Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Frozen Stars Message-ID: <275@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 18:57:24 EDT Article-I.D.: ecsvax.275 Posted: Mon Aug 19 18:57:24 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 20:49:10 EDT References: <3685@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Duke U Comp Ctr Lines: 17 > Another reason the Soviets call them Frozen Stars is that "Black > Hole" is a gross obscenity in Russian. If it wasn't they would > probably call them Black Holes like the rest of the world. > > -John A. Wasser Back when I was in college someone gave a talk entitled "A Black Look At Black Holes." Came the talk we found the lecture hall filled with about 30% scientific types and 70% humanities. The humanities types began to filter out when they realized the nature of the topic. Presumably they assumed the talk had something to do with race, although in any context other than physics the expression is obviously offensive. -- D Gary Grady Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC 27706 (919) 684-3695 USENET: {seismo,decvax,ihnp4,akgua,etc.}!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary