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Teleportation Takes Another Step
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Posted on 02/06/2003 10:11:45 AM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: Sir Gawain
It will never work!
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:15:15 AM PST
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biblewonk
To: Sir Gawain
I always wondered how the Enterprise communicated instantly with Starfleet when they were light years away. Now I know!
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:19:21 AM PST
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Arkie2
To: Sir Gawain
Think of how this could affect our society. If teleportation were to become reality:
-no more need for cars
-no more need for oil (besides heating)
-no more stores, you just order it online, and it gets zapped into your living room from the warehouse.
-no more semi-trucks, trains, or airplanes
-travel anywhere from next door to the moon in seconds.
-many jobs would disappear. A few would spring up.
It is just mind boggling to think of the consequences.
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:20:52 AM PST
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cdefreese
To: cdefreese
and no more US - Saddam would teleport us full of toxic sludge/germs/radioactive waste.
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:22:45 AM PST
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Krafty123
To: Arkie2
Actually, the Enterprise communicates through subspace; which functions 30 orders of magnitude faster than warp speed. Or to it goes...
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:23:41 AM PST
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Krafty123
To: AriOxman
Yeah, well who's to say we won't name this form of communication subspace?
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:24:47 AM PST
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Arkie2
To: Sir Gawain
I always wished I could beam to work every morning. Someday...
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:24:52 AM PST
by
stanz
To: cdefreese
you just order it online, and it gets zapped into your living room
Would this work with Ann Coulter....?
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:25:21 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
((Bumperootus!))
To: Sir Gawain
"quantum entanglement," in which a laser beam is squeezed and split in such a way that it creates two particles of light at the same time. Who wants to be the first HUMAN volunteer to test this application on people?
To: biblewonk
Of course it'll work! We've got a teleportation device in our office. It's called a fax machine. But it's better than what these scientists have done, 'cause it preserves the original copy. Seriously, I think some practical uses in the near future may be in 3D holography, nano-machine building, and art.
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:28:17 AM PST
by
roadcat
To: Sir Gawain
You'll put your eye out!
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posted on
02/06/2003 10:28:18 AM PST
by
TC Rider
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To: biblewonk
It will never work! Aside from the fact that it does work, it will be useful to transfer information at least.
Instantaneously between stars and across the galaxy.
To: Arkie2
I always wondered how the Enterprise communicated instantly with Starfleet when they were light years away. Now I know!
Sometimes they could contact them immediately, and sometimes Kirk had to make his own decisions because they had no immediate contact.
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02/06/2003 10:30:47 AM PST
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Arkinsaw
To: Arkie2
Is this another case of the elite sucking the pot dry with overblown salaries and bonuses while the working people end up with nothing.I always wondered why Stafleet needed a fleet? Why not just teleport everywhere? I'm sure some Trekkie will clue me in...
To: *RealScience; sourcery; Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: Arkinsaw
Yes- actually several ST episodes had to deal with the fact that communications still took some time to reach Earth. The "instant messages" we see in some episodes usually took place when Enterprise was relatively close to Earth.
To: RoughDobermann
Because transport devices had a short range.... A very interesting book is called the "Technical Guide to Star Trek" and it has very interesting scientific theories to back up the fantasy world of ST.
To: RoughDobermann
Why not just teleport everywhere? Another thing: Why not just travel at Warp Ten all the time? Is it that they needed to take up a complete week to their next destination? If the next port was nearby, they would take their time at low Warp factor. If it was far away, they would hump over there at high Warp factor. Just so it took exactly a week.
To: Sir Gawain
In spite of the breakthrough, teleportation is still restricted to light particles. No-one is even close to teleporting an atom or a bacteria, even less a human being. Was there a scene in one of those "Fly" remakes in which the guy walks into a fancy restaurant with his girl friend and orders a bowl of dog $#!t? I'd heard that and never knew whether or not to believe it.
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