VLVL2 (9.5): The last cry of matter

[Otto]

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From: "Dave Monroe" <monrobotics at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:06 PM
Subject: VLVL2 (9.5): "Domo komarimashita!"


>    "He lifted his shades, looking serious.  'Getting
> you in trouble--it was never in my plans, DL-san. 
> Maybe you should start to think--about beaming out of
> this, ne?'
>    "She ran a hand through her hair, gave him a look. 
> 'Can't.'
>    "'It's a black hole!  It's taken away thirty years
> of my life!  I don't want it--to drag you in!'
>    "'It's my job--I can't back out.'
>    "'Sounds like my--ex-wife!'  He looked around,
> pretending to be crazy.  'Domo komarimashita!  What
> did I do, get married again and forget it already?'"
> (VL, Ch. 9, p. 176)
> 
> 
> 
> "It's a black hole!"
> 
> http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/BlackHoles.html
> 
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn_bht.html
> 
> http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/schw.shtml
> 
> http://imdb.com/title/tt0078869/
> 

The last cry of matter

'Black holes' are truly black. When an object gets within a certain
distance from a black hole, it will get swallowed forever with no chance
to escape. That includes light, which means that black holes do not shine.

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