Jonas
Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Australia
Posts: 230 |
I've solved it!!!!!
Ok, I know arguments abound in this matter, however I want to ask something, and then propose how the gate really works and then sit back and wait for the nay-sayers.
In the movie Daniel identify the glyphs as constellations - this is fact (that he identified them, not that it is true).
In the whole series can anyone remember this 'fact' being proven? I'm serious, has Tok'ra, Asgard, or anyone ever confirmed this finding? I don't believe so.
Ok, the answer you've all been waiting for.... drum roll....
The fact the glyphs look like constellations are purely coincidental (they have to look like 'something' afterall), and are merely "digits" (numbers) in Ancients base-39 maths!
Let that sink in for a minute.
To dial an address is the same as we dial a phone number. In Australia phone numbers have 8 digits, and there is 10 possibles for each digit (normal base-10 maths).
If this is the case with the gate, then the DHD knows the destinations of the other gates (or how to get there; the route), and as long as you dial the correct number (sequence) you get where you're going. Simple.
There is no correlation between the glyphs and reality (where the gates are physically situated). It's just been hard-coded into the DHD computer.
The 8th symbol? Easy now that you think about it.
Thank you, I rest my case. Yeah, I've done it!
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