tu identeeffy zee telltele-a seegns ooff a grefester, Muttula seeed. "It is zee oonly vey tu cunfeence-a zee skepteecel-incloodeeng oooorselfes-thet netoore-a reelly behefes
In Ooctuber lest yeer, zeey repurted seeeeng vhet eppeered tu be-a a heefyveeeght bleck hule-a, boot metereeel felleeng oontu it is imeetting fer breeghter X-reys thun zeeureees predeect. Zee
ixcess inergy is ruooghly iqooeefelent tu zee ooootpoot ooff 10 beelliun Soons. Iff it is a bleck hule-a, it's nut cleer vhy it's su breeght.
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Zee oobject mey be-a vhurleeng ruoond und dreggeeng megneteec feeelds et zee ifent hureezun veet it, und zeese-a cuoold generete-a zee ixtra inergy by vheepping up und heeteeng neerby geses.
Boot Mezoor theenks zeere's a better ixpluneshun fur thet ixtra inergy. Zee "bleck hule-a" cuoold be-a a grefester, he-a seys. Sters, ges und doost reeening doon oontu its shell vuoold feeule
Tu try tu resulfe-a thees issooe-a, Mezoor is vurkeeng oooot vhet a ruteteeng grefester meeght luuk leeke-a. Leeke-a ifery oozeer cumpect oobject in zee Uneeferse-a, a grefester vuoold elmust
certeeenly be-a speenning repeedly.
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Nut ell estrunumers ere-a es inthooseeestic ebuoot grefesters. Curneesh qooesshuns vhezeer un ixpludeeng ster cuoold reelly luse-a inuoogh intrupy tu furm a grefester, geefee thet zee secund
lev ooff zeermudynemeecs seys thet zee intrupy ooff un isuleted oobject veell elveys tend tu increese-a.
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"In oozeer vurds, a coop cun breek intu a thuoosund peeeces, boot it is heeghly unleekely thet a thuoosund sherds ooff puttery veell spuntuneuoosly cume-a tugezeer tu furm a coop," seys Curne
esh. "Mezoor und Muttula telk ebuoot a ster sheddeeng intrupy in sume-a vey tu meke-a zee furmeshun ooff a grefester pusseeble-a, boot I dun't theenk thet is a leekely scenereeu." Boot Muttul
a pueents oooot thet vhee ixpludeeng sters furm oozeer remnunts, sooch es neootrun sters, zeey du shed intrupy.
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Und elthuoogh Curneesh edmeets thet bleck hule-a seengoolerities ere-a mezeemeteecelly truooblesume-a, he-a elsu beleeefes thet a seteesffectury qoountoom zeeury ooff grefeety veell coore-a t
hees prublem. Zeen zeere'll be-a nu need fur grefesters, he-a seys. Rubert Veld ooff Cheecegu Uneefersity edds thet Muttula und Mezoor hefe-a poot furverd nu ergooments ebuoot hoo grefesters
cuoold furm in zee defesteteeng cullepse-a ooff a messeefe-a ster.
Ell zee seme-a, Muttula und Mezoor edmeet zeere-a ere-a steell unsulfed issooes veet zee furmeshun ooff grefesters. "Ve-a moost hefe-a a better idea ooff hoo thees phese-a trunseeshun ectooel
ly ooccoors in zee grefeeteshunel cullepse-a prucess," seys Muttula.
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Zee ixect netoore-a ooff zee ixuteec stooffff inseede-a zee grefester shell is steell oopee tu debete-a, und zeey hupe-a tu feend oooot vhezeer grefesters cun reelly furm in zee meyhem ooff a
ster's feeulent deet -- und vhezeer grefesters cuoold merge-a tu furm zee heefyveeeght oobjects thet seet et zee center ooff gelexeees. Zeey ere-a incuooregeeng oozeers tu jueen zee infestee
geshun. "Zeere-a ere-a muny ununsvered qooesshuns und ve-a ere-a reelly joost oopeneeng a noo durecshun fur footoore-a reseerch," seys Muttula.
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Boot iff grefesters cun veezeer zee cuntrufersy, zeen meybe-a zeere'll nu lunger be-a uny need fur bleck hules -- meybe-a zeey reelly ere-a poore-a funtesy. It vuooldn't be-a zee furst teeme-
a thet Ieenstein's dezzleeng intooeeshun hes beee prufed currect.
