RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Unfolding Universe (discovery channel)

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

The problem of interstellar communication is that light speed must be broken
for it to be feasible for more that periodic dictionary updates.  Scientists
are trying to figure out a way to break that speed limit, just as they did
the sound barrier, and other speed barriers in the past.  Obviously, thanks
to relativity, its unlikely that we'll really 'break' the speed limit of
light, but shortcuts are plausible.  Also, we're talking about transmitting
information, not objects.  We simply have to have a method of affecting
something remotely and instantaneously.  Opening microwormholes, vibrating
alleles, etc. should work, if we can work out the details.  

BTW, the only reason wormholes aren't plausible for travel is because they
require a black hole, or similar supergravitational object at the mid point.
Its hard to pass through one. :-)
What you need is two black holes spiraling each other, so you could pass
through the area between their event horizons.

BTW2, what happens when a singularity enters the event horizon of another
black hole?  If you take the "cosmic dent" view of gravity wells, space
would contract between the two, but actually create a wall between them.
One black hole or the other would have to explode, then be pulled into the
other, IMO.

> What does that mean?  Thinking about relativity -- what do 
> you mean by "no
> noticable lag"?  The speed of light should limit things very
> substantially.  Even on Earth, light speed is slow enough that you can
> readily detect its effects in network computing (e.g., in ssh 
> session to
> Australia).
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