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There is no theoretical upper limit to how massive a Black Hole can become, as long as it can gain more mass it will continue to grow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole Black Holes are thought to evaporate very slowly through Hawking Radiation. When a Black Hole is ready to "erupt" it has already lost so much mass it's much much smaller than a tiny fraction of Earth, close to 250 000 kg the evaporation accelerates towards a second. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation Loop Quantum Gravity replaces the Big Bang spacetime singularity with a Big Bounce. The theory has an old contracting Universe building up momentum until it manages to overcome the inertia and gravity from the collapsing matter and then recoils out in the Big Bang. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_quantum_gravity

Yes, at least from my understanding, I would say that it's very close. The Universe comprises by definition: "everything that physically exists: the entirety of space and time, all forms of matter, energy and momentum, and the physical laws and constants that govern them." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe The Copernican Principle states that: "the Earth is not in a central, specially favoured position. More recently, the principle is generalised to the relativistic concept that humans are not privileged observers of the universe." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_principle The Cosmological Principle states that "all points in space ought to experience the same physical development, correlated in time in such a way that all points at a certain distance from an observer appear to be at the same stage of development. In that sense, all spatial conditions in the Universe must appear to be homogeneous and isotropic to an observer at all times in the future and in the past." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_principle Timeline of the Universe: But I would also like to add: - The Cosmological Principle may still be challenged and shot down. - There are different models about the actual Ignition, starting the BB, we don't know if the Universe suddenly came into existance or if it has always been here, some newer models predict that the Universe was contracting before the BB event. - We calibrate our cosmological time to zero against the BB ignition, but that doesn't mean that there wasn't any "time" before that. - The size and contents of the Universe is also highly debatable, we don't know how big the outside of our observable part is and what properties it has, all we have is the clues we manage to extract from the remnants we can measure.

It might be possible with the Ignition Coil and other components from a Moped with battery powered igniton. An ignition coil (also called a spark coil) is an induction coil in an automobile's ignition system which transforms the battery's 12 volts (6 volts in some older vehicles) to the thousands of volts (20 to 30 thousand volts) needed to spark the spark plugs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_coil Mopeds are a type of low-powered motorcycle with pedals, designed to provide economical and relatively safe transport with minimal licensing requirements. Traditionally, mopeds are equipped with bicycle-like pedals (the source of the term, motor-pedal), but moped is sometimes applied by governments to vehicles without pedals, based on their similar engine displacement, speed, and/or power output. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moped

Those values are only recommended, I think it's because our equipment wasn't technically able to observe objects with higher redshift when the calculator was created. But you can theoretically put in any redshift, for instance a redshift of 1090 is supposed to be for the CMBR, (Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation). Distance "Now" is the actual distance to the object, when the image it emitted reaches us. Like if we could pause the universe and pull out a large meterstick and measure the real distance between us and where it is right now. Distance "Then" is the past distance to the object, when the image was emitted towards us. Like if we could go back in time with our meterstick and measure the real distance between us and where it was then, when the image started it's journey. It doesn't calculate the distance the image has travelled, but since the image propegates with the speed of light, one can simply subtract "Age of Universe Then" from "Age of Universe Now" to get how much time and space the photons has moved through before it reached us. The photons travel distance is most commonly used in popular science articles, for example it could be stated that "Biggest Ever Cosmic Explosion Observed 7.5 Billion Light Years Away". When we put in that particular GRBs, (Gamma Ray Burst), redshift of 0.94 in the calculator, we can find out how far the object was when the burst took place, (5.32 bly), and how far the remnants are today, (10.32 bly). ( Statement quoted from: http://www.internationalreporter.com/News-3384/biggest-ever-cosmic-explosion-observed-7-5-billion-light-years-away.html )

In my example I move the photon first as if space didn't expand and then I streach space, it's only a rough approximation because in reality space expand while the photon travel through it, but with small enough steps the result will get very close. With smaller steps of 100 000 years, the trip takes ~304 million years, with steps of 10 000 years ~305.33 million years and with 1000 years ~305.28 million years. If you expand space first, then in the first step the photon would be brought back to 36+3.395 before it travels forward to 39.395-1 witch brings it to 38.395 instead of the 38.3 million lightyears in my example. One could probably calculate it that way too and also get a rough result. [EDIT] When space expands it streatches the light rays within it and creates a cosmological redshift, witch we can measure in light from distant stars. Here is an link to a Cosmos Calculator: http://www.uni.edu/morgans/ajjar/Cosmology/cosmos.html You are supposed to put in Omega=0.27, Lambda=0.73 and Hubble=71 to get values corresponding with our Universe. Then you can put in different values for the redshift and it will calculate how far the object was when the light was emitted, how far it really is now, how fast it was moving away then due to expansion and how fast it is receding now.

