Two of these things become degenerate when 2 times r-sub-Q equals r-sub-s in a solution that accounts for charge. The number of Planck areas that can fit on these things is proportional to the entropy allowed (-5[1])by the Beckenstein bound. (-5[1])Constructs analogous to these things separate causally unconnected regions of space (10[1])that paradoxically appear homogeneous. Encoding of physical states on these things could resolve the information paradox, according to the (-5[1])holographic (10[2])principle. (10[1])■END■