Subj : Extent of the Torah
To   : JOSEPH VOIGT
From : DAVE OLDRIDGE
Date : Thu Nov 09 2000 03:16 pm

JV> Hello Dave,

JV> Sunday November 05 2000 11:01, DAVE OLDRIDGE wrote to JOHN WILSON:

JV>  JW>> And the universe will end. The very last proton will eventually
JV>  JW>> lose its...energy....and...then....time will be no more.
JV>  JW>> I guess you could say there jes' ain't no forever...
JV>  JW>> even though all the time there is or was or will be comes
JV>  JW>> pretty darn near! :-)

JV>  DO> This does begin to seem likely, although we still don't know if there
JV>  DO> is enough mass to recollapse.

JV> It now appears there likely isn't enough mass in the universe for it to
JV> collapse.  Of interest, on the very large scale, super clusters of galaxies
JV> seem to be moving apart from others even faster than was to be expected. :) 
I'm
JV> betting gravity isn't going to win out in the end (a godzillion years from 
now)
JV> when the last remaining proton finally decays.

It's a safe bet.  Either way nobody will be around to pay or collect!

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