From: cryofan@mylinuxisp.com
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 16:38:49 MST
scerir <scerir@libero.it> said:
> Indefinite Information Processing in Ever-expanding Universes
> http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0302076
> Authors: John D. Barrow, Sigbjorn Hervik
> Comments: 6 pages
> We show that generic anisotropic universes arbitrarily close to the open
> Friedmann universe allow information processing to continue into the
> infinite future if there is no cosmological constant or stable
> gravitationally repulsive stress, and the spatial topology is non-compact.
> An infinite amount of information can be processed by ``civilisations'' who
> harness the temperature gradients created by gravitational tidal energy.
> These gradients are driven by the gravitational waves that sustain the
> expansion shear and three-curvature anisotropy.
>
>
Wow. Very interesting, indeed. Thanks for posting this.....
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