tim@nmtvax.UUCP (08/13/83)
Now come off it guys, really. So what if you can copy the information.
You would still need to be able to get the matter to construct another
person with and put it through the system. This would seem a very dangerous
practice. I can't remeber where, but I seem to remember Scotty saying
once that if the transporter really did convert matter to energy the whole
ship would have blown to pieces. And besides, the transporter is designed
to move objects and not change there structure. Teaching it to, lets say,
take a 120lb. rock and convert that into a young women would be a mean
trick (with serious social problems). And if you could convert rocks into
people why not into anything: diamonds, dilitium crystals, whole starships
(large transporters!), etc. Hmmmmmmmm....
P.S. Storing the entire pattern of someones body maybe possible. Just
think of the security identification systems you could come up with. But
copying people maybe just to far outside the realm of normal space or
Star Trek space for that matter.
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Tim Tucker
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New Mexico Tech
Socorro, NM 87801
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