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50 Billion Suns! -The Biggest Single Object in the Universe -A Galaxy Insight
Daily Galaxy ^ | March 9th, 2009

Posted on 03/10/2009 3:45:41 PM PDT by TaraP

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To: editor-surveyor

Only one who knows he is lying refuses to provide supporting evidence of his statements.


61 posted on 03/10/2009 5:02:12 PM PDT by DevNet (What's past is prologue)
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To: DevNet
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62 posted on 03/10/2009 5:06:18 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Ancient Drive

In order to get away from its awesomeness hughness one would have to be traveling at ‘ludicrous speed’.


63 posted on 03/10/2009 5:07:11 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: avg_freeper

hah!


64 posted on 03/10/2009 5:07:54 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: TaraP

Now I’m confused. I thought this article was about the federal government. That’s what I get for just reading the title.


65 posted on 03/10/2009 5:13:58 PM PDT by MGMSwordsman
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I believe He does. He created them (if they exist) so they are His.

Those are some of the most excellent questions I look forward to having answered when the time comes that I step from here into eternity.

66 posted on 03/10/2009 5:24:08 PM PDT by Pablo64 (Political Correctness is a DISEASE. <==> TRUTH is the CURE.)
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To: rednesss

LOL! I don’t know either way. I just love to read how scientists struggle to put things that are beyond our comprehension (other than as a mathematical concept) into words. It’s like trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon.


68 posted on 03/10/2009 5:29:13 PM PDT by Pablo64 (Political Correctness is a DISEASE. <==> TRUTH is the CURE.)
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To: TaraP

So THAT’S where half the stock market wealth disappeared!


69 posted on 03/10/2009 5:44:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Ancient Drive

It’s downright hugemongous


70 posted on 03/10/2009 5:50:24 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: editor-surveyor

You know that you’ve punctured their balloon when they jump in with their illogical ad hominem attacks on the author. Particularly interesting that they never have any facts, just pure hatred of an author”


71 posted on 03/10/2009 6:35:04 PM PDT by DevNet (What's past is prologue)
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To: TaraP
otherwise known as "ridiculously stupidly big"

Traveling at ludicrous speed.

72 posted on 03/10/2009 6:49:13 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: OldNavyVet
Could it be that a black hole is the result of a mass sufficiently large to suck in all light that comes within some specific distance of that mass?

Good point. And what's coming out the other end after swallowing all that mass?

73 posted on 03/10/2009 7:07:18 PM PDT by budwiesest ("Mo police, mo money, we can get this right.",,,,,my totalitarian twin.)
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To: Cboldt
It's worse than that. According to certain physical theories, it is possible to have a finite volume without having a boundary. Sort of like earth having a finite area, but no edge to fall off of despite having a finite area.

To take it even farther, (i can't type, spelled it 'farter' 3 times), according to fractal mathematics, shorelines are an example of a boundry of infinite length, yet enclose a finite area.

74 posted on 03/10/2009 7:39:16 PM PDT by zeugma (Will it be nukes or aliens? Time will tell.)
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To: DevNet
I am sure that you will be more than will to provide examples of such behavior on my part so that everyone else reading this will have proof.

I think just about every post you've made on  this thread are proof of same. 

DevNet since 2008-12-29

Let's see... no "about" page.

Newbies can be so annoying.

You may not be aware, but anyone can look here and see see that the tone of almost every post you make is insulting.

75 posted on 03/10/2009 7:45:55 PM PDT by zeugma (Will it be nukes or aliens? Time will tell.)
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To: zeugma
-- shorelines are an example of a boundry of infinite length, yet enclose a finite area --

Yeah, fractals is nifty math; essential for modeling nature's beauty. I forget the title of the book that I read that introduced me to fractals, some 20 odd years ago. "How long is the shoreline of Great Britain?" - "It depends on how close you look."

And then there's quantum physics - the closer one looks, the more the object disappears. We still don't know the ultimate makeup of "stuff," but no doubt we are getting closer to knowing. Look how far mankind's understanding has come in the last 100 years. These are good times to be alive.

76 posted on 03/10/2009 8:03:13 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: zeugma

Provide specific examples. As to why I don’t have an about page - I simply haven’t gotten around to it.


77 posted on 03/10/2009 9:17:54 PM PDT by DevNet (What's past is prologue)
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To: TaraP

Another factor about light and distance is that the intensity of light from a stable source varies inversely with the distance between the emitting and receiving objects.

In other words, if another planet like Earth orbibted the Sun at twice the distance between Sun and Earth, that planet would receive sunlight at 25% — one fourth — the intensity received by Earth.


78 posted on 03/10/2009 10:12:50 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: editor-surveyor; DevNet
There is no evidence of notable loss of life from cancer in recorded history, prior th the industrial revolution.

There are tons of references to tumors (cancers) in ancient literature. The ancient Greeks even did surgery to cut them out. I just finished reading a book about Rome and I would be willing to bet that half of the natural deaths that were described were due to some form of cancer. Of course they had other names for what was happening but the symptoms give clues.

Having said that, there is very little doubt though that disease was the big killer in ancient times, followed by accidents, starvation and killing in no particular order. Cancer might not have even been in the top ten.

79 posted on 03/10/2009 11:09:27 PM PDT by LeGrande (I once heard a smart man say that you canÂ’t reason someone out of something that they didnÂ’t reaso)
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To: DevNet

I have no desire to feed trolls. I provided the link. Anyone can look at it and make their own decision.


80 posted on 03/11/2009 6:39:21 AM PDT by zeugma (Will it be nukes or aliens? Time will tell.)
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