Jayruss 0 #1 October 10, 2003 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031008/sc_nm/space_universe_dc_2 Scientists Say Universe May Be Soccer-Ball Shaped LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists said Wednesday the universe could be spherical and patched together like a soccer ball -- and it may not be infinite. Jeffrey Weeks, a MacArthur Fellow based in Canton, New York, and researchers from the University of Paris and Observatory of Paris analyzed astronomical data which suggests the universe is finite and made of curved pentagons joined together into a ball. In research reported in the science journal Nature on Wednesday, the scientists said data from NASA (news - web sites)'s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrophy Probe (WMAP), which maps background radiation left over from the Big Bang, is not consistent with an infinite universe. "Since antiquity, humans have wondered whether our universe is finite or infinite. Now, after more than two millennia of speculation, observational data might finally settle the ancient question," Weeks said. In a commentary on the research, George Ellis of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, said if Weeks and his colleagues are correct we might indeed live in a small, closed universe. __________________________________________________ "Beware how you take away hope from another human being." -Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #2 October 10, 2003 I can't believe they actually had to go through the effort of proving it. I just thought it was one of those known facts like Peter Pan peanut butter is better than Skippy. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #3 October 10, 2003 QuotePeter Pan peanut butter is better than Skippy. What? I used to like someone named Skymama. At least tell me you like chunky and not creamy... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #4 October 10, 2003 QuotePeter Pan peanut butter is better than Skippy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What? I used to like someone named Skymama. At least tell me you like chunky and not creamy... I too am devastated by Skymama's choice here. Things are just different now. I bet she likes Ovaltine over Nestle's Quick also. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #5 October 10, 2003 Ovaltine is the BEST! Nestle is inferior by far Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #6 October 10, 2003 The universe may be shaped like a soccer ball. Maybe not. I don't know. But it is damned sure held together with Skippy SuperChunk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Hooknswoop 19 #7 October 10, 2003 QuoteProof that skymama does rule the world Was there ever any doubt? QuoteBut it is damned sure held together with Skippy SuperChunk. I thought duct tape held the universe together? "Duct tape is like the force, it has a light side and a dark side and holds the universe together" Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jib 0 #8 October 10, 2003 There was a girl in high school that her friends nicknamed: Jiffy, like the peanut butter. I wonder why? -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Casch 0 #9 October 10, 2003 Spreads easy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #10 October 10, 2003 QuoteAt least tell me you like chunky and not creamy... Sometimes you feel like a chunk, sometimes you don't... I like chunky on sandwiches, but creamy when I spread it on a banana....yummy! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkymonkeyONE 4 #11 October 10, 2003 Soccer=LAME Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Casch 0 #12 October 10, 2003 I played soccer when I was in grade school, and would have continued in middle/high school but I moved into a VERY high hispanic population town...I don't even think the coaches spoke english. I lost interest for a long time, but I recently watched a Worl Cup game USA vs. N. Korea, and then USA vs. Germany. Now my interest is renewed. Oh by the way, that was womens soccer...I don't think I would be as interested in mens.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites diablopilot 2 #13 October 10, 2003 QuoteSoccer=LAME Please add one more point to Chuck's total towards moderator of the month.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Stacy 0 #14 October 10, 2003 Quote I like chunky on sandwiches, but creamy when I spread it on a banana... Oh mY!!! My virgin ears! __ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chaoskitty 0 #15 October 10, 2003 QuoteThere was a girl in high school that her friends nicknamed: Jiffy, like the peanut butter. I wonder why? Acutally Jiffy is cornbread mix, and stuff. Jif is PB. For all you folks who are hurt over skymama's preferred brand of PB, you need to get out a little more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #16 October 10, 2003 So the universe is shaped like a soccer ball... If the universe is finite, then there is an inside and an outside. Think that it has "Wilson" printed on the outside in 5 million foot letters? The Big Bang theory is basically that the universe contracts until it gets really little, then it explodes again. Keeps doin' that. Maybe it starts getting smaller because the valve stem leaks. The Big Bang is just a theory of what happens. Mine is a theory about why it happens. Probably just as good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jayruss 0 #17 October 10, 2003 Quote I like chunky on sandwiches, but creamy when I spread it on a banana....yummy! I knew it I knew it I knew it skymama is into 3 ways, but with a body like hers why go for chunky? Dam I wish I was 30 mmmmmm creamy bananas mmmmmmmm __________________________________________________ "Beware how you take away hope from another human being." -Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Push 0 #18 October 10, 2003 I wonder if there are some 7 dimensional creatures that are playing soccer with our universe? -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #19 October 10, 2003 You are supposed to preface that question with "Duuude... I wonder if..." and then "smooooth". It's a college entrance requirement now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Push 0 #20 October 10, 2003 Duuude... water slurping noise smoooooth... -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gawain 0 #21 October 10, 2003 Quote like Peter Pan peanut butter is better than Skippy. bzzzzzt...try again... Smucker's Goober rules!