Comments on: Nasa sells soft drinks… with coca??? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:11:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Yakovlev1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14122 Yakovlev1 Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:31:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14122 http://amiloride-5ity.blogspot.com http://amiloride-5ity.blogspot.com

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]]> By: Rapdentious http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14119 Rapdentious Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:36:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14119 Thanks for that Max. Jupiter and the inner moons have never been more breathtaking to me than one night 35 years ago when I was priviledged to have an evening with the 30" Leuschner. By coincidence the four moons formed a perfect spiral away from Jupiter and towards us! What are the chances of that. It gave a sense of 3 dimensionality I didn't think possible through a telescope. The vivid colours made it a truly spectacular sight. You mentioned earlier it has been speculated that black holes might be "evaporating" matter to another dimension. If there is no apparent limit to the ultimate size of a black hole, is it conceivable that CBHs have swallowed whole galaxies whose mass, while in another dimension, is still somehow having a gravitational effect--as in the "missing mass" of the universe? (You can tell I'm way over my head here). Cheers Thanks for that Max.
Jupiter and the inner moons have never been more breathtaking to me than one night 35 years ago when I was priviledged to have an evening with the 30″ Leuschner. By coincidence the four moons formed a perfect spiral away from Jupiter and towards us! What are the chances of that. It gave a sense of 3 dimensionality I didn’t think possible through a telescope. The vivid colours made it a truly spectacular sight.

You mentioned earlier it has been speculated that black holes might be “evaporating” matter to another dimension. If there is no apparent limit to the ultimate size of a black hole, is it conceivable that CBHs have swallowed whole galaxies whose mass, while in another dimension, is still somehow having a gravitational effect–as in the “missing mass” of the universe? (You can tell I’m way over my head here).
Cheers

]]> By: Nobby http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14120 Nobby Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:30:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14120 hmm, sorry, unclosed tag on that last bit, back to the old html books for me... hmm, sorry, unclosed tag on that last bit, back to the old html books for me…

]]> By: Nobby http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14121 Nobby Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:29:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14121 regards understanding Black Holes. During my degree we covered spinning black holes and the spacetime warping that results. That evening I ended up a *little* bit drunk and was sat thinking about the dimensions. Ended up sat upside down on the sofa with my head just off the floor. After about half an hour I suddenly realised what was happening, then passed out and fell on my head. Since then I can just about understand what happens in a spinning black hole, unfortunately the technique doesn't help with the maths. That's still down to lots of tiny indicies. DARE to resist? <b>Drugs </b><b>Are </b><b>Really </b><b>Excelent?</b> regards understanding Black Holes.
During my degree we covered spinning black holes and the spacetime warping that results. That evening I ended up a *little* bit drunk and was sat thinking about the dimensions. Ended up sat upside down on the sofa with my head just off the floor. After about half an hour I suddenly realised what was happening, then passed out and fell on my head. Since then I can just about understand what happens in a spinning black hole, unfortunately the technique doesn’t help with the maths. That’s still down to lots of tiny indicies.
DARE to resist? Drugs Are Really Excelent?

]]> By: MystikPhish http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14139 MystikPhish Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:43:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14139 Rapdentious, Regarding your question about whether the central black hole in a galaxy would be more discernible in an "axle-on" view... The technical term I think is "Active Galactic Nuclei", try a web search as there's a lot more info than I could come up with here. For galaxies that qualify, you could say that they are easier to see (not with your eyes I guess...) Here's a brief intro from teh NASA site: ,a href="http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/active_galaxies.html" title="Active Galactic Nuclei">Active Galactic Nuclei Rapdentious,

Regarding your question about whether the central black hole in a galaxy would be more discernible in an “axle-on” view… The technical term I think is “Active Galactic Nuclei”, try a web search as there’s a lot more info than I could come up with here.

For galaxies that qualify, you could say that they are easier to see (not with your eyes I guess…)

Here’s a brief intro from teh NASA site:
,a href=”http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/active_galaxies.html” title=”Active Galactic Nuclei”>Active Galactic Nuclei

]]> By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14142 Irishman Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:09:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/14/nasa-sells-soft-drinks-with-coca/#comment-14142 But cardoso, you're the one who made the comparison to Miller Lite. Miller Lite is beer every bit as much as other beer - that is to say, American beers, which have lower alcohol content than, say, German beers. The "Lite" has nothing to do with alcohol content, which is the ingredient of consideration. A more appropriate comparison <i>might</i> be O'Doule's , the "non-alcoholic" beer (that actually has about 0.5% alcohol). It's touted as the alternative to regular beer for non-drinkers who want the "refreshing" taste of a beer. (Gag.) It takes a lot more O'Doule's to get drunk - even at .08% blood content. But even that will get you drunk if you work at it. (Not aware of anyone getting drunk of O'Doule's and the like - people who intend to get drunk use something harder, people who drink it aren't trying, so likely don't imbibe fast enough.) But cardoso, you’re the one who made the comparison to Miller Lite. Miller Lite is beer every bit as much as other beer - that is to say, American beers, which have lower alcohol content than, say, German beers. The “Lite” has nothing to do with alcohol content, which is the ingredient of consideration.

A more appropriate comparison might be O’Doule’s , the “non-alcoholic” beer (that actually has about 0.5% alcohol). It’s touted as the alternative to regular beer for non-drinkers who want the “refreshing” taste of a beer. (Gag.) It takes a lot more O’Doule’s to get drunk - even at .08% blood content. But even that will get you drunk if you work at it. (Not aware of anyone getting drunk of O’Doule’s and the like - people who intend to get drunk use something harder, people who drink it aren’t trying, so likely don’t imbibe fast enough.)

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