I thought that space was simply distorted. If we will charmingly use Einstein's happy model:
We have a rubber mat. We then place a marble on it- the rubber mat sinks down and space is distorted. If you draw lines one the rubber mat, you will find that no space is being 'sucked' in. The lines remain at the same positions. As you leave heavier and heavier objects, you will find that no space is being 'sucked'. It is merely being distorted. No, even that isn't really the right word. It is, more or less, being stretched. Eventually, you get to a black hole. You drop that in, and you find that it has ripped right through your poor rubber mat and has taken your feet. When it's eaten half of your calves, you realize that the black hole, being infinitly heavy, was too much for your mat (space) and has not 'sucked' up any space at all- just ripped it. If you find this wrong (besides the eating of the calves, etc. please tell me)
p.s. I'm sorry I've been gone so long. I've missed all the fun, haven't I?

• No ripping - yanniru - March 7, 2002 - 14:31 UTC
  • Are you sure? - splat - March 8, 2002 - 04:08 UTC
    • Space rips in the singularity - yanniru - March 8, 2002 - 14:46 UTC
      • Maybe 'curve' is the wrong word? - splat - March 14, 2002 - 05:15 UTC
        • Nop-it would be absorbed - yanniru - March 14, 2002 - 23:42 UTC
          • Bad example? - splat - March 15, 2002 - 04:04 UTC
            • I agree - yanniru - March 15, 2002 - 14:17 UTC
  • Are you sure? - splat - March 8, 2002 - 04:10 UTC
    • Sorry about posting two, my modem's in... - splat - March 8, 2002 - 04:15 UTC
  • multidimensional of the rubber mat - spence - January 10, 2004 - 00:10 UTC
    • If space has N dimensions, the rubber map is an N - 1surface - yanniru - January 10, 2004 - 17:58 UTC