Pat said: > Wait a minute! As I have always understood black holes, don't you > have all the time in the world left?
No, you don't. From the viewpoint of a distant observer you *appear* to fall ever more slowly towards the horizon (and your image becomes ever dimmer and redder), but from your viewpoint you cross the horizon in a finite amount of proper time. From then on the singularity is always a (rather short) finite proper time in your future, at least until you hit it. Rich _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
