#63, And Black Holes

Looking Up, East Oahu, Hawaii, October ‘07, artistic view.


Sometimes Things Tend To Bend, North Oahu Near Kaena Point, Hawaii, October ‘07, artistic view.

How many of the Hawaiian Islands can you name? Probably most from the well-known islands, tourist places. However there are many more, from North to South: small islands, atolls, and reefs - Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Lisianski Island, Laysan, Maro Reef, Gardner Pinnacles, French Frigate Shoals, Necker, Nihoa; main islands - Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. And there are also plenty more small islets. Total of 137, although higher numbers are sometimes quoted as well, low tide, high tide?

Steve Jobs answered the rumors about his death by quoting Mark Twain during the San Francisco Apple event – “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Unless that was fake_steve_jobs?

And how dangerous are those black holes that are created in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)? Well, there are many rumors, you’ve heard them all by now, I am quite sure. Some people are plain scared; some smart scientists are explaining that those are very tiny, and not dangerous. How do they know, nobody has ever seen anything like that? Last night I am certain, I heard something in the bushes that was making loud chewing noises. No, it was not a dog, or maybe it was a dog being chewed up. I ran away, I am not going back today to check. Could one of those black holes be already in my neighborhood? We will be watching!

Happy birthday to me!

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