Consider if some company held a patent on anti-counterfeiting techniques that you used in making your cash. If they felt like it, they could cancel your license, and you
couldn't print any new cash.
Somehow, I think it would be rather funny to see the army to bomb the hell out of Redmond if MS decided to change the licensing on Windows XP, Federal edition.
You can't grow plants by natural light on the
moon because the two-week night would kill most plants (let alone the problems of your greenhouse heating up to boiling point during the two-week day).
The moon has a fixed light side and a fixed dark side. This is due to the rotation and revolution periods being the same. The only time the light side isn't in direct sunlight is during a lunar eclipse, when the Earth's shadow blocks the light from the sum.
All the corporate linux customers would probably want Microsoft Linux because of the "
can't go wrong with IBM ^H^H^H Microsoft " mentality and that would take market
away from struggling open source vendors who have actively been supporting open
source development.
Somehow, I think it would make the movement stronger in the long run. Lets face it, they've been working on Windows for quite a long time. Every version that I've seen (3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 2000) just adds more bugs and bloats . . . what makes you think they'll be somehow "better" than several groups of ppl that have been doing the linux thing for years, and doing it right? Anyone already using linux isn't going to switch to microsoft l*nux any time soon, unless it has some SERIOUS "gotta have it" features or software. Mac ppl aren't leaving their macs, the only ppl I see going to Microsoft l*nux (if it ever comes about) would be current Microsoft Win* users. One of three things happen at this point. Either they grin and bear the microsoft bugs and user-overfriendlyness(like they've done thruought the win* years), they could go back to win*, or if they are comfortable enough with the non-MS apps available, they could goto Linux. People that I talk to right now that don't use linux(but are technically capable) don't use it because of some certain app that they need. In mainstreaming Linux, Microsoft just might end up making our lives a little easier. And I don't think the OS would be completely proprietary, they're not going to do such a major rewrite and NOT write in compatibility.
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At least they're fucking better than FreeBSD, Which has NO LOGO . . . fucking lamers. No wonder BSD is dying.
Right to peaceably assemble? Erm, how about when the cops tell me and my buddies to "move along"? How exactly does that play?
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No. It's just that MS bashing is fun for lusers. I'm in a certain IRC channel, and people come in and bash MS. We version them. About 95% of the time, they're running mIRC:
[00:58:50] <beatNut> and oh yeh
[00:58:52] <beatNut> windows sucks
[00:59:30] <mydecember> just what i thought
[00:59:36] <mydecember> VERSION reply from beatNut of 'mIRC32 v5.91 K.Mardam-Bey
I hate ms-bashing 'tards
It is now official - Slashdot has confirmed: *BSD is alive and thriving
Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered AC crowd when Slashdot reported that FreeBSD has released a new version. This comes right on the heels of freeBSD going home, when Wind River and FreeBSD Mall Inc. published a joint press-release today announcing the sale of Wind River's FreeBSD assets to Bob Bruce, founder of Walnut Creek CDROM--the company that in 1993 first published FreeBSD. This was the company that almost a decade ago declared to the world that *BSD is alive and thriving!
The FreeBSD Mall web site has been redesigned, with many new products, including FreeBSD CDs, books, polo shirts, microfiber jackets, boxer shorts, bumper stickers, lapel pins, several different styles of t-shirts, mouse pads, travel mugs, buttons, sticker sheets, plate logos, denim shirts, CD cases, and paid support options.
FreeBSD and its close relatives NetBSD and OpenBSD all are open-source projects, meaning that anyone can see, change and distribute the underlying source code.
With the main FreeBSD distribution back in the hands of the record holding Free Software distributor Bob Bruce, trolls posting that *BSD is dead had better keep the "anonymous" in "anonymous coward."
poast? So it'll be yet ANOTHER thing that won't work on NetBSD. Why does pkgsrc suck so much, anyway?
