[biblewonk]

It will never work!

[Arkie2]

I always wondered how the Enterprise communicated instantly with Starfleet when they were light years away. Now I know!

[cdefreese]

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.

[stanz]

I always wished I could beam to work every morning. Someday...

[Lunatic Fringe]

"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?

[TC Rider]

You'll put your eye out!

[martianagent]

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.

[Cyber Liberty]

Yes, but can it be used to beam Jim Traficant from prison?

[Junior]

In science fiction, teleportation entails taking someone and creating a replica of him or her a long distance away, and destroying the original.

Which means that, once you go through the device, you are dead. Sure, there's a walking, talking simulacrum of you at the other end, but it ain't you, as you've been "destroyed."

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[weikel]

Won't work the transporter was the most absurd idea on star trek. I'd be superstitious whether I'd have the same consciousness or be killed and have a replica if my molecular structure was torn apat and then reassembled.

[Havoc]

And idiots endlessly prattle on as if the comparison has any grounding in reality. One might as well complain, "Gee, we breath oxygen, why shouldn't we be allowed to breath methane?" I'm sure Thieves are upset that they get arrested for stealing. Shall we next hear about how theft isn't really that bad afterall....

[ez]

Now if we could only turn people into photons and back!!!

[sheik yerbouty]

"Help me! help me......"

[VetoBill]

Egads! My long awaited dream of having a pizza emailed to me grows nearer.