The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...

The Freeper Hobbit Hole ^

[JenB]

Doesn't entropy sort of suggest time isn't infinite? I mean, what's the point of time without anything happening?

For similar reasons, "eternity" has always seemed to me to be more of the absense of time than just an infinite amount of time.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Time should be as infinite as space, since it's just another dimension.

[JenB]

But is space truly infinite, either? Isn't the universe supposed to start collapsing in on us soon, like the next fifty billion years or so?

From our perspective, is there a actual difference between "really really big" and "infinite", anyway?

[HairOfTheDog]

Ooops... glad he'll recover from it without expected ongoing trouble...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

But is space truly infinite, either?

Well now, that's a good question.

From our perspective, is there a actual difference between "really really big" and "infinite", anyway?

Probably not.

[Overtaxed]

So if the universe starts to collapse, does time run backwards? Could we do it all over again?

I seem to recall somesome saying the universe would NOT collapse.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Eh, my own view is, the science of cosmology is in need of a major overhaul. They keep having to bend the theories to the breaking point to account for new observations. Time to start fresh, I say.

[Overtaxed]

Heh. Guess they could always build a giant Quantum Badger.

[JenB]

Either that or stop making new observations ;-)

[300winmag]

Zathras: "Cannot run out of time. There is infinite time. You are finite, Zathras is finite, this… is wrong tool."

Zathras, certainly one of the most whacked-out characters in a science fiction series. :)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

"No-one ever listens to Zathras. Quite mad, they say. It is good that Zathras does not mind. He's even grown to like it. Oh yes."
--Zathras, War Without End, Part II

[Overtaxed]

Heh. I think Zathras is the most grounded character in a science fiction series.

[300winmag]

Here's my next stab at a Hobbit Hole logo for knives. This is a JPG file, but I also have it in TIFF, which is scaleable, and works with the laser engraver. It could also be used for letterhead, etc.

If anybody wants a copy, please freepmail me. Comments are welcome, especially if I take this in tomorrow for engraving on our remaining knives.

If anybody mistakes the script for arabic, their eyesight is too poor to let them serve in the military.

[JenB]

Cool'st - that version looks very un-Arabic.

[SuziQ]

That's classy looking!

[osagebowman]

Thanks very much for the news about RC. Sounds like he will be back to normal soon. He'll probably become a fairly accurate weather forecaster as a result.

[SuziQ]

the atlas will help us figger where there's a decent sized town to stop in

You could mark the locations of the Motel 6, or whatever other inexpensive motels there are along the way (that allow the kitties), and you'd be all set! You'd know by looking at the atlas where a good place to stop would be!

[300winmag]

That's classy looking!

Well, we're a classy operation. Even our dwarves are classy.

[SuziQ]

Well, that's what he gets for jumping out of a perfectly good airplane! LOL! No, really, I'll be praying for him to get better real soon, so he can do some more jumping, if that's what he wants to do!

[SuziQ]

While I'm here?