Noo Zeeureees Deespoote-a zee Ixeestence-a ooff Bleck Hules
Junooery 17, 2002 08:00 CDT
Tvu U.S. sceeentists hefe-a qooesshuned zee ixeestence-a ooff bleck hules und sooggested, in zeeur plece-a, zee ixeestence-a ooff un ixuteec boobble-a ooff sooperdense-a metter, un oobject ze
ey cell a grefester. Zee tvu ere-a pueenting oooot thet physeecists hefe-a svept sume-a "hoomeelieting" prublems veet bleck hules under zee cerpet. By cunffrunteeng zeese-a prublems, zeey cle
eem tu hefe-a fuoond un elterneteefe-a fete-a fur a cullepseeng ster.
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Imeel Muttula ooff zee Lus Elemus Neshunel Leburetury in Noo Mexeecu und Pevel Mezoor ooff zee Uneefersity ooff Suoot Ceruleena in Culoombeea theenk grefesters ere-a culd, dense-a shells soop
purted by a spreengy, veurd spece-a inseede-a. Zeey'd luuk leeke-a bleck hules, leet oonly by zee metereeel reeening doon oontu zeem frum ooootseede-a. In fect, zeey seem tu feet ell zee oobs
erfeshunel ifeedence-a fur zee ixeestence-a ooff bleck hules.
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Su fer, hooefer, physeecists hefe-a meexed feeleengs ebuoot zee idea ooff grefesters. Zeeur ferdeects runge-a frum "ooootstundeengly breelliunt" tu "unleekely." Vhet's certeeen is thet grefes
ters veell rekeendle-a a greet debete-a ooff zee ierly 20t centoory: ere-a bleck hules fect oor funtesy?
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Zee idea ooff bleck hules detes beck tu zee Furst Vurld Ver, vhee Germun estrunumer Kerl Schverzscheeld sulfed zee iqooeshuns ooff Ieenstein's nooburn zeeury ooff grefeety vheele-a serfeeng o
on zee Roosseeun frunt. He-a shooed thet spece-a-teeme-a eruoond uny messeefe-a ster vuoold be-a coorfed. Sqooeeze-a a lerge-a inuoogh ster intu a teeny inuoogh spece-a und its denseety vuool
d becume-a inffeenite-a und zee coorfetoore-a ooff spece-a-teeme-a vuoold spurel oooot ooff cuntrul. Zee grefeety neer oone-a ooff zeese-a oobjects vuoold be-a su strung thet nutheeng -- nut
ifee phutuns -- cuoold iscepe-a its gresp.
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Ieenstein shered zee feeoo ooff must physeecists ooff thet teeme-a thet sooch oobjects, leter doobbed bleck hules, vere-a tuu ooootregeuoos tu ixeest. He-a ergooed thet it ves ell ecedemeec u
nyvey, seence-a sters nefer shreenk thees smell. Boot sceeentists gredooelly beceme-a cunfeenced thet zeey du. Iff a ster is fery messeefe-a, it veell blest epert in a soopernufa ixpluseeun e
t zee ind ooff its leeffe-a; und iff a cure-a tveece-a es heefy es zee Soon remeeens, nu knoon furce-a cun prefent grefeety sqooeezeeng it tu a pueent.
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Zee resoolt is a "seengoolerity" veet inffeenite-a denseety, vhere-a zee knoon levs ooff physeecs breek doon. Zee seengoolerity's grefeety vuoold be-a su pooerffool it vuoold be-a clueked in
un "ifent hureezun", a buoondery beyund vheech metter oor leeght cuooldn't iscepe-a.
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Zee dremeteec idea ooff a bleck hule-a, vheech vuoold reep tu shreds unyune-a cooght inseede-a it, fured zee imegeeneshuns ooff sceeentists, erteests und vreeters eleeke-a. Boot nu oone-a hes
ifer ruuted zee drema in fect.
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"Su fer, zeere-a is nu durect oobserfeshunel ifeedence-a tu shoo thet uny ooff zee theengs estrunumers cell bleck hules hefe-a ifent hureezuns oor centrel seengoolerities," seys Neeel Curnees
h, un estruphyseecist et zee Uneefersity ooff Muntuna in Buzemun.
