Implosions

[Yoshi24]

This is the Implosions page. If anyone finds an implosion, please post it here.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/2012168217_a4ff928b8e.jpg?v=0New Frontier Implosion

[BlazeZeroThree]

Implosions are borrriiinnnngggg. EXplosions are where it's at.

But if you must ask for implosions, I bring you one.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3812/800867whitehousegc9.jpg
Anyone get the joke? Anyone? :D?

[Yoshi24]

Ok, but I don't get it.

[Yoshi24]

Sorry for not updating this. Top 10 Las Vegas Implosions
Here are the top 10 Las Vegas implosions. The only 2 Las Vegas implosions aren't in the video are New Frontier and Stardust.

EDIT: So, which implosion is next?

[mauryrules]

This is the Implosions page. If anyone finds an implosion, please post it here.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/2012168217_a4ff928b8e.jpg?v=0New Frontier Implosion

that pic is sweet!

[KalashnikoV]

Implosions are borrriiinnnngggg. EXplosions are where it's at.

But if you must ask for implosions, I bring you one.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3812/800867whitehousegc9.jpg
Anyone get the joke? Anyone? :D?

Political commentary aside, is it wrong that the first thing that springs to mind when I see a picture of the White House is this?
http://music.hyperreal.org/reviews/korova/images/articles/id4whitehouse.gif

[mauryrules]

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee218/talea18/building-implosion-12.jpghttp://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee218/talea18/veterans.jpg

[SupaFruit]

Implosions are borrriiinnnngggg. EXplosions are where it's at.

But if you must ask for implosions, I bring you one.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3812/800867whitehousegc9.jpg
Anyone get the joke? Anyone? :D?

Lolz nice one, true too.

[Sanctuary1]

Political commentary aside, is it wrong that the first thing that springs to mind when I see a picture of the White House is this?
http://music.hyperreal.org/reviews/korova/images/articles/id4whitehouse.gif

I had the exact same thought.

[Snaek]

Political commentary aside, is it wrong that the first thing that springs to mind when I see a picture of the White House is this?-IMG-

LOVE that movie!
I regularly make references to it. >_>

[Complexity]

http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Images/SwiftImages/Nousekmain_collapsar_still.jpg

Star implosion.

[Thingey]

o.O The making of a black hole. Possibly a neuron star.

[Snaek]

http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Images/SwiftImages/Nousekmain_collapsar_still.jpg

Star implosion.



That is exactly what comes to mind when I think about an implosion.

[SupaFruit]

No pictures but I imagine the earth imploding. Shrinks halfway and deforms, then explodes.

[KalashnikoV]

http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Images/SwiftImages/Nousekmain_collapsar_still.jpg

Star implosion.



Looks a bit like a quasar, doesn't it?

[SupaFruit]

First video isn't working.

[Yoshi24]

Stardust Implosion The demolition of the historic Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV on 3/13/07. This was to clear the land for a new project, the 4.5 Billion dollar Echelon Place scheduled to open somewhere around 2010.


New Frontier Implosion The New Frontier was imploded Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. The 65-year-old casino, the second property built on the famous Las Vegas Strip, was the venue where Elvis Presley made his Las Vegas debut in 1956. It also housed entertainers like Siegfried and Roy, and Wayne Newton; was once owned by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes; and featured one of the longest union strikes in U.S. history.

[KalashnikoV]

Didn't we have some other member who was awed by casinos and implosions?

[Yoshi24]

Maybe it isn't avalaible.

[Thingey]

Looks a bit like a quasar, doesn't it?
It does, but I think it's a pulsar.

[Yoshi24]

Didn't we have some other member who was awed by casinos and implosions?
Yes. There should be someone else who's awed by Las Vegas casinos and implosions.

[SupaFruit]

What the hell!?! That's the second time my post went ahead of what I was saying. Look above the 2 videos. I said that after he posted them. 2nd time in a couple mins.

[KalashnikoV]

What the hell!?! That's the second time my post went ahead of what I was saying. Look above the 2 videos. I said that after he posted them. 2nd time in a couple mins.

It's an old glitch. It'll act up for around a week before stopping once again.

[SupaFruit]

It's an old glitch. It'll act up for around a week before stopping once again.

For everyone or just me?

[KalashnikoV]

For everyone or just me?

Everyone. I noticed it popping up again a few days ago.

