I had no idea...

[the_infamous_j]

I always knew I was out of touch with the rest of the world. Someone built a big black hole machine, and I didn't find out about until several hours after it was turned on. What if the world had ended, and I didn't know about it?

Comments

[the_infamous_j]

At that point, you could probably blame anyone you liked, 'cause it really wouldn't make much of a difference :)

[chezmax]

Ignorance is bliss, love :)

[the_infamous_j]

Is that why my life is so good?

[fallyn_angel]

No, your life is so good cuz of Max. Your life is AWESOME because of blissful ignorance... :)

[fallyn_angel]

Or should that be the other way around?

[fallyn_angel]

You've got time until they turn it on in the other direction. Plan your end of world parties now.

[the_infamous_j]

What?!? It goes both ways?

[fallyn_angel]

Without incident? If we're lucky? Yes.

If not, then we're screwed.

[taldragon]

if you book now, you might get a discount at Milliways (the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)

[gandalfgreyhame]

I'm a bit rusty on my astrophysics, but wouldn't one be ripped into their constituent elementary particles before they realized they were being sucked into a black hole? Not to mention any possible oddness from time dilation, for both external and about-to-be-ripped-to-shreds observers...

[psychedelicbike]

It depends on the size of the black hole, methinks. Beyond a certain size (or below a certain size?) the time dilation occurs outside the boundary where the tides tear your body apart. I think that's what you really have to worry about, is the tides, where the r in GmM/r^2 is so small that the F is hugely different from your head to your feet, and they get accelerated at different rates.

If it weren't so terribly painful, I suspect it would be a fascinating experience.

Hrm, shades of Neutron Star.

[da_lj]

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

[the_infamous_j]

*laughs*

[mlik]

If you ever encounter a black hole, throw stuff in.