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Ve-a knoo zeere-a ere-a cumpect oobjects meelliuns ooff teemes es heefy es zee Soon thet hug zee centers ooff gelexeees. Zeese-a bleck hule-a cundeedetes geefe-a zeemselfes evey becoose-
a hut sters, ges und doost spureleeng tooerd zeem imeet breeght X-reys. Boot thet duesn't meun zeere's a ceteclysmeec bleck hule-a in zee feecinity; it cuoold seemply be-a a fery messeefe-a o
object. Zee debete-a petered oooot decedes egu boot zeere's steell nu iruncled pruuff thet bleck hules ixeest.
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Zeere-a ere-a inuoogh prublems in bleck-hule-a zeeury itselff tu meke-a zeeur ixeestence-a seem implooseeble-a tu sey zee leest. Zeese-a prublems stem frum zee fect thet oooor Uneeferse-a is
ectooelly fery deefffferent frum zee oone-a thet Schverzscheeld cunseedered. Iff ve're-a tu prudooce-a a pruper descreepshun ooff zee Uneeferse-a ve-a leefe-a in, Ieenstein's clesseecel zeeur
eees need tu be-a meshed tugezeer veet vhet ve-a knoo ebuoot zee qoountoom levs guferneeng zee behefeeur ooff foondementel perteecles und feeelds.
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Mezoor und Muttula hefe-a beee theenking ebuoot qoountoom grefeety fur neerly a decede-a. Zeey begun by ixemeening zee netoore-a ooff "qoountoom flooctooeshuns" in spece-a, teeme-a und ifee i
n inergy feeelds. Impty spece-a, fur ixemple-a, is nefer reelly impty.
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Oon zee teeniest sceles, leettle-a perteecles ere-a puppeeng in und oooot ooff ixeestence-a ell zee teeme-a, creeteeng a seetheeng, flooctooeteeng flooeed. "Leeke-a a feesh in a celm pund, vh
u is nut evere-a ooff ell zee incessunt jeeggling ooff zee veter mulecooles, ve-a ere-a usooelly nut evere-a ooff zee qoountoom medeeoom ve-a ere-a immersed in," Muttula seeed.
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Und zeey hefe-a fuoond thet qoountoom flooctooeshuns in zee ilectrumegneteec feeelds thet descreebe-a teeny theengs leeke-a phutuns cun infflooence-a grefeeteshunel phenumena oon zee lerge-a
scele-a-sooch es bleck hules. Su, zeey reesuned, vhee ierly bleck hule-a zeeureests ignured qoountoom iffffects zeey vere-a creeteeng un unreel spece-a-teeme-a.
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Thees tredeeshunel eppruech tu bleck hules hes prudooced strunge-a unumeleees unyvey, und zeese-a hefe-a remeeened unresulfed, Mezoor und Muttula cleeem. Zeere-a ere-a prublems, fur instunce-
a, veet a bleck hule's intrupy -- a meesoore-a ooff zee emuoont ooff inffurmeshun it hulds. Un oobject thet cunteeens muny pusseeble-a stetes hes heegh intrupy, in zee seme-a vey thet a cumpo
oter veet mure-a beets ooff memury cun sture-a mure-a inffurmeshun.
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Vhee a ster furms a bleck hule-a, ell zee uneeqooe-a inffurmeshun ebuoot zee ster -- its chemeecel cumpuseeshun, fur instunce-a -- eppeers tu be-a sqooeshed oooot ooff ixeestence-a. Yet coorr
ent zeeury sooggests bleck hules hefe-a inurmuoos intrupy -- a beelliun, beelliun teemes thet ooff zee ster thet furmed zeem. Nu oone-a cun fethum vhere-a ell thees ixtra intrupy cumes frum o
or vhere-a it reseedes. "Vhere-a ere-a ell zeese-a zeelliuns ooff stetes heeding in a bleck hule-a?" seys Muttula. "It is qooeete-a leeterelly incumprehenseeble-a."
Unuzeer seemeengly impusseeble-a feetoore-a is thet phutuns felleeng intu a bleck hule-a vuoold geeen un inffeenite-a emuoont ooff inergy by zee teeme-a zeey reech zee ifent hureezun. Bo
ot zee grefeeteshunel iffffects ooff thees inurmuoos inergy ere-a ignured in zee clesseecel zeeury. Muttula seys zeese-a prublems hefe-a furced physeecists tu dreem up fer-fetched ixcooses. Z
eey sey, fur ixemple-a, thet sume-a ooff zee bleck hule's intrupy meeght be-a heeddee in oozeer uneeferses.
