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Old 06-02-2014, 10:58 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
I read one novel where a guy floated using a sphere filled with vacuum. I am going to guess that it was powered by a tiny stable black hole.
The tinier they are, the more unstable they become, until *poof* it vanishes in a blast of raw heat and x-rays and, oddly, radiated gravity.

Ironically if you feed them on a regular basis, that tends to cool them down and they stabilize and remain docile. Kind of like having an edgy Doberman.

Physics is weird.

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