End of Universe closer than we thought

[sjastro]

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/30722/1066/1/0/

Scientific paper.

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/...909.3983v2.pdf

Regards

Steven

[Rodstar (Rod)]

Better hurry up with things, then, hadn't we....I might just mention to SWMBO that I should urgently buy the 21 ethos in case there is nothing left to look at soon....

[Barrykgerdes]

I believe there is a great restaurant at the end of the universe.

Baz

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes

I believe there is a great restaurant at the end of the universe.

Baz

Yeah the reviews put it right up there with the "Big Bang Burger Bar".

Al.

[leon]

Here we go again, were doomed for the first time this year at least.

Leon

[snas (Stuart)]

So now we need to reduce our entropy footprints which the government will assist us with by bringing in a new entropy tax.

Stuart

[Jarvamundo (Alex)]

heheh arrggh the spreadsheet says we're f'd again...

"We make the first tentative estimate of the entropy of dark matter.."
"We highlight several caveats pertaining to these estimates..."
http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3983v3

[ngcles]

Hi Steven & All,

First of all,thanks for the links -- very interesting paper but your witty quips fellas put a big smile on my dial for the first time in a week.

Originally Posted by Rodstar

Better hurry up with things, then, hadn't we....I might just mention to SWMBO that I should urgently buy the 21 ethos in case there is nothing left to look at soon....

Ah yes Rod, but surely the energy expended (and lost irretrievably) in producing the eyepiece will only add to the problem. If you buy it, the Universe will become uninhabitable even more quickly. You don't really want to contribute to accelerating the demise of the Universe. Really,!! How could you ...

Originally Posted by leon

Here we go again, were doomed for the first time this year at least.

Yep, and not one mention of Nibiru.

Originally Posted by snas

So now we need to reduce our entropy footprints which the government will assist us with by bringing in a new entropy tax.

Classic. They couldn't loose -- entropy always increases. We've had those big, black nasty-looking balloons in the T.V commercials about "carbon pollution". I wonder how they will portray/depict entropy. The mind boggles. So much adervising talks about this or that product being "carbon neutral" when will we see "entropy neutral" products I wonder??

As one wise man once wrote:

The laws of Thermodynamics summarised:

(1) You cannot win.

(2) You cannot break even.

(3) You cannot leave the game.


With the laws of thermodynamics as they are, this Universe was pretty much doomed to start with anyway ...


Best,

Les D

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

Do we have time for tea and scones?