[SupaFruit]

Everyone. I noticed it popping up again a few days ago.

K. It's annoying.

[Yoshi24]

What is going on?

[Sanctuary1]

What is going on?

Nothin' much, babe.

[withouthands]

K. It's annoying.

About this time last year, it was unbearably bad.

[KalashnikoV]

It does, but I think it's a pulsar.

The discus shape and apparent black hole center beg to differ.

[Thingey]

It could be a quasar, but then again, if the core of the star keeps falling after it collapses and becomes a black hole, the Event Horizon would disappear leaving an exposed singularity. Very dangerous.

[KalashnikoV]

It could be a quasar, but then again, if the core of the star keeps falling after it collapses and becomes a black hole, the Event Horizon would disappear leaving an exposed singularity. Very dangerous.

I'm pretty sure you don't have any idea what you're talking about.

[Thingey]

Of course I do. I think we should all use dark matter to power people's cars.

[Mafiaisco]

Surprised no one posted WTC. We are so good.

[Thingey]

Hey Maf... can I use you to test out my new theory? It'll involve you being warped by a black hole.

[KalashnikoV]

Of course I do. I think we should all use dark matter to power people's cars.

I'm glad to know that your knowledge of dark matter doesn't exceed its use in Futurama.

[Thingey]

-_- You know dark matter can mess with a space shuttles nav. control and contact with the base, right?

[KalashnikoV]

-_- You know dark matter can mess with a space shuttles nav. control and contact with the base, right?

-_- You know dark matter's a completely theoretical phenomenon that's largely used to patch holes the standard model where observable movement in cosmological objects is at odds with what we would mathematically predict, right?

[Thingey]

Precisely, but you made me think up something else: The bermuda triangle, famous for dissapearances of anything crossing it's path. In aeroplanes, their malfunctioning could be a result of some magnetic field strong enough to interfere with anything that has a radioactive beam coming off it, or a magnetic field.

[KalashnikoV]

Precisely, but you made me think up something else: The bermuda triangle, famous for dissapearances of anything crossing it's path. In aeroplanes, their malfunctioning could be a result of some magnetic field strong enough to interfere with anything that has a radioactive beam coming off it, or a magnetic field.

I think it's worth noting that Dark Matter, by definition, does not have an electromagnetic effect of any kind.

Also worth noting is the fact that despite multiple studies, the Bermuda Triangle has not been noted to have any notable magnetic anomalies.

Finally, I'd really like to know how "radioactive beams" tie into this in any way.

[Sanctuary1]

Hey Maf... can I use you to test out my new theory? It'll involve you being warped by a black hole.

Do you even know what a black hole is?

[Thingey]

Please don't insult my intelligence. I'll make you cross a singularity.

[Sanctuary1]

Please don't insult my intelligence. I'll make you cross a singularity.

Explain how you can be warped by a black hole, and how you're using the word warped.

[Thingey]

Well, a black hole is essentially the residue of the collapsed core of a supernova (exploded star). A black hole's entrance is called the Event Horizon. Because of the strong gravitational pull of the black hole, any onlooker would see an object (eg. a star) being "stretched" when really only the star's light has been trapped. This explains why with a powerful telescope you can sometimes see rings of light in the sky.

When an object crosses a black hole's path, it becomes trapped in the immense gravity. If, for example, you were "sucked" into one, to you it would appear as if your feep are being stretched. Depending on the width of the hole's mouth, you'd feel more pressure on your feet than on your head. (assuming you were pulled in feet first)

If I saw you going through what is called "spaghettification", I'd just see you hovering over something. You'd see yourself constantly falling.

There.

[Sanctuary1]

Well, a black hole is essentially the residue of the collapsed core of a supernova (exploded star). A black hole's entrance is called the Event Horizon. Because of the strong gravitational pull of the black hole, any onlooker would see an object (eg. a star) being "stretched" when really only the star's light has been trapped. This explains why with a powerful telescope you can sometimes see rings of light in the sky.

When an object crosses a black hole's path, it becomes trapped in the immense gravity. If, for example, you were "sucked" into one, to you it would appear as if your feep are being stretched. Depending on the width of the hole's mouth, you'd feel more pressure on your feet than on your head. (assuming you were pulled in feet first)

If I saw you going through what is called "spaghettification", I'd just see you hovering over something. You'd see yourself constantly falling.

There.

Or, to make sense...

Black Hole = Thing with lots of Gravity.

