Hole in a box

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 22:30:00 MST


A query - I want to validate something that I used in some lyrics.

Is it possible (in an entirely extreme, SI-complete context) to wrap a dyson
sphere (or layers of computronium, etc) around a black hole, instead of a
star? By pouring matter into it (or via some other mechanism???), would one
get capturable energy? Is this scenario useful, or would it be a dumb thing
to do?

Emlyn

***************************************************************************
Confidentiality: The contents of this email are confidential and are
intended only for the named recipient. If the reader of this e-mail is not
the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use, reproduction,
disclosure or distribution of the information contained in the e-mail is
prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply to us
immediately and delete the document.
Viruses: Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's
responsibility. Our entire liability will be limited to resupplying the
material. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus
or other defect.



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 13:37:39 MST