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    Table-Top Black Hole Can Absorb Light
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    10/15/09

    In reply to Table-Top Black Hole Can Absorb Light
    That board game looks so boring. #tabletopblackhole
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/15/09

    @Voyou_Charmant: "You will never escape from.... 'The Island That Is Slightly Shadier In The Middle Than On The Edges!' Mwaaahahaha.

    From Milton Brothers." #tabletopblackhole
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/15/09

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    They created a mediocre Disney movie? #tabletopblackhole
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    10/15/09

    @SigmundTheSeaMonster (say no to Facebook): Aren't they all? #tabletopblackhole
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/15/09

    In reply to Table-Top Black Hole Can Absorb Light
    This should be called a "darkhole" if anything, rather than a blackhole. Also, the people who call it a "blackhole" shall be labeled as "assholes" from now on.

    The great Psychonaut has spoken. All things extant in this world, Gods of Heaven Gods of Earth, let everything be as it should be. So mote it be.
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    Image of alteran1 alteran1
    10/15/09

    @psychonaut2021: Agreed, calling this device a black hole isn't just highly disingenuous, it's utterly wrong.

    This device simply traps light, and by means of its design, disallows the electromagnetic wave from being released, forcing it to be converted directly into heat energy once it reaches the center. #tabletopblackhole
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    10/15/09

    @alteran1: I couldn't have said it better myself. Also, cool icon! Dr Who fits in quite well in this post. #tabletopblackhole
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    Image of STiger STiger
    10/15/09

    @psychonaut2021: Jesus is THE man!: ...Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi...? #tabletopblackhole
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    10/15/09

    @STiger: Take a closer look at my avatar :) Good stuff. #tabletopblackhole
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    Image of skipjack000 skipjack000
    10/15/09

    In reply to Table-Top Black Hole Can Absorb Light
    Even if it was a real black hole, it would not necessarily mean the end of the world as some think. A black hole is after all made from atoms. They are just very compressed. A black hole made from 2 (e.g.) hydrogen atmos, would still only weigh as much as two hydrogen atoms and have the same gravitational pull as those two atoms have.
    If it was one gram of hydrogen, the black hole would "weigh" one gram and it would "have the same gravity". It would just be in a very small spot. Which is good, because it means that it would probably never get to "eat" anything ;).
    Now that does not sound that scary anymore after all, does it?
    Also, small black holes tend to evaporate really quickly.
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    Image of Mr. Damage, in Korea Mr. Damage, in Korea
    10/15/09

    In reply to Table-Top Black Hole Can Absorb Light
    It's a trap, not a black hole in the classical sense (since gravity is not involved in any way).

    If it were a real black hole with gravity so strong that it sucks up everything, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Unless the black holes don't work that way... Or something.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/15/09

    @Mr. Damage: If the sun were to turn into a black hole today, skipping that whole blowing off the outer part bit, the only difference we'd see from here is it would get dark really quick. It wouldn't suck in the solar system, it wouldn't even suck in Mercury.
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    Image of Mr. Damage, in Korea Mr. Damage, in Korea
    10/15/09

    @Barry99705: Not right away. Still, if you're not sucked in right away, there's other issues.

    But to point at hand, this isn't black hole since gravity ain't involved. #tabletopblackhole
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