Re: Diamondspace, or "dang, I'm good..."

Heh.  Yeah, that's where I first heard it too.

--- Eric Collins <caspianhiro@?????.com> wrote:
> I think the giant diamond in Jupiter you are remembering was from
> 2010: A Space Odyssey.
> -eric-
>
> Danton May <coyotedkm@???????.com> wrote:
> I remember reading a hypothesis that the center of Jupiter was one
> huge
> diamond when I was 12 years old (and I'm 32 now).
>
> - Coyote, the Desert Dog
>
> >From: Bryce Perry
> >Reply-To: Discussion list for the Spelljammer campaign setting
> >
> >To: SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com
> >Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] Diamondspace, or "dang, I'm good..."
> >Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:08:12 -0800
> >
> >I could be wrong, but wasn't it hypothesized quite a long time ago
> that
> >the center of the large gaseous planets (Saturn, Jupiter, and so on)
> >are huge diamonds? If I remember correctly, the theory states that
> the
> >heavier gasses (such as carbon) would be pulled to the planets core
> >where the immense pressure would cause them to form diamonds of
> >unimaginable size. Well, not really unimaginable, but about the size
> >of our planet.
> >
> >--- Night_Druid wrote:
> > > Heh, here's a great article:
> > >
> > > http://sacbee.com/state_wire/story/8260120p-9190734c.html
> > >
> > >
> > > basically, they've found a diamond the size of mars (give or take
> a
> > > few
> > > hundred miles). Which is really neato, since in my Maelstrom, I
> have
> > > one
> > > sphere with a diamond sun! :D Dang, now i'm going to have to
> finish
> > > writing
> > > up that sphere :)
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
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