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Re: Is the universe curved or flat?

Message-ID <5680DED3.7C7F@ix.netcom.com> (permalink)
Date 2015-12-27 23:03 -0800
From The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups alt.astronomy, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, rec.arts.sf.written
Subject Re: Is the universe curved or flat?
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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > The Starmaker wrote:
> > >
> > > And people who come out with using the words 'curve and flat' in the same sentence are dumb:
> > >
> > > "WMAP nailed down the curvature of space to
> > >    within 0.4% of "flat" Euclidean."
> > >
> > > Who do you think you're fooling?
> > >
> > > Let me put it this way...
> > >
> > > there is no such thing in outer space as '"flat" Euclidean'.
> > >
> > > God does not play with "flat" Euclidean.
> > >
> > > A lot of girls got what appears to be a flat butt, but if you look closer...it's curved.
> >
> > Now I'll explain the center of the universe...
> >
> > if you blow up a balloon
> > you will notice
> > the balloon has
> > two centers..
> >
> > the center is
> > in the middle where
> > all the air is at..
> >
> > and the center of
> > the surface where
> > you blew the balloon.
> >
> > Now the earth has
> > two centers..
> >
> > the middle
> > of the earth...
> >
> > and the center
> > on the surface
> > of the earth...
> >
> > it might have
> > sealed up by now...
> >
> > so it might be hard to find..
> > (not that anybody is looking)
> >
> > The Starmaker
> 
> Or...
> 
> if you draw a circle..
> whether you do it manually
> or with a compass...
> 
> it has a beginning
> and an end to the
> drawing of a circle...
> that is the center.
> 
> Might be hard to
> detect now in the
> universe...with all
> that mess up there..
> 
> hard to see...
> hard to spot
> hard to detect
> hard to idenify
> hard to recognize
> hard to ..observe
> 
> but it's there.
> 
> The Starmaker



it's probably the 'coolest' part of the universe, not the hottest.

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Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-11 13:56 -0800
  Re: Is the universe curved or flat? David Staup <dstaup@charter.net> - 2015-12-11 16:34 -0600
    Re: Is the universe curved or flat? "G=EMC^2TreBert" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 16:06 -0800
      Re: Is the universe curved or flat? David Staup <dstaup@charter.net> - 2015-12-12 21:23 -0600
  Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-11 15:16 -0800
    Re: Is the universe curved or flat? Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-12-12 09:23 -0700
  Re: Is the universe curved or flat? gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-12-11 18:40 -0600
    Re: Is the universe curved or flat? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-12-12 17:37 +0100
  Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-11 21:38 -0800
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      Re: Is the universe curved or flat? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-13 15:05 -0600
        Re: Is the universe curved or flat? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2015-12-13 22:54 +0100
        Re: Is the universe curved or flat? benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-12-14 02:26 -0500
      Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-13 18:40 -0800
      Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-14 13:04 -0800
        Re: Is the universe curved or flat? palsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2015-12-14 20:33 -0800
        Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-15 14:24 -0800
          Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-15 15:16 -0800
            Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-15 15:34 -0800
              Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-16 23:15 -0800
              Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-19 09:11 -0800
                Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-19 10:20 -0800
                Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-25 08:48 -0800
                Re: Is the universe curved or flat? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-12-27 23:03 -0800
            Re: Is the universe curved or flat? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-15 18:59 -0600
          Re: Is the universe curved or flat? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-15 18:46 -0600
  Re: Is the universe curved or flat? Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-12-12 05:16 -0700
  Re: Is the universe curved or flat? "G=EMC^2TreBert" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-15 14:49 -0800
  Re: Is the universe curved or flat? "G=EMC^2TreBert" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 10:46 -0800

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