SOL

Hi Marc,

I wrote:
> BTW, does SOL really mean "Speed Of Light"???

And Marc wrote:
> Yes, in UFO, whenever they say "SOL", they mean the speed of light.
> I think this might be in the writers guide or a script.
> But in any case, in IDENTIFIED they state that the UFO is coming in
at "SOL 8", then SID tells you the speed in millions of miles per
second which happens to be (when you do the math) 8 times the speed
of light.

Thank you very much for your kind reply.
Indeed, if "SOL 8" means "the speed of eight times of that of light",
it is too much fast for Interceptors to attack the Ufo.

This is just my own suggestion, but how about giving a theoretical
definition of "SOL" unit/factor?
For example, "SOL 1" is the speed of light (300,000 kirometers per
hour), "SOL 2" is the square root of two times of the speed of light,
"SOL 3" is the square root of three times of the speed of light, etc.
In this case, "SOL 8" would not be extraordinary high speed.

Anyway, a decision should be made by Gerry himself?


Kaoru

I never did the maths, but I thought that it would be like resistance values
where they use the unit as the decimal point, so SOL8 would be 0.8 times the
speed of light and 8SOL would be 8 times the speed of light. Just goes to
show!

Grant.



-----Original Message-----
From: tchbnk [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 25 June 2003 08:27
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [SHADO] SOL


Hi Marc,

I wrote:
> BTW, does SOL really mean "Speed Of Light"???

And Marc wrote:
> Yes, in UFO, whenever they say "SOL", they mean the speed of light.
> I think this might be in the writers guide or a script.
> But in any case, in IDENTIFIED they state that the UFO is coming in
at "SOL 8", then SID tells you the speed in millions of miles per
second which happens to be (when you do the math) 8 times the speed
of light.

Thank you very much for your kind reply.
Indeed, if "SOL 8" means "the speed of eight times of that of light",
it is too much fast for Interceptors to attack the Ufo.

This is just my own suggestion, but how about giving a theoretical
definition of "SOL" unit/factor?
For example, "SOL 1" is the speed of light (300,000 kirometers per
hour), "SOL 2" is the square root of two times of the speed of light,
"SOL 3" is the square root of three times of the speed of light, etc.
In this case, "SOL 8" would not be extraordinary high speed.

Anyway, a decision should be made by Gerry himself?


Kaoru




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Yes, I thought that as well... especially as they (Lieutenant Ford and
Ellis) often talk of "decimal 8... decimal 9..." etc, which I took to mean
0.8, and 0.9 respectively.

Best, Griff

-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Wray [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:24 PM
To: '[hidden email]'
Subject: RE: [SHADO] SOL


I never did the maths, but I thought that it would be like resistance values
where they use the unit as the decimal point, so SOL8 would be 0.8 times the
speed of light and 8SOL would be 8 times the speed of light. Just goes to
show!

Grant.