In article <mcardle-D17ADC.10050217032008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
mcardle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Edward McArdle) writes:
| In article <xcOdnaxONrb5i0DanZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
| "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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| > "Dan Lanciani" <ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
| > news:1346979@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| > > In article <MPG.2246312e822208df98bc73@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
| > > xxxh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Pete B) writes:
| > > | In article <1346941@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
| > > |
| > > |
| > > | > | I attribute that to ... less than sterling writing ... more
than
| > > | > | anything else.
| > > | >
| > > | > Well, you know, if they'd done it only once that might be
reasonable.
| > > But
| > > | > they've not only done it more than once they've done it without
the
| > > mirror
| > > | > per your 20 Carters. And getting back to the original topic,
Rodney
| > > probably
| > > | > knows all this. The best fit I see is something like the
Sliders
| > > multiverse
| > > | > with many alternative realities that can still be specifically
| > > identified.
| > > |
| > > | Oh yes, i've always assumed that they could - like star treks
unique
| > > | quantum signature (or what it was they called it when worf jumped
in his
| > > | shuttle). Of course our people clearly don't know how to identify
it,
| > > | but the ancients probably could if it was possible.
| > >
| > > You can't identify infinitely branching realities with a finite
coordinate
| > > system. Quantum signatures (even if they somehow represent infinite
| > > state)
| > > don't help once your original or current reality has branched.
Making
| > > infinite branching compatible with the Stargate universe is really,
really
| > > hard.
| > >
| > > Dan Lanciani
| > > ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| >
| > I can identify my home planet / star / cluster / galaxy even if the
universe
| > was infinite.
| >
| > -- Ken from Chicago
|
| It has always interested me when galactic travelers can recognise star
| patterns from any angle! If you really traveled any distance in the
| galaxy nothing would be recognisable, probably even for a computer!
There is an amusing scene in Space: 1999 where Koenig is trying to get
Taybor (annoying trader with jump-drive-capable ****p) to take them home,
although Koenig can't quite identify Earth's location. Koenig suggests
"matching up" star charts and Taybor looks at him like he's a complete
idiot...
Dan Lanciani
ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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