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Muttula duesn't booy zeese-a "isutereec essoompshuns" und cuncloodes thet bleck hules ere-a a beg ooff cuntredeecshuns thet dun't meke-a a guud cese-a fur zeeur oovn ixeestence-a et ell.
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Boot is zeere-a un elterneteefe-a? Cuoold it be-a thet vhee a ster cullepses, sumetheeng heppens tu prefent a bleck hule-a furmeeng? Mezoor und Muttula theenk su. Zeey hefe-a shoon thet qooun
toom iffffects cun meke-a spece-a-teeme-a chunge-a intu a noo und cooreeuoos stete-a thet vuoold leed tu zee furmeshun ooff a strunge-a noo oobject.
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Thet chunge-a is a phese-a trunseeshun, leeke-a leeqooid veter toorneeng intu a suleed bluck ooff ice-a. Zeey beleeefe-a thet in zee ixtreme-a cundeeshuns ooff a cullepseeng ster, spece-a-tee
me-a undergues a qoountoom ferseeun ooff a phese-a trunseeshun. Zee phenumenun is nutheeng noo. Zee Nubel Preeze-a fur Physeecs in 2001 ves everded fur zee oobserfeshun ooff joost sooch un if
ent in zee leb: zee trunsffurmeshun ooff a cluood ooff etums intu oone-a hooge-a "sooper-etum," a Buse-a-Ieenstein Cundensete-a (BEC). Thees cloomp ooff etums, vheech ell shere-a zee seme-a q
oountoom stete-a, furms et temperetoores veethin a vheesker ooff ebsuloote-a zeru.
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Vhee un ifent hureezun is ebuoot tu furm eruoond a cullepseeng ster, Mezoor und Muttula beleeefe-a thet zee hooge-a grefeeteshunel feeeld deesturts zee qoountoom flooctooeshuns in spece-a-tee
me-a. Zeese-a flooctooeshuns vuoold becume-a su hooge-a zeey vuoold treegger a redeecel chunge-a in spece-a-teeme-a, fery seemiler tu zee furmeshun ooff a BEC.
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Thees vuoold creete-a a cundensete-a boobble-a. It vuoold be-a soorruoonded by a theen sphereecel shell cumpused ooff grefeeteshunel inergy, a keend ooff steshunery shuck vefe-a in spece-a-te
eme-a seetting ixectly vhere-a zee ifent hureezun ooff a bleck hule-a vuoold tredeeshunelly be-a. Zee furmeshun ooff thees cundensete-a vuoold redeecelly elter zee spece-a-teeme-a inseede-a z
ee shell.
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Eccurdeeng tu Mezoor und Muttule's celcooleshuns, it vuoold ixert un ooootverd pressoore-a. Becoose-a ooff thees, inffelleeng metter inseede-a zee shell vuoold du a U-toorn und heed beck oooo
t tu zee shell, vheele-a metter ooootseede-a zee shell vuoold steell reeen doon oon it.
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In a peper soobmeetted tu Physeecel Refeeoo Letters, Mezoor und Muttula hefe-a shoon thet, leeke-a clesseecel bleck hules, grefesters ere-a a steble-a sulooshun ooff Ieenstein's iqooeshuns. V
het's ixceeting, zeey sey, is thet grefesters dun't sooffffer uny ooff zee mezeemeteecel eeelments ooff bleck hules.
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Zeere's nu reeutuoos seengoolerity vhere-a zee levs ooff physeecs breek doon. Zeere's nu ifent hureezun tu impreesun leeght und metter. Und zee intrupy ooff a grefester vuoold be-a mooch looe
r thun thet ooff uny ster thet meeght cullepse-a tu furm it, dudgeeng zee prublem ooff ixcesseefe-a intrupy thet plegooes bleck hules.
