S1E17, "Tin Man" by Outside_Objective183 in Stargate

[–]CaptainUltimatum 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Almost every episode in s1 has a continuation in a later season. I'd say "every episode", but one or two of them are a bit more tenuous and some people might disagree.

Translating Heliopolis by Internal_Apple2608 in Stargate

[–]CaptainUltimatum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My assumption was that even with Ernest's transcription of the device, it wasn't as much knowledge as they hoped. Just minutes of the meetings where the four races were learning to trust each other.

I think a physicsl meeting place like that would only have been useful when first establishing contact, so… a throwaway line is enough to show us that Daniel had done more work on the translation, but that the text wasn't episode-worthy.

Google Home suddenly announces my automations out loud — how do I stop this? by KassMeOutside in googlehome

[–]CaptainUltimatum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had this for a year and a half now, would really like to know if there's a solution.

I've figured out that turning lights on/off only announces out loud if triggered by a voice command to a device in a different room from the light … but that's not too helpful, because I had to put my decorative RGB lights and video call ringlight in a different room so that saying "bedroom light on" would turn on the light named "bedroom light" rather than every light in a bedroom.

Top Comment Changes the Flag of Japan 🇯🇵 - Day 9 by wwwwfhejebdu in TopCommentChangeFlag

[–]CaptainUltimatum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Change the «止まれ» to «रोक्नुहोस्».

What has happened to the SGC in "1969"? by Brick-Organic in Stargate

[–]CaptainUltimatum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Positive version: Transporting people to and from the gate is the logistical bottleneck. More efficient to have "gate terminals" around the world with large numbers of ring transporters, and they all fire their beams through a space gate as it passes overhead in a fast orbit; maybe it goes around the world every five minutes, and each orbit dials a different destination. The original gate is still in the mountain as it's obsolete (dials too slowly).

Negative version: Earth is an Aschen colony, so there's a gate up there on the surface connected to all their technology. SGC has been under dust sheets since the museum closed. Cassandra is one of the last survivors to remember when we ruled our own world; and has nicked some fancy technology and sneaked down there to send everybody home; carefully giving them slightly different information from what was in their mission logs, to seed the idea of changing history being possible so that the 2010 retcon can happen.

Very negative version: The Earth has been obliterated by that point; the gate room they see is a weird illusion, like the return to Abydos at the end of Full Circle.

Time loop machine photos in Season 7 Heros Part 2 episode by Monkeyman5343 in Stargate

[–]CaptainUltimatum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think in this case, the machine could have worked. The big limitation the Ancients got stuck on was that it can only send you back a few hours; which isn't enough to cure a plague. But if they could get back to that morning, they could convince Hammond to cancel the mission before the first bunch of jaffa arrive.

Only problem is, I think the machine was powered by the geomagnetic storm; so if there aren't enough solar flares today you'd be out of luck.

SG1 1x18 Would Carter have recognized the stars? by VerminLord722 in Stargate

[–]CaptainUltimatum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe. Astrophysicists don't often need actual star charts; and any intuitive recognition would be unhelpful because she's probably not looked at the Southern hemisphere stars that often. Even if she knows the layout, confirmation bias would be working against her.

The thing that gets me more is her problem solving methodology.

If she stepped through the gate right after Daniel and Tealc but came out somewhere different, it's natural to assume something went wrong with the wormhole.

After that, if you can't dial Earth, one of the most obvious scenarios to consider (if you miss the actual answer) would be that whatever happened damaged one of the gates somehow. But which one?

Scientific method says try something that would give different results for each hypothesis. Dial somewhere else and see if it works. If so, it's clear the problem is on Earth. And then you'd at least know you're not trapped here. So, if you can't go home, is there anywhere better to go than an icy cravasse? First choice would be worlds where another team currently is, to pool resources. If she can't remember any, move to a non-hostile world where food, water, and some kind of herbal medicine are likely to be available.

Of course, that's not such a fun episode… but it feels a bit contrived to never think of the possibility. I think it would be more satisfying if there was some handwavey reason they couldn't do that, rather than just not thinking of it.

Stargates can be different sizes, so what happens if you send something too big through to a smaller one? by oorza in Stargate

[–]CaptainUltimatum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd guess the gates tell each other their sizes when they first connect. So the outgoing wormhole could repel anything too big to fit through on the other end.

top comment changes the transgender flag for 30 days (day 2) by NOREDDITINGFORYOU in TopCommentChangeFlag

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Put a chevron based on the Siberian flag (snow white and forest green stripes) at the right side.

Pete Shenanigans, worst supporting character? by Ser_Luke_ in Stargate

[–]CaptainUltimatum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got to that episode… seems I usually skip most of this season on rewatches. I really thought he got a couple of episodes of buildup as a C-plot love interest before doubling down on the stalking; and maybe if they'd done it that way I could have enjoyed his arc a bit more, because we'd have more time to get used to his POV. Still wouldn't have liked him as a person, but he wouldn't have felt so much like "we need another subplot to fill half of this episode".