I think you may be getting a little confused...
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Originally posted by captaincarter
Remeber in the episode where SG-1 is stuck in the off world prison? Daniel tries to get an adress that the Stargate will be able to dial because there is a limited number of gliphs on each startgate. |
If you're talking about "Prisoners", they couldn't use the DHD because there wasn't one. I've never seen an episode where they couldn't dial Earth directly if they had wanted to (but...)
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Originally posted by captaincarter
Also on other occasions SG-1 has lost there remot transmitters and have had to find other planets they could go to, but they had to rule out some because the stargate couldn't dial certain planets. |
This is a different argument: they have to dial a second planet where they know they can find someone else from the SGC who has a GDO, not because the DHD can't dial Earth. If they can't find a GDO they're still stuck off-world...
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Originally posted by captaincarter
Also if all of that didn't make sense. planets in orbit around the same sun, should be able to have the same home glyph, such as each state has its own area code. |
Why should they? The first six chevrons would possibly be quite similar though. The point of origin, as defined, is a per Gate symbol: the two gates on Earth have different symbols. The symbols seem to imply a 3D position in space, so at least twice SG-1 have used a different gate in orbit round earth to dial, but using the normal Earth point of origin as the the seventh chevron.
FAO the Moderator: this thread is heading into Technical territory and presumably needs moving.