So if time (of space/time) runs out, whats it gonna be like?

[cstreit]

I've seen a number of theorizing articles lately that the "time dimension" may be unraveling...

here's one: http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jVw4s04zG-RxqVoKjwLps7coom8A

It's got me wondering what it would be like as we near such an event, should such a thing even be possible. Is it localized? universal?

- If we lost time entirely, would we all just freeze in stasis?
- Would loss of the time dimension essentially mean the end of the Universe?
- Would be become the Galatic equivalent of "insects in amber?"

More importantly, how can we blame this on the communists and global warming?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by cstreit

More importantly, how can we blame this on the communists and global warming?

I don't pay much attention to all of the political stuff here in OT, but even I know that if we blame this on anything it would be "Bush or liberals and global warming".

[frogger]

Time's different on the other side of the wormhole.

Oh, before I forget, it's Bush's fault.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by frogger

Time's different on the other side of the wormhole.

Oh, before I forget, it's Bush's fault.

Its got to be the fault of either the "asshat liberals" or the "bloddless conservitards".

At least that's my thoughts. You can just call me 'hat!

[masraum]

I think it would be kind of like crossing the streams.

"Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."

You know, total protonic reversal

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Bush said he'd fix the problem by bombing the time dimension into submission with a "shock and awe" campaign.

[legion]

Matter and energy depend on the movement of subatomic particles to exist. Do they cease to exist when the particles stop moving?

[Rick Lee]

Stephen Hawking has posited that the Big Bang could eventually run out of steam and turn into a Big Crunch, thereby reversing time and entropy. Taken to an extreme, that could be a natural cycle of the entire universe and our current concept of 15 billion years since the Big Bang could be just one episode of that cycle. It would be pretty cool to live during the turning point, getting younger, stars getting brighter. Weird stuff.

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Bush said he'd fix the problem by bombing the time dimension into submission with a "shock and awe" campaign.

Its possible but we need additional funding to do the job right and let us not take our eyes off the sub-space annomolies that threaten our exsitance. We have to make sure we have plenty of reservists ready to delpy at a moments notice. Lets just triple the buget to make sure we are covered, halt the elections till this thing is sorted out and outsource the production of arms to China for 1/3 of the costs yet charge twice what it normally would be under GMP. While we are at it, maybe there is a demension that can take our "captives of interest" (can't call them people) and 'question' them in a place outside the US, the Earth and pretty much our dimension for that matter. Surely we wouldnlt be breaking any treaties or inter-universal laws if they were outside of the space/time continum as we have defined it...

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

Its possible but we need additional funding to do the job right and let us not take our eyes off the sub-space annomolies that threaten our exsitance. We have to make sure we have plenty of reservists ready to delpy at a moments notice. Lets just triple the buget to make sure we are covered, halt the elections till this thing is sorted out and outsource the production of arms to China for 1/3 of the costs yet charge twice what it normally would be under GMP. While we are at it, maybe there is a demension that can take our "captives of interest" (can't call them people) and 'question' them in a place outside the US, the Earth and pretty much our dimension for that matter. Surely we wouldnlt be breaking any treaties or inter-universal laws if they were outside of the space/time continum as we have defined it...

ROFL!!!

You slay me. Seriously. That's awesome.

[cstreit]

I knew that last sentence was a mistake!

Here's another one...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/18/scitime118.xml


In true cosmic scale this is billions of years off, so i guess I can get back to work and stop worrying about being caught in mid cratch-slap for the next trillion years for all of the universe to examine.

[Hawktel]

Several Christians I know assure me I'll still be safely in hell suffering eternal torment, so no big deal to me.

[frogger]

Chris, you can always get back at them by suggesting they read the "Is there a god?" thread.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

I guess all those suckers who bought subprime ARMs won't have to worry about resets then.

I'm calling my broker now.

[Superman]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one. Darned near impossible to sleep. I wish it were as simple as preparing for a plan ol' supernova.

[The Gaijin]

It will be crushing. Like a cold sake or gin hangover.

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by masraum

You know, total protonic reversal

ok, that's an important safety note

I don't think we'll even notice...it will be more about the doors of perception as opposed to physical reality changing. The only clue of the end of time will be that tabs' posts make sense.

[jluetjen]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Stephen Hawking has posited that the Big Bang could eventually run out of steam and turn into a Big Crunch, thereby reversing time and entropy. Taken to an extreme, that could be a natural cycle of the entire universe and our current concept of 15 billion years since the Big Bang could be just one episode of that cycle. It would be pretty cool to live during the turning point, getting younger, stars getting brighter. Weird stuff.

Rick. I'm surprised. You're way behind the curve here. My understanding is that the numbers have largely come in and there will not be any "big crunch". The gravitational constant turned out to be "just right" to allow our universe to expand and cool pretty much forever. So much for global warming!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by jluetjen

Rick. I'm surprised. You're way behind the curve here. My understanding is that the numbers have largely come in and there will not be any "big crunch". The gravitational constant turned out to be "just right" to allow our universe to expand and cool pretty much forever. So much for global warming!

I thought the jury was still out, having no firm measurement on "dark matter" and "dark energy". But then again, I'm not a theoretical physicist either - just going on what I've read. . .

[CurtEgerer]

"So if time (of space/time) runs out, whats it gonna be like?"

Not sure what it will be like, but I'll probably sell my watch collection.