Possible Hole in Black Holes 495
jd writes "Researchers have found what they believe may be a MECO (Magnetic, Eternally Collapsing Object) inside of a quasar. MECOs are rivals to black hole theory and involve plasmas that never reach the state of being a singularity. The most obvious differences between them are that MECOs have a magnetic field and do not have an event horizon. The problem lies in that the Universe cannot have both MECOs and black holes — it can only have one or the other. If this object truly is a MECO, then black holes do not exist. Anywhere. (Furthermore, this would require Professor Hawking to return a year's subscription to Private Eye and give Professor Thorne a year's subscription to Penthouse.) On the other hand, if this thing isn't a MECO, it's behaving very very oddly for a black hole."
Errr (Score:5, Funny)
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Ha! (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Slashdot experts (Score:1, Funny)
This is MC Hawking. It is my expert opinion that this theory is total bunk. Indeed, I'm pretty sure all their evidence comes from misinterpreting flawed results from their telescope which, rather than showing an exotic object in space, was merely showing some spunk on the lens left after a late-night session with 'Penthouse' magazine.
Peace out,
MC Hawking, PhD.
Re:Why... (Score:5, Funny)
So if I understand correctly,
Black holes suck and swallow
Meco's suck, gargle and then spit it out
Dirty buggers the lot of them!
You must be new here... (Score:4, Funny)
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ARRRG!
The universe is so anoying, why won't it let us just go out an take a look?
Bloody speed of light crap.
monk.e.boy
Neo-con physics (Score:5, Funny)
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I think that's as far as we can take this. I hope so.
J.
Re:Slashdot experts (Score:5, Funny)
Ah, another string theorist!
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Wrong thread? (Score:2, Funny)
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Wilting, politically correct, lefty-libby physics (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe we should just ask it how it feels to think that it's a MECO, and no matter what it says, start up a government program designed to empower its sense of communinity with the black holes. Then, if Kofi Annan decides that the arrangement is suitably free of human suffering that no one in Europe will notice, we can assign a series of attractive Hollywood types to set the tone for more research by doing some short publicity pieces that will help all MECOs feel better about ejecting mass, even if it hurts other stellar objects (which isn't their fault, since the laws of physics are really just The Establishment and Hawking is just The Man, running Big Physics from his position of authority-backed, but morally weak institutional power).
Vote for Meco (Score:4, Funny)
No singularity, but Meco did come out with that that singularly awesome Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk [wikipedia.org] album back in '77. Take that, black holes!
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Schrödinger (Score:5, Funny)
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Goddidit?
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Furthermore "mecos" is Mexican slang for cum. I just wanted everyone to know that, so you can never again think about black holes and MECOs again without thinking about cum.
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Flawed summary (Score:3, Funny)
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of religious/academic Godism.
Seriously, have you read your crackpot? "Why Software Is Bad" [sbcglobal.net]? "Simple Proof that Nothing Can Move in Spacetime" [sbcglobal.net]? At least Time Cube is funny.
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So you're saying Internet Explorer [youtube.com] is really a MECO?
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Funny mods do not raise karma. If you are modded funny, then modded troll, or offtopic, then you will lose karma. I am very happy to see that more and more moderators are modding funny comments with other, karma-giving mods, not only because I think people deserve karma for making the world a funnier place, but especially because it helps to solve the problem that you can lose karma because people disagree as to whether you are funny or not. If the balance is 0, then the balance of karma should also be 0, but this is not how slashdot operates.
I urge everyone to use a karma-giving moderation instead of the funny moderation in all circumstances.
Re:Neo-con physics (Score:4, Funny)
The true neo-con philosophy is to:
1. Invest in MECO futures.
2. Invade it's surface with just enough troops to create chaos, but not enough to actually accomplish any other real objective.
3. Come up with the "kill its plasma and convert it to black holeness" understory to keep the conservative yokel voting base exited, so you don't get kicked out of office halfway through. (because the neo-con philosophy is based on Straussian doctrine that "religion is the opiate of the masses - and we need to keep pumping it to control them - for their own good).
4. Wait for the escalating violence and chaos cause MECO futures traders to speculate the price up 400%.
5. Profit.
(wait - was that for their own good or ours? Oh well, chalk it up to "enlightened self-interest")