Quote from Hober on October 28, 2008, 8:36 pm

Or maybe the insane psychopathic computer wasn't fretting over kilowatt-hours and light bulbs

Quote from TiMeMaSTeR on October 28, 2008, 9:18 pm

Here's an interesting concept: What would happen if you put a portal on Xen, then went back to earth and put the other portal on earth? Would the two universes collide into a multiverse-rocking explosion? Would it actually work? Would the different laws of physics in the universes change our universe of universe (that's what I call this universe; dont ask why.)?

Im not called timemaster for nothing...

Quote from Hober on October 28, 2008, 9:37 pm

Xen is just another planet in our universe (or, rather, the Half Life Earth's universe). So, assuming that portals can be placed arbitrarily far away while in the same universe, I see no problem.

The entire joke is that Black Mesa's teleportation and Aperture Science's portal tech were working towards the same ends.

Quote from TiMeMaSTeR on October 28, 2008, 10:01 pm

but isnt Xen cosidered another universe? For one, the laws of phisics are different in Xen, impling its another universe. Also, aren't the combine from another universe, anyway? The consiquences for mixing universes are already shown in portal storms. And doesnt the Black Mesa teleportation use at least some aspects of string theory? I belive mossman said somthing on that. Im gonna hafta look for that quote.

Now, Xen aside, what would happen if you placed one portal in one universe and another in a different one? Would any of the previous things descibed happen? Or, would somthing entirely different happen?

Quote from Hober on October 28, 2008, 10:13 pm

TiMeMaSTeR wrote:

For one, the laws of phisics are different in Xen,

Gravity is lower there. Gravity is also lower on the moon. Reductio ad absurdum.

TiMeMaSTeR wrote:

Also, aren't the combine from another universe, anyway?

Wikipedia wrote:

Little is revealed of the Combine's rule outside of Earth, but dialogue in Half-Life 2 states that they control worlds in different dimensions and inhabited with a range of species.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_(Half-Life)

TiMeMaSTeR wrote:

And doesnt the Black Mesa teleportation use at least some aspects of string theory?

Mossman, as cited at Wikipedia wrote:

We're closing in on a reliable local teleport technology, something the Combine still hasn't mastered. Eli thinks their models are string-based ...

TiMeMaSTeR wrote:

Now, Xen aside, what would happen if you placed one portal in one universe and another in a different one? Would any of the previous things descibed happen? Or, would somthing entirely different happen?

No clue. We have very little knowledge of trans-dimensional mechanics in the HL universe.

Quote from TiMeMaSTeR on October 28, 2008, 10:17 pm

Actually there are different laws of physics because the gravity there only pulls DOWN, not all around a planetary body.

Or did you forget the earth is round? JK.

I personally think that our universe would combine with the other universerse: kinda like universal offspring (ew) and life as we know it would cease to exist.

As in: We would all die.

Quote from Duffers on October 28, 2008, 10:49 pm

TiMeMaSTeR wrote:

impling its another universe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe

wikipedia defines the universe as everything that physically exists. So, you're implying the combine are not physically existing? There's no other universe. UNI-verse. ONE.

Quote from Hober on October 28, 2008, 10:53 pm

Duff brings up an interesting point since the lemma that it only exists if it's on Wikipedia brings about some interesting self-reference loops here.

Quote from Duffers on October 28, 2008, 11:44 pm

Hober wrote:

Duff brings up an interesting point since the lemma that it only exists if it's on Wikipedia brings about some interesting self-reference loops here.

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