Ok, let's assume that the expansion was an average constant for simplicity and then make rough estimates in steps of million years. We are going to get a false answer since the expansion of the universe changes over time and it was extreamly rapid during the early stages of BB, but it might give you some insight... 1292 times 36 million lightyears in 13.7 billion years gives an expansion of ~3.395 million lightyears each million years. So when the photon has travelled 1 million lightyears from the emitter towards the receiver, the total distance between the emitter and the reciever has expanded with 3.395 million lightyears and the photon's position has been displaced with the same rate as it's original position in proportion vid total distance. The photon's position is at (36-1)/36 percent of the distance, but because of the expansion it would now be displaced with (36-1)/36 = 97.2% of 36 + 3.395 million lightyears, witch is at 38.3 million lightyears away from the receiver. (The photon has been pushed back to a farther distance due to expansion.) After 2 million years the total distance has expanded with 2*3.395 million lightyears and the photon has been pushed back by expansion to a distance of (38.3-1)/(36+1*3.395) * (36+2*3.395) = 40.5 million lightyears. After 3 million years the total distance has expanded with 3*3.395 million lightyears and the photon has been pushed back by expansion to a distance of (40.5-1)/(36+2*3.395) * (36+3*3.395) = 42.6 million lightyears. . . . After 40 million years the total distance has expanded to 171.8 million lightyears and the photon has been pushed back by expansion to a distance of 90.8 million lightyears. (The photon still has a very long way to travel before it can reach us.) . . . After 46 million years the total distance has expanded to 192.2 million lightyears and the photon has been pushed back by expansion to a distance of 95.2 million lightyears. (By now it has passed the midpoint between the reciever and the emitter.) . . . After 101 million years the total distance has expanded to 378.9 million lightyears and the photon has been pushed back by expansion to a distance of 111.4 million lightyears. (From now on the trip is downhill and it actually starts to approach the reciever.) . . . After 291 million years the total distance has expanded to 1027 million lightyears and the photon has been able to outrace the expansion and reach a distance of 0.26 million lightyears. (Finally the photon can reach the reciever sometime within the next million years.)

salamanderma, check this thread -> http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=29157

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_locality

Dimmer light gives longer glow time: -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glowstick

He only missed the first character "h": -> http://hecoaustralia.fortunecity.com/pulsejet/plje.htm

57% - "You got 12 of the 21 people correct, and you did better recognizing the virginity of guys. Overall, you guessed better than 48% of all test takers."

Stonehenge -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge

I was under the impression that we already have a ozone hole in Arctica, albeit much weaker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion And the "tan" is supposed to be dangerous, in Scandinavia we are warned not to expose our skin to the Sun during summer, from time to time depending of where the depleted area is present.

Read my Post#52. If you have any questions regarding the interpretation of it's contents, please ask... (Because obviously you failed to understand everything in it.)

LOL - Or else ... Farsight is not talking about movie time travel, he doesn't belive that we move forward in time at all. Time travel as in movies or time travel as my opinion (below) or time travel as Farsights (above) or ... ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/supernova_threat_021216.html http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/gammaray_bursts_010522-1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypernova

Farsight, if you have read through this thread, you must have realised that I am NOT in doubt at all. I have in fact a firm belif that you are wrong, which is an opinion I am fully entitled to have. Further I am in NO WAY obligated to have to show you anything and my ability to support evidence don't affect my faith nor reality. There is two BIG distinctions between personalitys here: First, I can become convinced that I am totally wrong and Secondly, I don't care if others share my opinion or not, I am here to learn not to teach. Thus I am not inclined to waste my time arguing with you.

Like I said, to much quibbling. But what I asked about was: the difference between "Banned" and "Suspended" ? (Both seems to have the ability to be "Temporary" and "Permanent".)

Probably to much quibbling... I thought temporary was labeled "Suspended" ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_field http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_energy

Gravity propegates with the speed of light. The causes for galaxies shapes is a mix of all natural phenomena, but gravity is the primary force. Gravity acts on energy and energy causes gravity too. We have the same model for gravity which fits how bodies behaves on Earth, in the Solarsystem, inside the Milky Way and for interaction between galaxies close to each other. We don't know how gravity behaves on very large scales, but it's reasonable to assume that it continues even on larger scales. The force of gravity drops off very fast with distances, far enough and the force will be weakened to almost zero. On large scales galaxies behave as single bodies, if it's movement changes it's influenced by gravity. In General Relativity the distorsion of spacetime is gravity.

I really really doubt that and are not going to just trust your words... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_metric

I agree that dogs can have some advantage in the communication part, but thats not all social skills there is... Less communication skill doesn't mean that wolves is without skill or don't want to interact with humans. Wolves are intelligent and curios pack animals, a tamed wolf would try its best to communicate and can still beat a dog in it's "capacity for loyalty, devotion, love, friendship, compassion and service". Does a blind, deaf or dumb human have less social skills ? Depending on personality and requirements of both human and wolf, I still say that:

Since he appears to have been banned, a guess all quibbles with Fred56 has ended.

I can add with that info that it also could be some internal short before the current meter. (A few tenths of volts is enough to drive 1.5 Amperes through a short.)