The irony here is that of all the author's on OC
I am the guy who's writing the closest to the 'hard' side of fiction (what with the fact that my OFM writing has a strong mil-SF flavor) and yet I can accept that there are some things which are magical and leave it at that.
Goodnight, all.
See this is why I liked Stargate, it was very much a "Take it a face value" kinda show and while they used a crapload of applied phlebotium for the most part it made sense.