Our next topic-driven chat session will be held on Saturday, October 1st, at 3:00pm Central Standard Time (CST) or GMT-6. Saturday is the continuing winner in the
poll and seems to be a reasonable time for most folks. Be sure and vote in this thread's poll so I can know who will be there. Unless we have at least 3 or 4 comitted members, I may need to cancel. If cancelled, that just means that I probably wont be there and a transcript may not be provided. Members are still welcome to meet and discuss anything on or off topic.
The topic is...
Warps in SpaceTime:
Black Holes, White Holes, Wormholes Anything with mass creates warps in spacetime. However, I'd like the focus of this chat session to be more on what happens to spacetime as matter approaches a singularity. I threw white holes and wormholes in there but expect black holes to be the main topic of discussion. We might also discuss the nature of spacetime.
References:
- Spacetime - Wikipedia reference
- Black hole - Wikipedia reference
- White hole - Wikipedia reference
- Worm hole - Wikipedia reference
Statistics
This will be chat session #13. Since our last chat we have grown from 734 to 786 members representing 91 countries (up from 8
. Also we've had 169 members active over the preceding 30 days which is up from 159; another indicator that we may have a good turnout.
The Usual Timezone Stuff
Ok, the usual stuff... As I already said, the chat session will be held this Saturday at 3:00pm (CST). You can use the
timezone converter to convert to your local time. Once there, enter the day and time as specified above, then select US/Central in the "From Time Zone" column and your own location in the "To Time Zone" column, then click Convert. Be sure and unclick the "Use Current Date/Time" option. This will give you the time of the chat meeting in your own local time.
Some other areas:
Texas, U.S. - Saturday, 3:00pm
California, U.S. - Saturday, 1:00pm
India - Sunday, 1:30am
London - Saturday, 9:00pm
Madrid, Spain - Saturday, 10:00pm
Melbourne, Australia - Sunday, 6:00am
New Zealand - Sunday, 8:00am
Sweden - Saturday, 10:00pm
Canada, Eastern - Saturday, 4:00pm
Pakistan - Sunday, 1:00am
Future Chat
These topic-driven chat sessions will continue every other Saturday at 3pm (CST). These will be moderated and a transcript of the chat will be recorded and available for later review. A weekly un-moderated and open-discussion chat will begin in the near future, based on traffic patterns on the website.
We'll meet in Flash Chatroom. See you there!
Regards,
--Robert