If you would go near it, the gravity would suck you in, smooshing you into nothingness because of the immense gravity.

This is not Star Trek.

[Thingey]

I never said it was star trek. I'm saying that a black hole is afield of such immense gravity that anything crossing its path'd be trapped.

[Sanctuary1]

I never said it was star trek. I'm saying that a black hole is afield of such immense gravity that anything crossing its path'd be trapped.

And/or smooshed. Nothing is warped, it is destroyed into nothingness.

This is my belief, the church says you can't force me to believe otherwise.

[withouthands]

Who else here has been in a black hole?
:cool:

[Thingey]

@WH: I've never been sucked into a black hole, but I've read on the effects it can have on a person who overrides and breaks the laws of physics.

@Sanctuary1: Pffft... I go by science. A black hole cannot, as you so daintily put it, "smoosh" you.


This is my belief, Science says you cannot force me to believe otherwise.

[withouthands]

Black holes can be pretty big. I can see how you might of been sucked in.
:cool:

[Thingey]

Well, Truth is, you aren't really sucked into a black hole. Very slowly, you are pulled apart by the gravity, until you cease to exist.

[withouthands]

Well, Truth is, you aren't really sucked into a black hole. Very slowly, you are pulled apart by the gravity, until you cease to exist.
Well, if you go in too far, then I guess that could happen.

[Sanctuary1]

@WH: I've never been sucked into a black hole, but I've read on the effects it can have on a person who overrides and breaks the laws of physics.

@Sanctuary1: Pffft... I go by science. A black hole cannot, as you so daintily put it, "smoosh" you.


This is my belief, Science says you cannot force me to believe otherwise.

It pulls every bit of your body down onto it with such a weight, that you become flat, and slowly all your atoms stretch out over the black hole, if not ceasing existence.

Smoosh.

[Thingey]

No. You need to read up on a black hole's strengths and weaknesses. Maybe I should make you eat a singularity.

[withouthands]

No. You need to read up on a black hole's strengths and weaknesses. Maybe I should make you eat a singularity.

I think younger black holes are stronger than older ones.

[Sanctuary1]

No. You need to read up on a black hole's strengths and weaknesses. Maybe I should make you eat a singularity.

Well, I don't really know anything. I just like arguing.

[Thingey]

Ah, I see. I like arguing too. When it's a healthy argument.

[Sanctuary1]

Ah, I see. I like arguing too. When it's a healthy argument.

You obviously don't know who I am.

[Thingey]

So you're an alt or an XGen member?

[BlazeZeroThree]

Black holes are cool because:
(please choose one of the following)

[ ] They're black.
[ ] They're holes.
[ ] SCIIIENNNNCCCCEEEE
[ ] The idea of being sucked into a big spiraling thing of doom is cool--wait, they don't look like whirlpools?
[ ] Obscure math that can only be formatted in LaTeX is associated with black holes.
[ ] They're black. (in a racist remark)
[ ] Muse is awesome.
[ ] Muse sucks, but they still made an album with "Black Holes" in its title.
[ ] They make no sense, and thus are awesome.
[ ] What the **** is General Relativity?
[ ] General relativity is still a theory, but these are still awesome.
[ ] Just plain awesomeness.
[ ] SCCCIIIIEEEENNNNCCCCCEEEE!!!!!1!!1!!

[Thingey]

I lol'd. I'm just a sucker for scientific theories and logical thoughts.

[youngblood22]

Black holes are cool because:
(please choose one of the following)

[ ] They're black.
[ ] They're holes.
[ ] SCIIIENNNNCCCCEEEE
[ ] The idea of being sucked into a big spiraling thing of doom is cool--wait, they don't look like whirlpools?
[ ] Obscure math that can only be formatted in LaTeX is associated with black holes.
[ ] They're black. (in a racist remark)
[ ] Muse is awesome.
[ ] Muse sucks, but they still made an album with "Black Holes" in its title.
[ ] They make no sense, and thus are awesome.
[ ] What the **** is General Relativity?
[ ] General relativity is still a theory, but these are still awesome.
[yes] Just plain awesomeness.
[ ] SCCCIIIIEEEENNNNCCCCCEEEE!!!!!1!!1!!

[Thingey]

*OH SIGH* You are so non-epic it's funny.

