Re: A partial black hole?

Tim Little wrote:

> On 2008-02-29, sigidunum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 <sigidunum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> -- Spinning black holes supposedly have ring-shaped singularities.  I
>> assume there's still no way to avoid falling into the singularity?
> 
> As far as I know, it's not known what shape their singularity would
> actually have.  Ring-shaped is unstable.

Kerr (rotating) black holes have ring-shaped singularities.  I've never 
heard any claim from physicists that the singularity was unstable.

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