~ So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites vonSanta 0 #22 October 10, 2003 QuoteI wonder if there are some 7 dimensional creatures that are playing soccer with our universe? We are. Now hush and shut up; here comes the penalty kick. Oh, you might be in for some...shaky times. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #23 October 10, 2003 QuoteI like chunky on sandwiches, but creamy when I spread it on a banana....yummy! I knew it I knew it I knew it skymama is into 3 ways, but with a body like hers why go for chunky? Dam I wish I was 30 mmmmmm creamy bananas mmmmmmmm QuoteOh mY!!! My virgin ears! That was a totally innocent statement and you kids with your dirty minds had to go and take it straight to the gutter! Sniff....I'm so proud of you two, you make me such a proud mama! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevJim 0 #24 October 10, 2003 QuoteQuoteSoccer=LAME Please add one more point to Chuck's total towards moderator of the month. All the vote I have go to him too, and I have kids in soccer.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFKING 4 #25 October 10, 2003 QuoteSoccer=LAME Just proves that even Numero Uno Monkey skygods can be wrong occasionally......having played from the 5th grade through college, I can safely say that soccer rules. Plus, all the times I tackled and got tackled proved to be great training for my PLFs.....I crash with STYLE. Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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Hooknswoop 19 #7 October 10, 2003 QuoteProof that skymama does rule the world Was there ever any doubt? QuoteBut it is damned sure held together with Skippy SuperChunk. I thought duct tape held the universe together? "Duct tape is like the force, it has a light side and a dark side and holds the universe together" Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #8 October 10, 2003 There was a girl in high school that her friends nicknamed: Jiffy, like the peanut butter. I wonder why? -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #10 October 10, 2003 QuoteAt least tell me you like chunky and not creamy... Sometimes you feel like a chunk, sometimes you don't... I like chunky on sandwiches, but creamy when I spread it on a banana....yummy! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #11 October 10, 2003 Soccer=LAME Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #12 October 10, 2003 I played soccer when I was in grade school, and would have continued in middle/high school but I moved into a VERY high hispanic population town...I don't even think the coaches spoke english. I lost interest for a long time, but I recently watched a Worl Cup game USA vs. N. Korea, and then USA vs. Germany. Now my interest is renewed. Oh by the way, that was womens soccer...I don't think I would be as interested in mens.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #13 October 10, 2003 QuoteSoccer=LAME Please add one more point to Chuck's total towards moderator of the month.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #14 October 10, 2003 Quote I like chunky on sandwiches, but creamy when I spread it on a banana... Oh mY!!! My virgin ears! __ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #15 October 10, 2003 QuoteThere was a girl in high school that her friends nicknamed: Jiffy, like the peanut butter. I wonder why? Acutally Jiffy is cornbread mix, and stuff. Jif is PB. For all you folks who are hurt over skymama's preferred brand of PB, you need to get out a little more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #16 October 10, 2003 So the universe is shaped like a soccer ball... If the universe is finite, then there is an inside and an outside. Think that it has "Wilson" printed on the outside in 5 million foot letters? The Big Bang theory is basically that the universe contracts until it gets really little, then it explodes again. Keeps doin' that. Maybe it starts getting smaller because the valve stem leaks. The Big Bang is just a theory of what happens. Mine is a theory about why it happens. Probably just as good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayruss 0 #17 October 10, 2003 Quote I like chunky on sandwiches, but creamy when I spread it on a banana....yummy! I knew it I knew it I knew it skymama is into 3 ways, but with a body like hers why go for chunky? Dam I wish I was 30 mmmmmm creamy bananas mmmmmmmm __________________________________________________ "Beware how you take away hope from another human being." -Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #18 October 10, 2003 I wonder if there are some 7 dimensional creatures that are playing soccer with our universe? -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #19 October 10, 2003 You are supposed to preface that question with "Duuude... I wonder if..." and then "smooooth". It's a college entrance requirement now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #20 October 10, 2003 Duuude... water slurping noise smoooooth... -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #21 October 10, 2003 Quote like Peter Pan peanut butter is better than Skippy. bzzzzzt...try again... Smucker's Goober rules!~ So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vonSanta 0 #22 October 10, 2003 QuoteI wonder if there are some 7 dimensional creatures that are playing soccer with our universe? We are. Now hush and shut up; here comes the penalty kick. Oh, you might be in for some...shaky times. Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #23 October 10, 2003 QuoteI like chunky on sandwiches, but creamy when I spread it on a banana....yummy! I knew it I knew it I knew it skymama is into 3 ways, but with a body like hers why go for chunky? Dam I wish I was 30 mmmmmm creamy bananas mmmmmmmm QuoteOh mY!!! My virgin ears! That was a totally innocent statement and you kids with your dirty minds had to go and take it straight to the gutter! Sniff....I'm so proud of you two, you make me such a proud mama! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #24 October 10, 2003 QuoteQuoteSoccer=LAME Please add one more point to Chuck's total towards moderator of the month. All the vote I have go to him too, and I have kids in soccer.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 4 #25 October 10, 2003 QuoteSoccer=LAME Just proves that even Numero Uno Monkey skygods can be wrong occasionally......having played from the 5th grade through college, I can safely say that soccer rules. Plus, all the times I tackled and got tackled proved to be great training for my PLFs.....I crash with STYLE. Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
