Re: [NTLK] OT Trolls and black holes

From: Jochen Schäfer (js.josch_at_gmx.de)
Date: Tue Jul 09 2002 - 02:54:06 EDT

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What gets bigger is the event horizon. As the black hole gets heavier, the
distance at which light can't escape gets bigger. So, in a sense, black
holes get bigger. But you're right, the black hole itself doesn't get
bigger, only heavier.

Jochen
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From: "Michael Mays" <chaosmonk_at_earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] OT Trolls and black holes

>
> Black holes don't get bigger in the traditional sense. As they suck in
mass=
> past their event horizon (which is the point at which the speed of light=
> is no longer fast enough to escape the pull of gravity) the mass=
> accumulates in an accretion disk, finally funneling down to the black
hole=
> itself...which is a single one-dimensional point of infinite density.=
> This point has a set mass, which increases as more matter is sucked
down=
> to that point...but it never gets any bigger, because gravity has=
> compressed it to nothingness.
>
> This could get into an interesting conversation if anyone is
knowledgeable=
> about this stuff. :)
>
>
> Michael Mays
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
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> On 12/31/1969 at 10:02 PM Jim Witte wrote:
>
> >On Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 06:54 PM, Victor Rehorst wrote:
> >> -If you think it's a troll, don't feed it. They only get bigger and
> >> hairier.
> >
> > Just found this wondering through my semi-recent archives and though,
> >"hmm, just like a black hole. Except that black holes have no hair."
(Any
> >physicists here?)
> >
> >Jim
> >
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