Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> You give one particle that is constantly emitting photons in all directions 
>> a push due south towards the singularity. You have an observer due north of 
>> the singularity looking south.  The observer due north will continue to see 
>> photons coming off the particle indefinitely?
> 
>   You can distribute a finite amount of photons over an infinite amount
> of time with a simple 1/x formula.

And therefore, yes, you would see photons coming off the particle 
indefinitely. :-) That's kind of what I was asking. If you see photons 
coming off forever, then you know that shortly before the most recently 
observed photon, the object still hasn't crossed the EH.

So since the person falling in will never see himself cross the EH (because 
his time slows), and the person outside will never see him cross, then stuff 
falling into a black hole does *not* fall into the singularity. Nothing 
crosses the EH, so nothing gets compressed into the singularity, yes?

(Discounting the black holes that have paths to the singularity that don't 
cross an EH, of course.)

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Ouch ouch ouch!"
   "What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
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