Comments on: Frank on Science!: Black Holes

By: DesertElephant

DesertElephant — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:21:37 +0000

Corona, you sly Devil you. So we should refer to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton as People With The Complete Absence Of Color Within The visible Spectrum? That’s a mouthful. But maybe after trying to say that, those two fat bloated race-baiting idiots would be too distracted to notice us throwing them into Black Holes.

And Frank, what do I do if I want to keep my Angular Momentum private?

By: Deafdog

Deafdog — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:21:10 +0000

Little known fact – another name for “Black Hole” is “The Public Option”

By: Son of Bob

Son of Bob — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:49:15 +0000

Well, the real question is: Why do black holes always think that everyone else is always out to get them?

By: Corona

Corona — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:34:29 +0000

Why are they called “people of color” when black is not a color?

By: Barb

Barb — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:35:26 +0000

Somewhere in a universe Karl Schwarzschild is crying because he just found out black holes are turquoise. Not only is he going to have to change his name to Türkischild, he's also going to have redo all his geometry. FrankJ, you are so cruel! PS: Physics! isn't the supreme Science! because it's susceptible to breadcrumbs. Geology! is the supreme Science! because it's got volcanoes and earthquakes and glaciers and dirt and stuff, though the Blobfish is so cool I'm willing to give Biology! an equal share of the supreme platform for a while, too.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:54:13 +0000

Yeah, seanmahair, not to mention an intellectual garbage dump. a philosophical scrap heap and a horse dung recycling center and rolled into one family horror theme park paid for by you and me.

By: seanmahair

seanmahair — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:21:17 +0000

you don’t have to go to outer space to see a black hole. All you have to do is fly into Reagan International Airport, get on the train, go down to the Mall and look for the Crapital.

There is it, the biggest, baddest, blackest hole ever seen.

Too bad we can’t simply close it up and walk away.

By: Crusty

Crusty — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:16:50 +0000

Stephen Hawking once gave me an hour lecture explaining black holes. When he asked if I had any questions I said, how do you get your voice to sound all robotty and cool like that.

By: Laiam

Laiam — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:28:23 +0000

Science! demands that I correct your statement about matter Eric. Its not black matter, its Dark Matter! and according to Science! its what holds the universe together.

By: ussjimmycarter

ussjimmycarter — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:56:07 +0000

Everytime I see a Democrat talk on TV I watch their brains collapse on themselves! Were they born with black holes in their heads?

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:42:42 +0000

RACIST! Everyone knows the entire black hole theory was created by white males in the age of white supremisist oppression of all non-white peoples, and females. Not until fully half of the worlds scientists are non-white females can this card be placed back into the deck for fair play. And don’t even get me started on black matter.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:25:54 +0000

Every time I see Frank use the word Science!... I crack up. Really! I'm laughing Now! I'm laughing Actually!

By: Anon Y. Mous

Anon Y. Mous — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:15:30 +0000

I think we should setup a string of black holes to protect us from the interference of the future. If we want to ram particles into each other, who does the future think it is to interfere? Anyway, with our black hole Maginot Line in place, we will be invincible. I love talking science with those that can understand!

By: 5 of 7

5 of 7 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:30:31 +0000

Mythbusters is my second most favoritest source of information and entertainment. Yous guys should colaborate!

By: Silicon Valley Jim

Silicon Valley Jim — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:27:12 +0000

One interesting property of a black hole is its the only thing we know of that destroys information Oh, no, it isn't. There's the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and all them. Not to mention Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. And the blobfish who's Obama's press secretary; after much work, I've succeeded in forgetting his name.

By: Zimriel

Zimriel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:26:21 +0000

The sun is radiating out a lot of mass now, whereas if it was a “black hole” it would lose mass only through that very very dim turquoise radiation you mention. I think our orbit would decay if the sun was a dark turquoise hole.

Dark turquoise holes aren’t compressed to “a single point”; they’re compressed to the radius where the escape velocity is the speed of light – the “event horizon”. You’ve mentioned the event horizon already, I’m just explaining it :^)

We haven’t seen any dark turquoise holes, but we infer them – through gravitational lensing (which you are depicting), and also through X-rays. “But X-rays aren’t turquoise!” says the monkey. The appropriate response to that is, “shut up, monkey, it’s obvious I’m talking about the intense energy emitted by stuff going real fast toward the ‘hole”. And then duck his poo.

One last thing – we would never observe a mass-bearing particle entering the event horizon. The closer the object gets, the SLOWER it APPEARS to the rest of the universe. So, if we put Harry Reid near a dark turquoise hole, we could come back 40 years later and he would be a little closer to the ‘horizon, but he would only have aged, maybe 10 years, or a day, depending on how close he was when he started. (And the guy is so decrepit anyway, who’d know?) So we couldn’t in practice make anything lose information this way.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:37:01 +0000

It's obvious that Frank has studied Orbital Mechanics! as a special branch of Physics! which is the supreme branch of Science!

By: Niel J.

Niel J. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:22:09 +0000

But the thing about black holes, you see, is they’re black. And the thing about space, the color of space, your basic space color, is it’s black.

By: NO_MO_BAMA

NO_MO_BAMA — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:20:50 +0000

Owl with movable head – US Patent 5901491

That should put an end to all these claims that America isn’t exceptional.

By: NO_MO_BAMA

NO_MO_BAMA — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:36 +0000

WikiAnswers – Can a owl turn its head 360 degrees
Animal Behavior question: Can a owl turn its head 360 degrees?
no, an owl can turn it’s head 270 degrees. they cannot turn their heads 360 degrees

By: NO_MO_BAMA

NO_MO_BAMA — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:10:40 +0000

Wasn’t it Jesse Jackass who said he was relieved when he saw it was a white hole confronting him and not a black hole?

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:53:07 +0000

Dr Phil was on Larrry King last nigh and it became obvious that any common sense Dr Phil ever had seems to have disappeared into a black hole and it’s never coming out.

By: DesertElephant

DesertElephant — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:41:09 +0000

forget rather. Freaking Space Bar addiction is starting to get the better of me.

By: DesertElephant

DesertElephant — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:40:29 +0000

For get the dog… this explains where all that bear fur went!

By: Sgt Relic

Sgt Relic — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:35:10 +0000

Black holes? This might explain what happened to the dog.