<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Dec 22, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Thomas Bitterman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026875.600-burrowing-black-holes-devoured-first-stars-from-within.html">http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026875.600-burrowing-black-holes-devoured-first-stars-from-within.html</a><br> <br>Note the time scale - somewhat less than a million years for the<br>example. It shouldn't be too hard (!) to change the black hole mix<br>to get whatever length of time was required.<br><br>Enamel<br></blockquote></div><br><div><br></div><div>Cool find.</div><div><br></div><div>I love this:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">"It is easier to grow truly huge black holes quickly if you start with a larger seed."</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br></span></font></div><div>I find I get the best, strongest black holes when I use large seeds, fertile loam, and miraclegrow.</div><div>I used to have a nice little hydroponic black hole garden, but I got a bit paranoid having all that going on in my basement.</div><div>I did have my Medicinal Black Hole card, but it still seemed a bit dangerous.</div><div><br></div><div>~witz</div></body></html>