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ADKbrown	Post subject: The New York Times explains the universe Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:53 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1286 Location: Saranac Lake, N.Y.	If the universe were a musical instrument, it would be inexplicably missing its low notes, perhaps, some cosmologists have suggested, because it is too small to play them. The universe is finite rather than infinite, they speculate. Like a violin that cannot produce deep cello notes, the universe cannot produce waves larger than itself.<p>In such a universe, if you went far enough in one direction, you would find yourself back where you started, on the other side of the universe, like a cursor disappearing off the left side of a screen and reappearing on the right.<p>One simple example of this is a bagel, which is what you get when you wrap the left and right and top and bottom sides of the screen around so that they meet.<p>In the model proposed by Dr. Weeks and his colleagues, three-dimensional space has 12 sides, like a soccerball, or more technically a dodecahedron. ...
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KfitzR	Post subject: Re: The New York Times explains the universe Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:24 am
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 836 Location: New Brunswick, Canada	Now that I understand the universe, I find I cannot comprehend the bagel!
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Dyslexic	Post subject: Re: The New York Times explains the universe Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 3:32 pm
Joined: Fri May 31, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 87 Location: Calgary, Canada	It's simple. A bagel is an example of cursor wrap-around on a screen that has been folded until all four sides are touching to make a dodecahedral object. Inexplicably, bagels don't sound like cellos, nevertheless, cosmologists explain that bagels can't make waves the size of a cello.
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SeaRaven	Post subject: Re: The New York Times explains the universe Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:48 pm
Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 1112 Location: An undisclosed alpine meadow	The bagel symbolizes the endless cycle of man's inhumanity to man, with the light of truth shining through.
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majorbabs	Post subject: Re: The New York Times explains the universe Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 5:04 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	You know, this is why I enjoy this group.It's always so... so...well, fill in your own word.
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