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    How a primitive earth computer can make a connection with an Ancient super computer (even a host)? Yes, mathematics can solve this problem like 0 and 1 but if Ancients far advanced then us, their mathematics and computer based systems must be more complicated. i can give a real example for this by earth.

    Today's mathematic based on decimal number system. 10-100-100.... We use hexadecimal or binary too. But Sumerians used to be sexagesimal number system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal
    More advanced than our mathematics. Sexagesimal more easier than decimal,hexadcimal or systems for geometric calculations..

    so, how our primitive systems can work with Ancient computers?

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    well, ancients dont seem that superadvanced anymore. but hey, they had to invent stuff themselves. besides, the asgard mustve given us better computers, or we use goauld-derived ones. atlantis uses ancient laptops[touchscreen]

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      #3
      Originally posted by velmate View Post
      How a primitive earth computer can make a connection with an Ancient super computer (even a host)? Yes, mathematics can solve this problem like 0 and 1 but if Ancients far advanced then us, their mathematics and computer based systems must be more complicated. i can give a real example for this by earth.

      Today's mathematic based on decimal number system. 10-100-100.... We use hexadecimal or binary too. But Sumerians used to be sexagesimal number system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal
      More advanced than our mathematics. Sexagesimal more easier than decimal,hexadcimal or systems for geometric calculations..

      so, how our primitive systems can work with Ancient computers?
      Perhaps there is some kind of built in dumbdown program, that would recognize a primitive user, and automatically trigger a mathmatical system that primitives like humans could use to interface with and learn from. Kind of like showing pictures to a child instead of giving them a dictionary.
      Would be an interesting program to develop, but if one thought that such an encounter would be even remotely possible, it would be worth the effort.
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        #4
        Originally posted by thekillman View Post
        well, ancients dont seem that superadvanced anymore. but hey, they had to invent stuff themselves. besides, the asgard mustve given us better computers, or we use goauld-derived ones. atlantis uses ancient laptops[touchscreen]
        You're right the Ancients don't seem that advanced anymore. It is just with computers though. We seem to be able to control, repair and even update their systems.

        I miss the magical qualities that they had.

        MAy be they only got super advanced when they got back.

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          #5
          In pegasus (bad spelling) they found and i quote 'This technology is far beyond what we are capable of.' Thank you mckay.
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            #6
            In pegasus (bad spelling) they found and i quote 'This technology is far beyond what we are capable of.' Thank you mckay.

            actually, its good grammar.

            well, lanteans werent advanced. but would we be, if there's a plague, and we evacuate? we cant save all knowledge

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              #7
              Originally posted by thekillman View Post
              actually, its good grammar.

              well, lanteans werent advanced. but would we be, if there's a plague, and we evacuate? we cant save all knowledge
              The Lanteans weren't advanced? They clearly were advanced. Come on Killman the Lanteans clearly are very advanced. You should know that us humans can use any and all tech we find these days. Hell Mckay's laptop has interfaced with Wraith technology before and thats way different to anything we've got. I guess Ancient technology is meant to be easy to interface.
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                #8
                Originally posted by velmate View Post
                Today's mathematic based on decimal number system. 10-100-100.... We use hexadecimal or binary too. But Sumerians used to be sexagesimal number system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal
                More advanced than our mathematics. Sexagesimal more easier than decimal,hexadcimal or systems for geometric calculations..
                How is it "more advanced"?

                From what I understand, as far as computers are concerned it doesn't get any more efficient than the binary code, and the binary code's most handy human-friendly representation is hexadecimal (base 16). While sexagesimal may be convenient for trigonometry, for other types of calculations the decimal system may be superior.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Womble View Post
                  How is it "more advanced"?

                  From what I understand, as far as computers are concerned it doesn't get any more efficient than the binary code, and the binary code's most handy human-friendly representation is hexadecimal (base 16). While sexagesimal may be convenient for trigonometry, for other types of calculations the decimal system may be superior.
                  if you want to make calcuations for trigonometry, astronomy and especially space, you need sexagesimal (or better) number system. And least Sumerians used this for their astronomy calculations. example. they were creators of the zodiac..

                  if we talking about creators of "stargates" , Ancients must use this kind of numeric system. Because they could make dakara weapon or ZPMs.. And their computers must work faster for mathematic or physics calculations of those techs..

                  We use decimal,hexadecimal or other numbers in our projects, homeworks..etc. When we use them in a computer, this computer must convert them to binary codes for understand. Then computer must make calculation with binary system, then result must be decimal again.. if you use this computer for a really big project (like NASA's) , results need big times.. if this computer can use decimal? Faster results..

                  my opinion is, computers weak part of SG series which like SG teams can talk with every races

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                    #10
                    ok. isnt the point of a computer userfriendlyness? hence, the lantian laptops would simply adapt to ours

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by thekillman View Post
                      well, ancients dont seem that superadvanced anymore. but hey, they had to invent stuff themselves. besides, the asgard mustve given us better computers, or we use goauld-derived ones. atlantis uses ancient laptops[touchscreen]

                      those "ancient laptops" are tablet pc's, you can buy them at circuit city

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                        #12
                        maybe we're just ahead of our time when it comes to computer software that always seems to be the case in most sci-fi movies, and as for the ancients not being advanced you have to remember not all ancient technology was built at the same time i believe all the "magical" ones people mention were built after they returned to the milky way

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                          #13
                          When they appeared in Atlantis, the systems where plug and play, as they had interfaced almost directly. Maybe the Atlantis OS acts like a virus in some ways, as regardless of where you go, all computers on some levels do the same thing, so maybe the Atlantis OS wipes the host PC and replaces it with itself, automatically generating the code required to run itself (they made AI, so why not?).

                          Alternatively, we work in a similar way of which the Ancients did, as we can connect to a DHD through a USB port, so what's the issue?

                          There is a quote which suggests that the Atlantean OS writes over the current OS, as when Sam and Radek where trapped in the transporter room and they only had Radek's tablet, she said something about the tablet not having enough RAM to hold the Atlantean OS.

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                            #14
                            Well we know from Fifth race that the ancients and atlantis should be using base 10 maths. Thats my only ability to contribute to the thread at the moment.
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                              #15
                              i thought it was base 8

                              well, the asgard core was as user friendly as atlantis's data base why arent we criticizing that as low tech. the ancients had millions of years to make their technology user friendly, and they seemed to have wanted it to be that way, they made those head suckers and even a learning program would have taught outsiders how to use their systems so why is it so hard to figure they want it to be safe yet user friendly?
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