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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:08 PM Original message |
Bursting the Spherical Bubble: Universe Might Be Pill-Shaped |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Or, indeed, "meatball-shaped" ... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Is it a coincidence... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A slightly squashed meatball |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Heretic! |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Noodly appendage with two meatballs, |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The penne is mightier than the ravioli |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. More-easily swallowed than a sphere. |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Does the Universe Have an Edge? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I've seen models of a Moebius space |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Is it not known if the Universe is finite. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Assuming the Big Bang, the universe itself *must* be finite |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It's not that simple... |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. How about a prolate shperoid |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. An American football is not a prolate spheroid |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Were you thinking of a Klein bottle? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Assuming this should is a response to #7, yes |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. I once asked someone at Jodrell Bank what shape the universe was ... |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. If the universe has a shape, what's in the negative space outside |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. There is no way to know |
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