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Lyta_Underhill · 11-19-2003, 07:57 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>As for the Physics of the Ainulindale, I almost forgot about this crazy thing I wrote some time ago for a thread like that one.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ah yes, HCI DO remember that article and read it again recently while preparing another post to resurrect the Physics of the Ainulindale thread. I am not too savvy on String Theory, but your article made it clearer, and I believe you said you had read through "The Elegant Universe," which is something I've meant to read and have never gotten to. The idea of an elegant universe appeals to me, and I have a nagging tendency to wish for aesthetically pleasing concepts in my science, as I'm currently arguing with Aiwendil in that thread. I must say that hill looked awfully steep in TTT for Eomer and his Riders as well, but I can understand how appearances can be deceiving, having many such 'hills' around here that, nevertheless, lend themselves to a fast descent if one does not trip on the brambles! <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I thought the light from Gandalf's staff, along with the rising of the sun over the hill blinded the orcs and had them raise their pikes. I didn't find that improbable. It ties in with the whole "look for me at dawn" statement and is a strategy that was used by armies (sun glinting off shields, etc.).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Faenaduial has a good point here as well, and perhaps also, that steep angle could work for them, as the Orcs may set for a straight angle and the Riders may grind the spears into the ground as a result. (Check me on my spatial details here again!) Cheers, Lyta

11-19-2003, 07:57 PM	#28
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>As for the Physics of the Ainulindale, I almost forgot about this crazy thing I wrote some time ago for a thread like that one.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ah yes, <B>HC</B>I DO remember that article and read it again recently while preparing another post to resurrect the Physics of the Ainulindale thread. I am not too savvy on String Theory, but your article made it clearer, and I believe you said you had read through "The Elegant Universe," which is something I've meant to read and have never gotten to. The idea of an elegant universe appeals to me, and I have a nagging tendency to wish for aesthetically pleasing concepts in my science, as I'm currently arguing with <B>Aiwendil</B> in that thread. <P>I must say that hill looked awfully steep in TTT for Eomer and his Riders as well, but I can understand how appearances can be deceiving, having many such 'hills' around here that, nevertheless, lend themselves to a fast descent if one does not trip on the brambles!<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I thought the light from Gandalf's staff, along with the rising of the sun over the hill blinded the orcs and had them raise their pikes. I didn't find that improbable. It ties in with the whole "look for me at dawn" statement and is a strategy that was used by armies (sun glinting off shields, etc.).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><B>Faenaduial</B> has a good point here as well, and perhaps also, that steep angle could work for them, as the Orcs may set for a straight angle and the Riders may grind the spears into the ground as a result. (Check me on my spatial details here again!) <P>Cheers,<BR>Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”