Only if the magnetron in the oven imploded and fell out of spacetime leaving a quantum black hole. But the small hole in the counter, the cabinet, and the slab would be a dead giveaway if that happened.
There's also the small matter of the earth collapsing into it completely after a few weeks of exponential growth. Probably would notice that. (But it might end up as a Schwarzschild black hole, rather than a Reissner-Nordström black hole .. in which case it might create a new universe. *That* background anisotropy would be rather interesting to explain..) On Aug 4, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Wayne Eddy wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 7:07 AM >> Subject: Re: The First Event >> >> >>> >>> On 4 Aug 2008, at 21:59, Wayne Eddy wrote: >>>> Seems to me that something impossible happened at least once in the >>>> history >>>> of everything. >>> >>> >>> If it happened it wasn't impossible. >>> >> >> But logically, that means that it is possible something (Say a >> purple ball) >> could be created from nothing in your kitchen tomorrow. > > See, now, if that happened to *me*, I'd be blaming my youngest, and > wondering if it had anything to do with the box of aluminum foil he > put in > the microwave one morning last month. > > Julia "People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome." -- River Tam, "Serenity" _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
