Defending Earth (the road not taken spoilers)

[josh]

on one of the most recent episodes of sg-1 (The Road Not Taken)... our Carter takes the entire earth out of phase in the universe she bridges in to.

Umm.. wouldnt that mean that being out of phase and the earth having no physical effect on the 'in phase' matter around it, like the moon, that the moon would just "fly away", in turn destroying the worlds tidal flows and flooding everywhere.

this also raises the argument of why an out of phase person doesnt fall through the floor or just float around. perhaps gravity survives out of phase or perhaps because its just because its in t.v land

[garhkal]

on one of the most recent episodes of sg-1 (The Road Not Taken)... our Carter takes the entire earth out of phase in the universe she bridges in to.

Umm.. wouldnt that mean that being out of phase and the earth having no physical effect on the 'in phase' matter around it, like the moon, that the moon would just "fly away", in turn destroying the worlds tidal flows and flooding everywhere.

this also raises the argument of why an out of phase person doesnt fall through the floor or just float around. perhaps gravity survives out of phase or perhaps because its just because its in t.v land

{Perhaps cause gravity is a constant no matter your 'phase...

[P-90_177]

it is a good point though. for this though i guess you'd just have to go with the tv land idea.

[Skydiver]

guys, putting (spoilers) in the title is pretty worthless unless you say WHAT episode your thread is spoiling

[Dutch_Razor]

Maybe the device compensates for the mass of the moon, that's why it needs so much power (unlikely).

Maybe gravity affects out of phase things (possible vulnerability).

[knowles2]

No gravity theoretically gravity could pass through inter dimensional barriers, in fact some of the lastes theories even suggest that gravity does not even exist in this universe, is prjected from outside this universe. so it more than likely gravity is universal constant amongst all dimensional plane, but this question is for the science and tech and not general discussion is not it?

[Origin1981]

what about the heat from the sun?

[Ripple in Space]

on one of the most recent episodes of sg-1 (The Road Not Taken)... our Carter takes the entire earth out of phase in the universe she bridges in to.

Umm.. wouldnt that mean that being out of phase and the earth having no physical effect on the 'in phase' matter around it, like the moon, that the moon would just "fly away", in turn destroying the worlds tidal flows and flooding everywhere.

this also raises the argument of why an out of phase person doesnt fall through the floor or just float around. perhaps gravity survives out of phase or perhaps because its just because its in t.v land

IMO, gravity's a constant no matter what "phase."

A person should fall through the floor. The writers on SG-1 have even joked about how it makes no sense in "Wormhole X-treme."

[the fifth man]

It's just tv, my friends. Sometimes we just have to accept certain things as they are given to us.