If I have a huge mass object, where around it the time is delayed and throw on it a stone: In normal conditions, without the time dilation, the stone falls on the object, and its mass increases, I can see the stone falling and can measure the mass increase of the object. In the time dilation case, the more the stone gets closer to the object slower it moves. But if the time still, I can't see the stone reach the object, and the object mass is not increased. So, from outside a black hole, where is the eaten mass? in the center of the object or it is still around it?
The event horizon of a black hole is where gravity is such that not even light can escape. This is also the point I understand that according to Einstein time dilation will be infinite for a far-away-observer.  If this is the case how can anything ever fall into a black hole.  In my thought experiment I am in a spaceship with a powerful telescope that can detect light at a wide range of wavelengths.  I have it focused on the black hole and watch as a large rock approaches the event horizon.  Am I correct in saying that from my far-away-position the rock would freeze outside the event horizon and would never pass it? If this is the case how can a black hole ever consume any material, let alone grow to millions of solar masses.  If I was able to train the telescope onto the black hole for millions of years would I still see the rock at the edge of the event horizon?  I am getting ready for the response of the object would slowly fade.  Why would it slowly fade and if it would how long would this fading take?  If it is going to red shift at some point would the red shifting not slow down to a standstill? This question has been bugging me for years!  OK - just an edit based on responses so far.  Again, please keep thinking from an observers point of view.  If observers see objects slowly fade and slowly disappear as they approach the event horizon would that mean that over time the event horizon would be "lumpy" with objects invisible, but not passed through?  We should be able to detect the "lumpiness" should we not through?
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Question: How to force sorting=nty in \printbibliography?      \documentclass{article}     \usepackage[%         backend=biber,%         style=authoryear-comp,%         natbib=true,%         sorting=ynt%     ]{biblatex}     \addbibresource{\jobname.bib}     \usepackage{filecontents}  \begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}     @book{key2000,       author = {Author, A.},       year = {2000},       title = {Alphabetical fist \&amp; Year last},       publisher = {Publisher},     }     @book{key1900,         author = {Boathor, B.},         year = {1900},         title = {Alphabetical last \&amp; Year first},         publisher = {Publisher}, } \end{filecontents}  \begin{document}     Citation should be year-sorted, even if \verb+\citep+ is random \citep{key2000, key1900}.% citation NOT year-sorted      \printbibliography[sorting=nyt] \end{document}   P.S.: At the opposite, using  \begingroup     \newrefcontext[sorting=nyt]     \printbibliography \endgroup    overrides the \usepackage[sorting=ynt]{biblatex} option (i.e. LoR is name-sorted, but in-line citations as well). I have just installed 12.04 LTS on my laptop and I'm kinda new in this. I am required to write some program in Fortran 77 and I need a Fortran 77 compiler. I have tried installing g77 as described in the Ubuntu website but was unable to do so. I have typed in the following in terminal:  sudo apt-get install g77   and get the following:  Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done Package g77 is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source  E: Package 'g77' has no installation candidate   May I know what is the problem? I have tried searching g77 in the software center but apparently it is not there. Does this mean it is not available for 12.04?  I'm currently using an Asus K43S laptop with Intel Core i5-2450M processor and my Ubuntu is installed alongside Windows. 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