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Palomar

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Re: Hawking changes his mind

http://www.space.com/news/hawking_bet_0 … l]...loses bet

*Apparently he now thinks a black hole can emit information which fell into it, instead of it all just "going down the cosmic drain." 

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Yang Liwei Rocket

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Registered: 2004-03-03

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Re: Hawking changes his mind

sounds good, very important announcement on the black hole riddle about to be released

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GraemeSkinner

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Re: Hawking changes his mind

http://www.space.com/news/hawking_bet_0 … l]...loses bet
*Apparently he now thinks a black hole can emit information which fell into it, instead of it all just "going down the cosmic drain."

I can't believe that John Preskill would not accept an encyclopaedia on cricket instead of baseball though
from New Scientist

But Hawking was ready to concede the bet that he and Thorne had made with Preskill. "John is all American, so naturally he wants an encyclopaedia of baseball," said Hawking. "I had great difficulty in finding one over here, so I offered him an encyclopaedia of cricket, as an alternative, but John wouldn't be persuaded of the superiority of cricket."

At least it shows Hawkings' mind is as sharp as ever, following his recent illness.

Graeme

EDIT- Cricket is after all a gentlemans sport, and should in my view be the first sport played on Mars  :;):

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There was a young lady named Bright.
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She set out one day
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