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Re: Want to name a giant telescope?

Post by Exi5tentialist » Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:04 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
Exi5tentialist wrote:While we're at it, does anyone else think the way John Hurt showed Jodie Foster the way to piece together the alien code was a bit lame? They'd had armies of mathematicians working on it for weeks, and none of them had thought to just connect the pages at the top and the sides to establish overall coherence. And John Hurt had to make a phone call from space to impart this inane revelation. Lame.
It wasn't just "top to bottom", each "page" was a 3D construct. (Something I didn't get clearly from the book first I read it.)
That's why I said sides.

Whatever, I got the 3D bit, but even so, these are mathematicians.
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Re: Want to name a giant telescope?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:09 pm

Exi5tentialist wrote:
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Exi5tentialist wrote:While we're at it, does anyone else think the way John Hurt showed Jodie Foster the way to piece together the alien code was a bit lame? They'd had armies of mathematicians working on it for weeks, and none of them had thought to just connect the pages at the top and the sides to establish overall coherence. And John Hurt had to make a phone call from space to impart this inane revelation. Lame.
It wasn't just "top to bottom", each "page" was a 3D construct. (Something I didn't get clearly from the book first I read it.)
That's why I said sides.

Whatever, I got the 3D bit, but even so, these are mathematicians.
And sometimes the more highly trained you are, the less of the obvious you see. This is the theory behind Clancy's "Junior Varsity" concept, (something he borrowed from the real world, in point of fact).
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Re: Want to name a giant telescope?

Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:57 pm

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Re: Want to name a giant telescope?

Post by Gallstones » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:38 am

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:40 am

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Post by Feck » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:11 am

I suggested , The Walt Brown Array :hehe:
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:43 am

Phenomenally Enormous New(ish) Imaging System.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:02 pm

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Post by Mysturji » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:11 pm

The Total Perspective Vortex?
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:12 pm

The I Can See My House From Here Array?
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Re: Want to name a giant telescope?

Post by Mysturji » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:14 pm

The Really Amazing Telescopic Zumwalt.
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Re: Want to name a giant telescope?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:18 pm

The Gawd Still Can't See A Good American With This Thing Array?
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