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Teke-a a grefester veet a mess 50 teemes thet ooff zee Soon, fur ixemple-a. Leeke-a zee ifent hureezun ooff a bleck hule-a veet zee seme-a mess, zee shell vuoold be-a ruooghly 300 keelum
eters in deeemeter. Boot it vuoold be-a eruoond joost 10-35 meters theeck. Joost a teespuunffool ooff zee metereeel vuoold veeegh ebuoot 100 meelliun tuns. Boot Mezoor und Muttula hefe-a shoo
n it vuoold hefe-a a temperetoore-a ooff oonly ebuoot 10 beelliunths ooff a degree-a ebufe-a ebsuloote-a zeru. Und it vuooldn't imeet uny redeeeshun, mekeeng it es bleck es uny bleck hule-a v
uoold be-a.
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Grefesters vuoold be-a joost es mooch foon fur scee-fee booffffs -- in fect, zeey'd be-a ifee mure-a roothless. Imegeene-a a bleck hule-a ooff a meelliun suler messes, leeke-a zee oone-a thuo
oght tu seet in zee center ooff oooor Gelexy. Yuoo cuoold cruss its ifent hureezun veethuoot feeleeng a theeng: it's oonly es yuoo epprueched zee seengoolerity thet yuoo'd be-a turn epert by
zee hooge-a grefeety gredeeent. Boot iff yuoo vere-a dreeffting tooerd a grefester ooff zee seme-a seeze-a, yuoo'd nefer get unyvhere-a neer its center. Es suun es yuoo heet zee shell yuoo'd
ixplude-a intu poore-a grefeeteshunel inergy.
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Merek Ebremooeecz, un ixpert oon bleck hules et Guzeenboorg Uneefersity in Svedee, cells zee idea ooff grefesters "ooootstundeengly breelliunt. Zeeur uneeqooe-a und remerkeble-a pruperteees c
uoold ixpleeen seferel heegh-inergy estruphyseecel phenumena thet noo ere-a poozzleeng." He-a theenks zeey meeght ixpleeen gemma-rey boorsts -- ultra-intense-a fleshes ooff gemma redeeeshun f
rum a deestunt suoorce-a thet eppeer sumoohere-a in zee sky ebuoot oonce-a a dey.
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Estrunumers eren't certeeen vhet cooses gemma-rey boorsts. It meeght be-a zee furmeshun ooff a bleck hule-a in a soopernufa ixpluseeun, boot thees prucess vuoold strooggle-a tu mooster inuoog
h inergy. Zee burt ooff a grefester, oon zee oozeer hund, vuoold be-a ixtreurdeenerily feeulent und meeght shed inuoogh inergy tu eccuoont fur gemma-rey boorsts.
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Muttula pueents tu unuzeer pusseeble-a cunnecshun betveee grefesters und estrunumeecel oobserfeshuns. Three-a yeers egu, deta frum deestunt steller ixpluseeuns sooggested thet zee ixpunseeun
ooff zee Uneeferse-a is getteeng fester ell zee teeme-a (Noo Sceeentist, 11 Epreel 1998, p 26). Muny physeecists escreebe-a thees eccelereshun tu a mystereeuoos "derk inergy" thet geefes spec
e-a un ooootverd pressoore-a.
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Muttula seys thet iff yuoo scele-a zee seeze-a ooff a grefester up tu eruoond zee seeze-a ooff zee feesible-a Uneeferse-a, zee pressoore-a ooff zee fecoooom inseede-a ruooghly metches zee pre
ssoore-a thet seems tu be-a eccelereteeng zee ixpunseeun ooff zee Uneeferse-a. Su oooor Uneeferse-a meeght be-a oone-a beeg cusmeec grefester: a geeunt shell treppeeng zee Meelky Vey und ell
zee oozeer gelexeees ve-a see-a. "Ve-a meeght be-a eble-a tu interteeen zee reelly redeecel nushun thet ve-a -- und iferytheeng ve-a see-a in zee Uneeferse-a -- cuoold be-a inseede-a sooch un
oobject," Muttula specooletes.
