tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post7109218853198084638..comments2024-03-28T21:41:32.110-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Speaking of…ScienceGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-24621858844750665982013-03-10T19:11:10.252-04:002013-03-10T19:11:10.252-04:00Dyson spheres should be dumping a star's worth...<i>Dyson spheres should be dumping a star's worth of energy in the infrared.</i><br /><br />Nah. Waste not, want not. They'll be scooping up all that waste heat and not wasting it.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-74768048185353380032013-03-10T17:40:05.014-04:002013-03-10T17:40:05.014-04:00Dyson spheres should be dumping a star's worth...Dyson spheres should be dumping a star's worth of energy in the infrared. To prevent punctures they should have cleaned up all the loose comets and crud in the vicinity (probably needed them and any loose gas for building material anyway), so they shouldn't be locally obscured.<br /><br />There looks to be a little wiggle room for such things to exist.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_compact_halo_object<br /><br />I suppose aliens would build such things (out of unobtanium, of course) because they don't have faster than light travel, so there's nowhere to go and you have to build your own Wild West.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-66896178245990632582013-03-10T14:36:16.863-04:002013-03-10T14:36:16.863-04:00In the Heechee books, an alien civilization is hid...In the Heechee books, an alien civilization is hiding inside the black holes because there are some new and very scary guys in the neighborhood.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-61211170315416923512013-03-10T13:32:12.754-04:002013-03-10T13:32:12.754-04:00You know, I read somewhere that there was a govern...You know, I read somewhere that there was a government program searching for evidence of Dyson spheres (and similar structures). So you may be a little late to the grant money picnic. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com