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Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?
Posted By: mr_mcmurder <bpme05@mizzou.edu>Date: 12/12/05 12:20 a.m.

In Response To: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant? (Exiled Zealot)

: I remember this from Halo: First Strike when Cortana was analyzing covenant
: technology. Cortana said something like "their grasp of maxwell
: equations was surprisingly inferior." The 4 maxwell equations
: (Gauss's Law, Gauss's Law for Magnetism, Faraday's Law of Induction, and
: Ampere's Law) govern electricity and magnetism specific relationships, and
: are either represented as integrals or as vector equations with gradient
: operators (introduced in E&M physics and multivariable calculus).

: Now, with all due respect, how the f*** can that be possible?! This is an
: empire that has mastered slipspace, plasma coil weaponry, artificial
: gravity, many things that have electromagnetic relationships involved, not
: to mention the all knowing engineers to design them.

: My guess? The Covenant took the forerunners technology and employed it
: without a SINGLE shred of care of how it worked, and as a result, their
: grasp of E&M is inferior. Seriously, that's my only guess.

: It just seems impractical and unlikely that their engineers have not derived
: the same relationships.

: Thoughts?

It's not being implied. That's what Cortana is saying; that the Covenant just co-opt what they find.

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Replies:

Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Exiled Zealot 12/11/05 10:54 p.m.
     Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Xaos 12/11/05 11:23 p.m.
     Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Endbringer 12/11/05 11:45 p.m.
     Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?mr_mcmurder 12/12/05 12:20 a.m.
     Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Peptuck 12/12/05 12:25 a.m.
     Re: Maxwell equation use....vshields ash 12/12/05 12:42 a.m.
           Re: Maxwell equation use....Peptuck 12/12/05 1:36 a.m.
                 Re: Maxwell equation use....vshields ash 12/12/05 7:26 a.m.
                       Re: Maxwell equation use....skellobissis 12/12/05 11:42 a.m.
                             Re: Maxwell equation use....Peptuck 12/12/05 12:55 p.m.
           Re: Maxwell equation use....Ragashingo 12/12/05 12:12 p.m.
           Re: more ideas...gspawn 12/12/05 12:45 p.m.
                 Re: more ideas...wowzers :0vshields ash 12/12/05 1:36 p.m.
     Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Narcogen 12/12/05 9:08 a.m.
           Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Exiled Zealot 12/12/05 11:35 a.m.
                 Re: engineers as forerunner tech?drummand 12/12/05 12:40 p.m.
                       Re: engineers as forerunner tech?Peptuck 12/12/05 12:51 p.m.
                 Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Narcogen 12/12/05 10:14 p.m.
           Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Ragashingo 12/12/05 12:14 p.m.
     Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?UrsusArctos 12/12/05 9:40 a.m.
     Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Peronthious 12/12/05 5:13 p.m.
           Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?Peronthious 12/16/05 7:18 p.m.



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