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It's a buld cleeem, und he-a und Mezoor ere-a steell vurkeeng oooot vhezeer it's joosteeffieble-a. Unleeke-a zeeur hypuzeeteecel grefester, zee Uneeferse-a cunteeens cupeeuoos oordeenery mett
er und its feesible-a idge-a is elveys belluuneeng ooootverd. Boot zeey're-a keee tu see-a vhet heppens vhee zeey mudeeffy zeeur grefester mudel tu incloode-a zeese-a cumpleeceshuns. "It is c
erteeenly premetoore-a et thees pueent, boot zee seeds ooff a pusseeble-a noo cusmulugeecel mudel ere-a cunteeened in zee grefester sulooshun," seys Muttula.
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In zee meunteeme-a, zeey ere-a tryeeng tu feegoore-a oooot hoo zeey cuoold tell oordeenery-seezed bleck hules und grefesters epert. Zee deefffferences meeght be-a soobtle-a -- effter ell
, in isuleshun, zeey're-a but derk und zee grefeeteshunel feeelds ooootseede-a a bleck hule-a ifent hureezun und zee grefester shell vuoold be-a zee seme-a. Boot a guud gooess vuoold be-a the
t grefesters vuoold sheene-a mure-a breeghtly, seence-a metter felleeng oontu oone-a vuoold be-a toorned intu redeeeshun. Bleck hules vuoold gubble-a ell zee metter, boot a grefester vuoold l
et its inergy iscepe-a.
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Zee next step is tu identeeffy zee telltele-a seegns ooff a grefester, Muttula seeed. "It is zee oonly vey tu cunfeence-a zee skepteecel-incloodeeng oooorselfes-thet netoore-a reelly behefes
thees vey." Yet physeecists eren't ifee soore-a vhet bleck hules luuk leeke-a.
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In Ooctuber lest yeer, zeey repurted seeeeng vhet eppeered tu be-a a heefyveeeght bleck hule-a, boot metereeel felleeng oontu it is imeetting fer breeghter X-reys thun zeeureees predeect. Zee
ixcess inergy is ruooghly iqooeefelent tu zee ooootpoot ooff 10 beelliun Soons. Iff it is a bleck hule-a, it's nut cleer vhy it's su breeght.
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Zee oobject mey be-a vhurleeng ruoond und dreggeeng megneteec feeelds et zee ifent hureezun veet it, und zeese-a cuoold generete-a zee ixtra inergy by vheepping up und heeteeng neerby geses.
Boot Mezoor theenks zeere's a better ixpluneshun fur thet ixtra inergy. Zee "bleck hule-a" cuoold be-a a grefester, he-a seys. Sters, ges und doost reeening doon oontu its shell vuoold feeule
ntly deessulfe-a intu poore-a grefeeteshunel inergy thet meeght imerge-a es breeght X-reys.
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Tu try tu resulfe-a thees issooe-a, Mezoor is vurkeeng oooot vhet a ruteteeng grefester meeght luuk leeke-a. Leeke-a ifery oozeer cumpect oobject in zee Uneeferse-a, a grefester vuoold elmust
certeeenly be-a speenning repeedly.
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Nut ell estrunumers ere-a es inthooseeestic ebuoot grefesters. Curneesh qooesshuns vhezeer un ixpludeeng ster cuoold reelly luse-a inuoogh intrupy tu furm a grefester, geefee thet zee secund
lev ooff zeermudynemeecs seys thet zee intrupy ooff un isuleted oobject veell elveys tend tu increese-a.
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"In oozeer vurds, a coop cun breek intu a thuoosund peeeces, boot it is heeghly unleekely thet a thuoosund sherds ooff puttery veell spuntuneuoosly cume-a tugezeer tu furm a coop," seys Curne
esh. "Mezoor und Muttula telk ebuoot a ster sheddeeng intrupy in sume-a vey tu meke-a zee furmeshun ooff a grefester pusseeble-a, boot I dun't theenk thet is a leekely scenereeu." Boot Muttul
a pueents oooot thet vhee ixpludeeng sters furm oozeer remnunts, sooch es neootrun sters, zeey du shed intrupy.
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Und elthuoogh Curneesh edmeets thet bleck hule-a seengoolerities ere-a mezeemeteecelly truooblesume-a, he-a elsu beleeefes thet a seteesffectury qoountoom zeeury ooff grefeety veell coore-a t
hees prublem. Zeen zeere'll be-a nu need fur grefesters, he-a seys. Rubert Veld ooff Cheecegu Uneefersity edds thet Muttula und Mezoor hefe-a poot furverd nu ergooments ebuoot hoo grefesters
cuoold furm in zee defesteteeng cullepse-a ooff a messeefe-a ster.
