Black Holes in the News

[Dark Lightning]

I may've got 3 correct. That was back in October, so dim and misty past, at this point. People with one eye are allowed to drive; I know a few.

[zorkan]

I have had many of those things. If discovered early they are removed by a squirt of liquid nitrogen. If developed a bit more, then minor surgery, if left to grow for a long period of time, then more serious surgery. 

The least convenient BCC that I have had was one my eyelid. Hospital, general anasthesia, etc.  The guy who did the surgery was pretty good at it and did not wreck my eyeball.

Bccs and Sccs are manageable and are not likely to kill you. Melanoma, on the other hand, are potential widow makers.

Went out for a walk one May day without a hat. Back in the car I noticed a blister on the side of my head that wasn't there before.
Scalpel off the blister at the hospital. All done, or so I thought. More serious op later to remove what was beneath.
Then all clear.

With all that radiation the main reason why we never set foot on the moon?

[zorkan]

Don't mean to start a moon debate.
Just wondering how many black holes are up there and what would be the effect on health.
The universe is full of holes.
We might be living inside a mega massive one.

ISS is only 250 miles above us.

Why did we go to the moon in the first place?
Was it to see if it's hollow and artificial?
Why does it perfectly obscure the sun in an eclipse?
 

[The Magic Pudding..]

Why does it perfectly obscure the sun in an eclipse?

The why is a matter of mathematics
results in a world poetic symmetry
So we all look up and say just so

[zorkan]

Yes but supposing the moon is alien-made as a calling card to stabilize the earth.
We are too stupid to consider now, but one day it will dawn on us.

Did you know that if we could manufacture a black hole we could travel the universe in just a few earth years?
All is explained in this rare book, of which I own a copy of a copy.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Sun-Crossing-Universe-Through/dp/0340232315

[billy rubin]

I may've got 3 correct. That was back in October, so dim and misty past, at this point. People with one eye are allowed to drive; I know a few.

yes, a class C civilian driver.

i have a class A commercial. i cant keep that category with only one eye in any jurisdiction i know of

[billy rubin]

fascinating.

the aenesthesia is something called  . . .brusic?

anyway, it keeps you conscious but groggy. during the procedure i could perceive the two ends of the forceps entering the corneal chambers to extract th e pieces of the destryed lens. i kept asking the surgeon to comment on what he was doing but i got no satisfaction there. thats a shame, because how often do you get to learn something like that?

anyway, it takes but a moment to do. the surgeon set the day aside for the procedure and closed his business office. did my surgery and ten others.

so far the incision is smoothing over. i wasnt supposed to drink alcohol for 24 hours, but after two beers everything appears to be going as well as i can expect.

more seriously, i have to stay in a dust-free environment for a week, and refrain from any contamination. that  makes sense, because the incision is left open-- no sutures , staples, or glue.  so any contaminants that get in there get permanently incoprporated into the schlera.

bad news.

[Recusant]

Glad to hear that the procedure seems to have been a success. I know several people who've had them done and been pleased with the results.

[Dark Lightning]

Not sure how an open incision ends up without some sort of bleb on the eyeball. I guess if it's far enough away from the lens, the effect would be minimal.

[billy rubin]

they go in from the side, break the lens up, then suction out the pieces.

so its just the lateral schlera rhat gets cut up.

eyes heal quick, and after about 6 hours most of the discomfort is gone. vision is already better, even with tbe normal inflammation and swelling.

no work for a week tho. im pissed because im forced to take time off but i cant do anything dirty.

dirty things are my life.