| Ok, I know that most of my wacky theories kinda fail to relate back to what I believe the 9th chevron does. Thing is, the way I figure it, to theorise what the 9th is capable of we need to use a basic knowledge of physics to support this.
I try to look at the Chevrons of the gate in reference to co-ordinates. Einstein proved that the speed of light was constant and absolute, and so space and time are relative quantities. To define and pinpoint an event, you use three co-ordinates for space, that is, x, y and z. And then a fourth coordinate is used for time, when the event occured. Call this fourth co-ord t. So I try to look at the chevrons representive of these points.
For example, the co-ord found through the first 6 chevrons is equivalent to x. The 7th, the point of origin, is used for y. If the 8th chevron extends gate radius, then that is z, and so.... whats left? The 9th chevron, used to pinpoint when the event occurs.
Now because the number of possibilities of chevron combinations is fixed, this to me indicates a time chart, or something whereby time is charted into that number of possible chevron/glyph sequences.
Also the obvious problem with the x y z and t thing is that obviously, you don't use the ninth chevron all the time, or the 8th, so where does the $dimensional space theory fit in during normal gate travel? I am guessing that within a certain radius, the 6 symbols comprise the original x yand z, while the point of origin is somehow subsituting the time coordinate. But then....now I am off on another train of thought...since there is no time dilation between Earth and the other planets sg1 travel to, then somehow the wormhole substitutes for this fourth coordinate and the space time continuum is void within this frame of reference (this frame of reference being the 7 symbol capacity for the gate). |