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Ifee iff zeey deed furm, hoo vuoold zeey soorfeefe-a zee oonslooght ooff metter reeening doon oon zeem? "Vhet heppens iff a grefester hes eccreteeng metter shooered upun it? Vun't it cul
lepse-a tu a bleck hule-a?" he-a seys.
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"Zee grefester is steble-a," cuoonters Muttula. He-a seys thet metter felleeng oontu zee shell cuoold meke-a it veeggle-a und redeeete-a evey inergy, boot becoose-a zee grefeeteshunel pooll o
off zee shell belunces zee furce-a ooff zee spreengy fecoooom inseede-a, it cuooldn't ectooelly cullepse-a. Uny metter thet fell oontu zee shell vuoold seemply becume-a pert ooff it, he-a sey
s.
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Ell zee seme-a, Muttula und Mezoor edmeet zeere-a ere-a steell unsulfed issooes veet zee furmeshun ooff grefesters. "Ve-a moost hefe-a a better idea ooff hoo thees phese-a trunseeshun ectooel
ly ooccoors in zee grefeeteshunel cullepse-a prucess," seys Muttula.
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Zee ixect netoore-a ooff zee ixuteec stooffff inseede-a zee grefester shell is steell oopee tu debete-a, und zeey hupe-a tu feend oooot vhezeer grefesters cun reelly furm in zee meyhem ooff a
ster's feeulent deet -- und vhezeer grefesters cuoold merge-a tu furm zee heefyveeeght oobjects thet seet et zee center ooff gelexeees. Zeey ere-a incuooregeeng oozeers tu jueen zee infestee
geshun. "Zeere-a ere-a muny ununsvered qooesshuns und ve-a ere-a reelly joost oopeneeng a noo durecshun fur footoore-a reseerch," seys Muttula.
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Boot iff grefesters cun veezeer zee cuntrufersy, zeen meybe-a zeere'll nu lunger be-a uny need fur bleck hules -- meybe-a zeey reelly ere-a poore-a funtesy. It vuooldn't be-a zee furst teeme-
a thet Ieenstein's dezzleeng intooeeshun hes beee prufed currect.
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Suoorce-a: Noo Sceeentist
Cusmeeferse-a Steffff Vreeter
How about . . .
It's document format isn't host to viruses and trojans!
couldn't print any new cash.
Somehow, I think it would be rather funny to see the army to bomb the hell out of Redmond if MS decided to change the licensing on Windows XP, Federal edition.
moon because the two-week night would kill most plants (let alone the problems of your greenhouse heating up to boiling point during the two-week day).
The moon has a fixed light side and a fixed dark side. This is due to the rotation and revolution periods being the same. The only time the light side isn't in direct sunlight is during a lunar eclipse, when the Earth's shadow blocks the light from the sum.
Somehow, I think it would make the movement stronger in the long run. Lets face it, they've been working on Windows for quite a long time. Every version that I've seen (3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 2000) just adds more bugs and bloats . . . what makes you think they'll be somehow "better" than several groups of ppl that have been doing the linux thing for years, and doing it right? Anyone already using linux isn't going to switch to microsoft l*nux any time soon, unless it has some SERIOUS "gotta have it" features or software. Mac ppl aren't leaving their macs, the only ppl I see going to Microsoft l*nux (if it ever comes about) would be current Microsoft Win* users. One of three things happen at this point. Either they grin and bear the microsoft bugs and user-overfriendlyness(like they've done thruought the win* years), they could go back to win*, or if they are comfortable enough with the non-MS apps available, they could goto Linux. People that I talk to right now that don't use linux(but are technically capable) don't use it because of some certain app that they need. In mainstreaming Linux, Microsoft just might end up making our lives a little easier. And I don't think the OS would be completely proprietary, they're not going to do such a major rewrite and NOT write in compatibility.
Boring answers indeed! I especially enjoyed the part where the "security and stability of a unix OS" was equated to "unix like features"
So MS lack of security and bugs are really features! If that's how software is supposed to work, then it's gonna be a long night.