Bluetooth or similar. The short version is that in theory, once the app is launched, it'll generate - let's say a key - which it'll transmit via bluetooth. This key will contain information like the User ID of the tablet and the location that the ping is coming from. The more pings it gets from other devices, the more accurate.
The obvious issue is range — but it'd be feasible enough for it to keep track of last known (in range) location, and for that to update the closer anyone with a similarly enabled device gets to the source.
Oh, man, I should point out it's been a while since I've taught, and you're a little older than my usual students.
[ is the first message he sounds. it's not something he's admitted to, strictly speaking, outside of a conversation with castiel but at that point, they'd had more theories than absolute confirmation that a portal had brought them here. ]
Everything in the universe is made up of fundamental particles - quarks, electrons, etc. String theory says that these particles are composed of smaller, vibrating strings of energy. They vibrate in 10 spatial dimensions, which is difficult to visualize but easier if you think of it a cosmic symphony - notes, rather than dimensions.
In theory, we exist on one plane of existence, or membrane, or flying carpet, or however you want to envision it. The strings in string theory can also refer to other flying carpets, even ones we don't know are there. Which is where we encounter an issue: a lot of the dimensions are hidden from us, right? Because they're tiny, or because they're warped, but even if they're not visible or accessible to us, that doesn't mean they don't affect what we observe in the universe.
Regardless, when you slam these particles together, debris from the collision is ejected into the greater cosmos. The way this is measured is simply by measuring the increase or decrease in energy.
So once you know one of these other flying carpets exists, it's just a matter of getting there. The how depends entirely on the where.
So, for example, there's a scientist from my Earth - he's incredible. Fantastic, even. [ hahahaha, peter makes himself laugh...... ] Reed Richards. He discovered what we refer to as the 'Negative Zone'. The most distinctive characteristic is that it's composed entirely of anti-matter, so anyone or thing that moves from our universe to it has to reverse its polarity on a molecular level, otherwise... It's not pretty. He created the portal between our two universes. I don't even quite understand the ins and the outs of it.
Other times, it's just looking at it from the right angle. Or lack of angles. Not necessarily curves, but...
But honestly? The simplest way of thinking about is doors. Sometimes your key fits, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you've got to go get a whole new set cut, and sometimes you've got to replace the locks. Figuring out which you've got to do takes time, effort, and a whole lot of equipment we don't have here.
But this isn't Ikea. There's no 'one size fits all'. There's a LOT that could go wrong.
You know that, right?
I'm not going to sit here and say that from a scientific standpoint, wherever we are and however we're here isn't fascinating to me, but it's also terrifying.
Maybe magic's simpler, but from everything I've heard, it's not.
[ doctor stephen fucking strange and his ability to make everything sound horrifying, thanks. ]
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How would you disclose a location without GPS?
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Bluetooth or similar. The short version is that in theory, once the app is launched, it'll generate - let's say a key - which it'll transmit via bluetooth. This key will contain information like the User ID of the tablet and the location that the ping is coming from. The more pings it gets from other devices, the more accurate.
The obvious issue is range — but it'd be feasible enough for it to keep track of last known (in range) location, and for that to update the closer anyone with a similarly enabled device gets to the source.
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But it'll take a little bit of time and unless we discover resources here in Beacon, some sweet-talking of Rastus.
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If nothing else, I could argue that it may distract us long enough to avoid another ferry fiasco.
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Robin could be asked, as well.
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Do you have any experience with portals?
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What kind of experience are we talking? Theoretical? Practical?
The answer's 'yes' with a side helping of 'but...'
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For the sake of a thorough education.
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[ is the first message he sounds. it's not something he's admitted to, strictly speaking, outside of a conversation with castiel but at that point, they'd had more theories than absolute confirmation that a portal had brought them here. ]
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...Not all portals are scientific in nature, and science and magic don't always play well together.
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I'm trying to understand it from a conceptual point. This isn't something I've encountered in my own world.
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You're familiar with String Theory?
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(1/2) god i hate science, jsyk. IF ANY OF THIS IS WRONG IT'S ALL ME. also comics: vague.
Everything in the universe is made up of fundamental particles - quarks, electrons, etc. String theory says that these particles are composed of smaller, vibrating strings of energy. They vibrate in 10 spatial dimensions, which is difficult to visualize but easier if you think of it a cosmic symphony - notes, rather than dimensions.
In theory, we exist on one plane of existence, or membrane, or flying carpet, or however you want to envision it. The strings in string theory can also refer to other flying carpets, even ones we don't know are there. Which is where we encounter an issue: a lot of the dimensions are hidden from us, right? Because they're tiny, or because they're warped, but even if they're not visible or accessible to us, that doesn't mean they don't affect what we observe in the universe.
Regardless, when you slam these particles together, debris from the collision is ejected into the greater cosmos. The way this is measured is simply by measuring the increase or decrease in energy.
So once you know one of these other flying carpets exists, it's just a matter of getting there. The how depends entirely on the where.
So, for example, there's a scientist from my Earth - he's incredible. Fantastic, even. [ hahahaha, peter makes himself laugh...... ] Reed Richards. He discovered what we refer to as the 'Negative Zone'. The most distinctive characteristic is that it's composed entirely of anti-matter, so anyone or thing that moves from our universe to it has to reverse its polarity on a molecular level, otherwise... It's not pretty. He created the portal between our two universes. I don't even quite understand the ins and the outs of it.
Other times, it's just looking at it from the right angle. Or lack of angles. Not necessarily curves, but...
But honestly? The simplest way of thinking about is doors. Sometimes your key fits, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you've got to go get a whole new set cut, and sometimes you've got to replace the locks. Figuring out which you've got to do takes time, effort, and a whole lot of equipment we don't have here.
...Or didn't think we had, before the other week.
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Would it be possible for a portal to create a kind of time loop? Theoretically.
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But this isn't Ikea. There's no 'one size fits all'. There's a LOT that could go wrong.
You know that, right?
I'm not going to sit here and say that from a scientific standpoint, wherever we are and however we're here isn't fascinating to me, but it's also terrifying.
Maybe magic's simpler, but from everything I've heard, it's not.
[ doctor stephen fucking strange and his ability to make everything sound horrifying, thanks. ]
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You don't strike me as very impulsive.
But ill-advised? Yeah, maybe.
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And is that concern for my sake, or Jason Todd's?
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I'm talking to you about magic portals and what happens when you decide to investigate them. Ergo, my concern is for you.
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