js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) (08/13/85)
> Incidentally, Russians refer to black holes as "frozen" stars because > as the density and total mass increase time slows down more and more > and the star appears to freeze up, including putting out less and less > light. I think that process of freezing may actually prevent the final > transformation into a black hole, so consequently black holes may well > NOT exist. > +-------------------------------------------------------+--------+ > | Paul M. Koloc, President: (301) 445-1075 | FUSION | > | Prometheus II Ltd., College Park, MD 20740-0222 | this | > | pmk@prometheus.UUCP; ..seismo!prometheus!pmk.UUCP | decade | > +-------------------------------------------------------+--------+ Articles like the one above really kill *my* hopes for 'FUSION this decade'. -- Jeff Sonntag ihnp4!mhuxt!js2j "Like a newuser (HACK!), flamed for the very first time..."
fred@mnetor.UUCP (Fred Williams) (08/19/85)
In article <1080@mhuxt.UUCP> js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) writes: About Paul's; >> Incidentally, Russians refer to black holes as "frozen" stars because >> as the density and total mass increase time slows down more and more >> and the star appears to freeze up, including putting out less and less >> light. I think that process of freezing may actually prevent the final >> transformation into a black hole, so consequently black holes may well >> NOT exist. >> +-------------------------------------------------------+--------+ >> | Paul M. Koloc, President: (301) 445-1075 | FUSION | >> | Prometheus II Ltd., College Park, MD 20740-0222 | this | >> | pmk@prometheus.UUCP; ..seismo!prometheus!pmk.UUCP | decade | >> +-------------------------------------------------------+--------+ > > Articles like the one above really kill *my* hopes for 'FUSION >this decade'. > Well yes, or maybe not...but it could be worse. I'm waiting for some bozo to claim that hot stars freeze faster than cold ones! (:->) Cheers, Fred Williams
jeffh@brl-sem.ARPA (the Shadow) (08/22/85)
> ... I'm waiting >for some bozo to claim that hot stars freeze faster than cold ones! >(:->) > >Cheers, Fred Williams You mean they don't? If that's really true, I may have to come up with a different subject for my master's thesis. (need I say it? :-) ) "A billion here, a billion there ... pretty soon you're talking big money." the Shadow ARPA: <jeffh@brl> UUCP: {seismo,decvax}!brl!jeffh