[KalashnikoV]

For the record, Sanctuary, Thingey's right about the "warping." What he didn't note, however, is the fact that if you were to approach the event horizon close enough for this warping effect to become noticeable, you'd be ripped to shreds and sucked into the hole faster than you could blink (unless, of course, you're already traveling at like .95 c, but that's a whole other story.)

A "singularity" is the theoretical center of a black holes, or, more accurately, a point with a volume of "zero," and, therefore, an infinite gravitational pull.

The "event horizon" is the area in spacetime surrounding a black hole at which not even light can escape its gravity. Therefore, nothing can escape the event horizon (barring Hawking Radiation, lulz) and all events within it are unobservable to the outside.

I'm not exactly sure what Thingey's talking about when he mentions singularities without event horizons, as I'm going to side with Hawking and say they don't exist in our universe. However, if theoretical "naked singularities" do exist, I fail to see how they're more dangerous, as Thingey suggests.

Finally, I'd gladly comply with any of Thingey's threats to either "cross" or "eat" a singularity (and therefore a black hole,) so long as I'm permitted to pick the mass.

[Complexity]

the church says you can't force me to believe otherwise.

lolololololololololol

[Mafiaisco]

Did you know Pluto is not a planet????
Yes my scientific knowledge of our solar system is vast and beyond your comprehension.

[Thingey]

Yeah, it came as quite a shock when they kicked Pluto out of the "Planet Club" as I like to call it.

Also, KV, if a black hole's gravity is so immense that it continues to fall in on itself after formation, it may leave it's singularity exposed. Even a "naked" singularity is dangerous.

[KalashnikoV]

Yeah, it came as quite a shock when they kicked Pluto out of the "Planet Club" as I like to call it.

Also, KV, if a black hole's gravity is so immense that it continues to fall in on itself after formation, it may leave it's singularity exposed. Even a "naked" singularity is dangerous.

There's nothing to "fall in on itself," a singularity is just that: a singularity, a single point without volume (or, differently, a spheroid with the diameter of the planck length, one that could not get any smaller, and could therefore not "fall" into anything.) I'm really not sure at all what you're trying to say, but I'm fairly certain it's not even in line with the current proposed theory of naked singularities, let alone any observation of black holes to date.

[Thingey]

I'm saying the black hole could fall in on itself leaving the singularity exposed.

[KalashnikoV]

I'm saying the black hole could fall in on itself leaving the singularity exposed.

There is no physical black hole to fall in - it's a curvature of spacetime, not an object composed of matter. The curvature of spacetime, and thusly the transmission of gravity, isn't pulled in by gravitational force, it's the means by which it works. Gravity can't be "pulled in" because of gravity.

What the hell are you talking about?

[Thingey]

KV, It is possible for a black hole to fall in on itself. Just stop this senseless argument. I see no way to make up your mind.

[Sanctuary1]

KV, It is possible for a black hole to fall in on itself. Just stop this senseless argument. I see no way to make up your mind.

You cannot win against KV.

[Thingey]

I wasn't trying to win. KV, why don't you go watch a supernova in full HD.

[Sanctuary1]

I wasn't trying to win. KV, why don't you go watch a supernova in full HD.

Stop trying to sound smart, I knew **** all about space and you continued to argue, totally missing my bull****. KV is liek teh smrtist evar and you think you are smarter cause you're Australian.

I call racism.

[KalashnikoV]

KV, It is possible for a black hole to fall in on itself. Just stop this senseless argument. I see no way to make up your mind.

Please, provide a reliable source and explanation to this claim, so that I understand what you're trying to say. As of right now, my best interpretation is that you're trying to tell me that if gravity of a black hole is high enough, it'll pull in its own gravitational field (being the black hole) - something that obviously makes no sense.

[Thingey]

Your interpretation is correct, That's what I've been trying to tell you.

Also, goodbye.

[KalashnikoV]

Your interpretation is correct, That's what I've been trying to tell you.

Also, goodbye.

If you hadn't put up such a fight the way you did, I'd call you an idiot right now. However, your confidence in the statement makes me question my own veracity, despite how nonsensical it seems to me. (To digress for a second, I can't help being reminded of a good Adolf Hitler quote after saying that...)

Seriously, I'd love it if you could provide some sources to back up the idea that a black hole's gravity can swallow itself (thus making me look like the veritable idiot.)

Until then, I'll be musing about how hungry a bear would have to be to eat its own head, or how much heat you'd need to set a flame on fire.