Comments on: Black Holes Merge. Massive layoffs expected throughout galaxy.

Black Holes Merge. Massive layoffs expected throughout galaxy.

tweebiscuit — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:43:18 -0800

Black Holes Merge. Massive layoffs expected throughout galaxy. Analysts predict big payoffs for the economy, however. "A burst of gravitational waves that could warp the very fabric of space will go a long way towards increasing shareholding value," said one economist. Both black holes had recently suffered a dramatic drop in stock price, and were under the threat of hostile takeover from industry leader Black Hole 86184-B before the merger was announced, which took Wall Street pundits off guard. "Much to our surprise, we found that both were active black holes," Stefanie Komossa of the Max Planck Astro-Economics Institute in Germany, said in a statement. Proponents of big business greeted the announcement with pleasure: "This supports the idea that black holes can grow to enormous masses in the centres of galaxies by merging with other black holes."

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:45:48 -0800

Sorry, the link was meant to be the main feature of that post, but how could I not run with a joke like that?

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:46:00 -0800

Are you here all week?

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:46:51 -0800

Take my wife! Please!

By: richardm

richardm — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:50:35 -0800

My hopes of a theory linking black holes and financial markets dashed once again.

By: twine42

twine42 — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:06:29 -0800

When I right stuff like that, people fetch my medication... ;)

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:07:57 -0800

Woulda been even funnier if the name were Kosmossa ;-)

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:08:03 -0800

So, I like black holes. Do any of you guys like black holes?

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:11:31 -0800

WolfDaddy -- I had no idea what you meant, so I Googled"kosmossa" All I found was this contributionslist which has this listing: "The central radio source in the NGC 383group: jet -- IGM interaction? Kosmossa, Stefanie et al Books." Did theymisspell her name? And if so, how did you know, considering that I can'tfind any other sources for her?

By: gametone

gametone — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:21:37 -0800

Well, you made me laugh tweenbiscuit.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:36:26 -0800

So these massive gravitational waves... you say they cause things to vibrate?

By: Eyegore

Eyegore — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:46:01 -0800

Not funny. Annoying.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:48:15 -0800

tweebiscuit, a play on words: Kosmossa. That's all.

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:06:37 -0800

Black holes REALLY like me!

By: riffola

riffola — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:23:27 -0800

This was already mentioned in the other celestial thread today.

By: Peter H

Peter H — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:23:07 -0800

charles burns, the only black hole worth talking about

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:30:33 -0800

Oh, crap. Honestly, I wanted to have an interesting conversation about black holes. I checked the other thread to make sure it wasn't linking to the same story, but didn't go over the comments. Oh, well.

By: Peter H

Peter H — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:32:58 -0800

oops wrong link, i meant to link the bio seriously, doods and ladies, the only black hole worth peeping