[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Whoh!!! Sorry I didn't realise I was addressing the Locasian Chair at Oxford University. I do understand that the 4 transitional dimension aren't in any order and time could be first I suppose, and all unproved but theorised dimensions (up to 10 in superstring theory) I suppose they could be in any order as well. Perhaps length, bredth, depth and time occupy slot 3, 5, 8 and 10 for all we know.However.I didn't realise "smell" was a dimension.[/citation]
I didn't take any stance regarding smell being a dimention or not. I cannot say if it is. But I know that time is a dimention that is very hard to apply in software as time slows down or speeds up depending on gravitation (see einsteins special theory on relativity), and I don't believe something that isn't a fixed measure can be employed as a dimention in a fixed piece of software. The dimentions can ofcourse be shuffled around or be replaced by other dimentions, but xyz is the norm, so taking xyz+whatever is needed as fourth dimention for granted is reasonable. I just don't believe time is applicable as fourth dimention as it isn't entirely in your control.