On 09/21/2016 04:15 AM, John Newman wrote:
On Sep 20, 2016, at 11:39 PM, Mirimir <mirimir@riseup.net> wrote:
On 09/20/2016 09:22 PM, Tom wrote: btw, I'd suggest reading Phil Plaits 'Death from the Skies!'. In this book he examines a couple of scenarios how the universe might end (among a couple other ways how we could die). Very fun read.
There's The Killing Star by Charles R. Pellegrino and George Zebrowski. Death by relativistic bombardment.
I was trying to get a copy of this book a while back but it's out of print and used prices were high (like $30).... I don't suppose anyone has an ePub they could shoot me? Or is it worth $30 for a 1995 paperback, maybe so...
I just have old hard copy. Maybe you can get it through a library. Or find a torrent, maybe.
BTW Mirmir I've read and enjoyed Accelerando and Diaspora... I'll have to check out the Jean le Flambeur stuff....
'Quantum Thief' opens with prisoner's dilemma selection. Make numerous digital copies, select for copies that cooperate, repeat. "As always, before the warmind and I shoot each other, I try to make smalltalk."
John
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 06:07:56PM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 3:48 PM, <xorcist@sigaint.org> wrote: I find it difficult to believe in the heat death of the universe. The Big Crunch makes sense to me. The universe expands for a time, and collapses. Like breathing. But continual expansion with the universe turning into some cold, undefinable soup.
Current model really fucking cold heat death will occur. Yet if gravity is true, yes, no matter infintismal amount, you cannot blow past to escape it. Thus collapse, or at least steady state in case of repulse forces, is the required result.
It is sad that not even sci fi knows how to harvest from forcibly diminishing Kelvin, as to revert requires similar energy. But we will have fun till then, provided we get beyond Sol or the galaxy.