Originally posted by Three PhDs
However, it is very difficult to know if this would work with asgard transporters, as we know very little about them (apart from that they are much more useful, but less snazzy than the ring transporters).
The main problem i see is directing your transported 'thing' to destination. However, i guess it is slightly possible that the asgard might have developed the tech to tell what is on the other end. Maybe we could - would radar be transmitted back to us through the stargate?
The subtle point i'm trying to make is that the stargate does transport energy, ie, staff blasts or 'matter' streams (which are actually transmissions of energy, not matter). So there is maybe possible the slightest chance that it could work. But it depends on the tech. I don't know, but highly doubt that ring transporter mattter streams could penetrate the iris. Asgard tech i'm not so sure about. It really depends on if they can pin point locations through the stargate and if their method of teleportetion through matter works through the iris (which is quite possible if it's based on a tollen-like design).
I don't think that sending this would cause a collapse. +i understand what you are saying about bandwidth, but the gate would just be doing the same itself, it just doesn't have to de-materialise the person/object/item first. The bandwidth problem only arises if you are trying to transport very large thing through, ie, a mothership.
This is based on my belief that the 38-min rule exists because that is the max storage space for energy patterns that the stargate has (not an unreasonable theory, wouldn't you agree)? In addition, the 38 min rule seems to be 38 mins no matter what you are putting through the stargate. The gate will cope. Therefore one could assume that if you made a really, really long cylinder of something dense, say lead for instance, the circumference of which is just small enough to fit through the gate, and the length just long enough to last for you pushing it through for 38 mins - just before the gate closes you finish pushing it through - the gate will have enough storage capacity and bandwidth to deal with it.
this obviously is alot of material to transport, but the gate must be able to do so as part of its safety measures, so it is a relativly short period of time. Now this is all well and good until you decide to send something much larger (in mass, and therefore bandwidth requirement, and mem requirement) than the gate was designed to accept. In this cast you could only get (at best) a partial transmission. So, if you ever want to get rid of a black hole, send it through a stargate and it will take pound of it... weight watchers, looking out for your health...
This does not mean a collapse will occur, in fact, i don't see any reason for one to occur. Please would you be kind enough to explain why you do.
What it does mean is that we have solved the gate cavalry problem. Transport your tanks through the gate - a few tanks is not going to exceed you download limit.
If you have any comments, questions, or nitpicks on this rediculously long post (it's becoming a bad habit, like reacting to certain doom a certain way - poor rodney...) please fire away.
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