Comments on: The History of Halo http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/22/the-history-of-halo/ GameStooge: Just another Game weblog Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:40:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jonahfalcon http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/22/the-history-of-halo/#comment-5712 jonahfalcon Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:06:48 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/22/the-history-of-halo/#comment-5712 However, Halo is not a true Ringworld, since it is a moon-sized satellite of a planet, not a ring encircling a sun. However, Halo is not a true Ringworld, since it is a moon-sized satellite of a planet, not a ring encircling a sun.

]]> By: dawgdocs http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/22/the-history-of-halo/#comment-5709 dawgdocs Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:29:24 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/22/the-history-of-halo/#comment-5709 Yes, Larry Niven first came up with the idea of the Ringworld. The whole point of the world being in a ring was to generate gravity by having the ring spin, much like in the space station in "2001: A Space Odyssey". This was potentially more feasible than a Dyson sphere, which would require a lot more material to construct and would have to have gravity generated in some other fashion. Yes, Larry Niven first came up with the idea of the Ringworld. The whole point of the world being in a ring was to generate gravity by having the ring spin, much like in the space station in “2001: A Space Odyssey”. This was potentially more feasible than a Dyson sphere, which would require a lot more material to construct and would have to have gravity generated in some other fashion.

]]> By: DEEP_NNN http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/22/the-history-of-halo/#comment-5708 DEEP_NNN Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:30:33 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/22/the-history-of-halo/#comment-5708 Excellent article. The statement about the origins of the Halo structure, "Dyson Ring inspired by Iain M. Banks' Culture novels.", has raised my curiousity. I'll have to poke around because my fist knowledge of a Dyson ring was Larry Niven's "Ringworld". In Ringworld, the ring had it's own gravitationally centric sun. The very definition of a Dyson ring. In Halo, the ring orbits a nearby sun. A slightly different beast. Excellent article.

The statement about the origins of the Halo structure, “Dyson Ring inspired by Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels.”, has raised my curiousity. I’ll have to poke around because my fist knowledge of a Dyson ring was Larry Niven’s “Ringworld”.

In Ringworld, the ring had it’s own gravitationally centric sun. The very definition of a Dyson ring. In Halo, the ring orbits a nearby sun. A slightly different beast.

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