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Re: center of the universe

That's impossible. Canada is a country on a plane surface of the earth. "Centres" refer to exact points in dimensional space-time, not a locus of points, or a plane locus of points.

Therefore, because of the general theory of relativity, the centre of the universe is theoretically not in our dimension. tongue

Actually, the centre of the universe, I should think, is in a box. Not your metaphorical big box either, but a "box" box, as-is. Maybe floating at one point in space equally attracted by the gravity of all matter in the middle of nowhere or something.

I can sense legal battles over who's going to own the rights to that box. After all, it's only a box, but everyone wants to claim it.

[Feb 2, 2005 8:04:52 AM]

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Re: center of the universe

Fremont District in Seattle, Washington State. They have proclaimed thier being the centre of the universe for many years now. Last I looked even had signs saying as much.

[Feb 2, 2005 9:14:05 AM]

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Re: center of the universe

The Centre of the Universe is My Basement with Three Bluegene/L super computers with a combined output of over 200 Tera Flops crunching Work Units for the good of Humanity
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The cost would take care of Bill Gate's pocket money for a couple of weeks
crying

I would have trouble just paying the Electricity bill for these monsters
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I could say, Ok Slashdot, you have been BlueGened

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[Feb 2, 2005 3:44:45 PM]

GEORGE DOMINIC
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Re: center of the universe

cmon give me a break we need a simplistic(hence statistical)center to measure allthose anomilys against, ,its plotable and of use if,a) you like statistics and b) like newton. There is an answer to update/check against
I doubt if we plugged in everything newtonian we Know about the position of galaxies into a newtonian equation that the answers next door
tempting though it might be.

[Feb 2, 2005 3:55:28 PM]

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