IT'S GROWING
To/From: astern@cascade.internal.gate, jross@cascade.internal.gate
JANET, I've got some interesting news about IS-0107. Well, perhaps that's not the right word. Maybe the phrase is "distantly terrifying." You see, Janet, it's growing. Not much, about 0.1% per year, but it's a geometric progression. I haven't done the exact mathematics yet, but in about 15,000 years it will be the size of the Earth, which could be inconvenient. Particularly given that it appears to be - conventionally - indestructible.
I did the math too, Abe, and it seems we have 50,000 years until it's larger than our galaxy. Which, given that it cannot be destroyed or dismantled, suggests to me that we need to move this thing as far away from us as possible, as fast as we can.
I can't help but feel, Janet, that in the long term, there isn't anywhere sufficiently far away. This thing will, eventually, destroy our entire universe.
Abe, let's solve for "now," and trust that we'll have the rest of the solution some time in the next 50,000 years, shall we?
Okay, but in 50,000 years we get to do my plan -- Plan B.
You got yourself a deal.