Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Aug 2010 23:22 UTC, submitted by historyb

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So it is that why most of the universe is vacuum? ;-)
It isn't really though. Partials are constantly being created and destroyed, gravitational forces are present and there's a wash of background radiation.
And that's not to mention the highly theoretical stuff like dark energy and dark flow.
In short, true vacuums don't exist.
"Nature hates vacuum.
Oh really? So how come we have plenty of it in the universe?

I'm also worried about OpenOffice, we don't have an alternative fork at the moment [GoOo is bunch of the patches]. "
Serious question: is KOffice really so bad that it can't be considered a viable alternative to OpenOffice?
RE[3]: That's a shame
by BluenoseJake on Sat 28th Aug 2010 12:27
in reply to "RE[2]: That's a shame"
Virtual particles are being created spontaneously, out of the energy of space itself. Space also contains, hydrogen, helium, hydrocarbons and other molecules.
Even in space, it's not a true vacuum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_particle
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2009-07-10
Nature hates vacuum.

I estimate that the gap Oracle left behind will be filled in by some other organisation. It will just take some time