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Re: I'll give it a whirl, too
Posted By: Tim Bowman <tpbowman@msn.com>Date: 9/10/03 7:41 p.m.

In Response To: I'll give it a whirl, too (Socrates)

: Ok, first thing to do would be to figure out just what
: "back-scatter" means. I find that particular word to be the most
: confusing in that particular section of the book; the dictionary
: definition of it can be found here, and I'll be using the very first
: definition given.

: That being done, let me reword the passage, and see what happens.

: Cortana hacked into UNSC's astrophysics databases and found that a
: pulse-laser transmission impacted the accretion disc of a black hole. This
: impact backscattered some asteroids. The impact of the pulse-laser
: accelerated these asteroids very quickly. The transmission, however, was
: still trapped in the accretion disc.

: The data trapped in the asteroids (at least one of which became a meteorite)
: matches the data trapped in the accretion disc of the black hole.

: Ok, so now that we've broken down the passage into more understandable text,
: let's take a look at what it actually means.

: Something (probably the Forerunners) aimed a pulse-laser at a black hole, and
: then fired the pulse-laser in such a mannner as to use it for
: communications purposes. Likely, this was done very deliberately, but
: whether or not the intent was to trap the message in the black hole's
: accretion disc, the asteroids, or both is unknown.

: In short, we have a result that's half message-in-a-bottle, and half time
: capsule. Someone essentially used a black hole as a CD-R. We later learn
: that the message sent by pulse-laser is a set of coordinates.

: Why is this information important to Cortana? It's important to her because
: it's important to the Covenant. It's important to the Covenant probably
: because they know that it will lead them to an artifact of the
: Forerunners; whether or not they know that it's the coordinate set for a
: Halo or some other structure (if any exist) is not known.

: So, essentially, this all breaks down to Cortana figuring out that the rock
: is more valuable than she'd estimated, and that the "code" it
: holds is very, very important, somehow.

: And the rest, as they say, is history (sorta).

: ~Socrates

i think that maybe the forerunners sent it at a blackhole because the forerunners on other side might know how to retrieve it (i mean they seem pretty advance). they sent at a blackhole because the forerunner would know how to read it but no one else would. you see what i mean?


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Can anyone make sense out of this?Simpsons Rule 8/2/03 8:23 p.m.
     Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Elfster 8/2/03 8:47 p.m.
           Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Shishka 8/2/03 9:07 p.m.
                 Thanks you two :) *NM*Simpsons Rule 8/2/03 9:17 p.m.
                 Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Hawk7886 8/2/03 9:29 p.m.
                       Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Simpsons Rule 8/2/03 9:34 p.m.
                             Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Hawk7886 8/2/03 9:38 p.m.
                                   Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Simpsons Rule 8/2/03 9:45 p.m.
                                         Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?silvergrunt 8/2/03 11:58 p.m.
                                               Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Hawk7886 8/3/03 12:09 a.m.
                                                     Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Tim Bowman 9/6/03 6:30 p.m.
           Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Tim Bowman 9/6/03 6:28 p.m.
     Re: I'll try -LongWado SG 8/3/03 1:01 a.m.
           Re: I'll try -LongSimpsons Rule 8/3/03 7:20 p.m.
                 Re: I'll try -LongHawk7886 8/3/03 8:18 p.m.
                 Re: I'll try -LongWado SG 8/3/03 9:01 p.m.
                       Re: I'll try -LongSimpsons Rule 8/3/03 10:24 p.m.
                             Re: I'll try -LongWado SG 8/4/03 2:30 a.m.
                       Re: I'll try -Longsnowy_duck 8/4/03 1:40 a.m.
                             Re: I'll try -LongWado SG 8/4/03 2:32 a.m.
                 Re: I'll try -LongTim Bowman 9/7/03 12:24 a.m.
           Re: I'll try -LongCapo Rip 8/4/03 4:35 a.m.
                 Re: I'll try -LongWado SG 8/4/03 6:59 a.m.
     I'll give it a whirl, tooSocrates 8/3/03 10:52 p.m.
           Re: i'll try -LongIshkabibbl 8/4/03 1:58 a.m.
           Re: I'll give it a whirl, tooTim Bowman 9/10/03 7:41 p.m.
     Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?Kris08 8/4/03 12:06 p.m.
           <-- Ignore the Post aboveKris08 8/4/03 12:22 p.m.
     Re: Can anyone make sense out of this?hipboyscott 8/4/03 2:02 p.m.



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