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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.