A Curious Coincidence

[Hatshepsut]

I.A.N.A.C. but...

I just discovered a quotation from 'Revelation' (ch. 16 v. 15)

‘Behold, I come as a thief...' (bearing Naquadria?)

Is this where T.P.T.B. get their ideas from?

Is Armageddon just around the corner? :evil:

Best wishes,
Hatshepsut :wave:
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[CynVision]

Everything SF seems to flirt with the end of the world. Sadly, with world events panning out as they have lately, I'm wondering if a threat to the world holds as much punch as it used to. Someone on the news yesterday said WWIII is here and it's a unique war of many little conflicts across the globe.

 

[Hatshepsut]

I'm just hoping that they leave the Stargate in a usable form at the end of Series 6, so that, if there is no Series 7 right now, someone else can maybe resurrect the programme at a later date.

So, Powers That Be, DON'T destroy the Stargate at the end. Definitely NO CATACLYSMS at the end, please. :angryfire

Best wishes,
Hatshepsut :wave:
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[CynVision]

One thing that might distress you is that according to producers, by the end of season six and the movie, if there is a spin off series the Stargate will be a different thing. The series will evolve. The Stargate will change.

 

[Hatshepsut]

Oh? they're gonna make it square then? :freak4:

Best wishes,
Hatshepsut :wave:
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[CynVision]

Originally posted by Hatshepsut
Oh? they're gonna make it square then?

I wonder if following the publication of that chat transcript with "Stargate will evolve" that the above funny bit became the running office joke up at the Bridge.

Personally, I think square is too drastic. How about an oval?

 

[Hatshepsut]

Hm, was that remark intended to be elliptical?

Best wishes,
Hatshepsut :wave:
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[CynVision]

In light of Easter it was meant to be egg-shaped.

 

[Hatshepsut]

LOL

Actually, come to think of it, as it's a Stargate, shouldn't it be star-shaped...? :star:

Best wishes,
Hatshepsut :wave:
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[CynVision]

As any good astrophysic-type will know stars are imperfect spheroids.

 

[Hatshepsut]

And then any good astrophysic-type would probably go on to tell you that a star is a luminous ball of gas generating energy in its extremely hot core as a result of nuclear fusion processes, and that the most massive stars have a mass one hundred times bigger that the sun and that the minimum mass necessary to form a star is about one twentieth of the mass of the sun, and that below this limit, the gravitational energy released when the matter condenses is not enough to elevate the temperature to the point at which the fusion reaction can begin, and that the mass of a star is the principal factor determining the temperature and luminosity that the star will have during its lifetime as a main sequence star and from there, go on to a discussion of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of the relationship between spectral types of stars and their luminosity...

Dearie me, I think I've been listening to too much of our favourite astrophysic-type's techno-babble

Come to think of it, as the atmospheres of stars are inimical to human existence, shouldn't it be called a Planetgate - strictly speaking?

Best wishes,
Hatshepsut :wave:
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[lisasg1]

WOW! That was quite a mouthful Hatehepsut.
It does make a lot of sense though!

 

[CynVision]

mmm, yes. It could be called a planetgate. But I think you'd agree it's a bit like interstate and intrastate highways. I get them confused so I'm glad it's called a stargate so that it implies clearly that we're moving great distances.

As for stars, I just read in my Astronomy mag that light wave/particles from inside a star bounce around for thousands of years as gamma ray type things before escaping the star's surface as visible light. And I find it very astonising that that bouncing around is what keeps the star from collapsing.

And then I was reading about human color perception and the true color of the sun. And that article finally explained to me why the sky is blue and the sun is described as "yellow" in a way that made sense! Light waves sure are a fickle beast. Makes you wonder why life on Earth uses it.

 

[skoon]

Originally posted by CynVision
mmm, yes. It could be called a planetgate. But I think you'd agree it's a bit like interstate and intrastate highways.

why are apartments called apartments when they are all together in a building?