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Re: Maxwell equation use inferior in the Covenant?
Posted By: UrsusArctos <zloty5@netscape.net>	Date: 12/12/05 9:40 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. : I don't agree with that last sentence. The engineers must know all this stuff. They can repair just about anything in the novels, and they're so godamn brilliant that they probably do every calculation in their head without ever resorting to symbolism(There are some people who can do an infinite sum in their head-they're autistic otherwise, but their mathematical capabilities are inhuman). Sine the engineers are so innately good at copying such unbelievably high technology, it must follow that they have superhuman calculation abilities and thought processes. They could innovate, perhaps, but they're autistic. They follow orders from the prophets, do their job with superhuman efficiency and in return for peanuts. The rest of the covs are blinded by relgion. Their mindset is too fixed to think out of the box. That's why their grasp of the Maxwell equations is so bad. They just don't bother to learn it-the engineers do everything, why go down to their level?

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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 :0	vshields 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.