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  1. Joe Szott

    Our tax dollars now tell us that Star Trek's "transporters" are not possible.

    I'll kill the thread: http://baconwhores.com/ Even Canadians can't argue with that...
  2. Joe Szott

    Our tax dollars now tell us that Star Trek's "transporters" are not possible.

    I totally agree with what Brad said, he articulated my arguement much better than I ever would have. Man, that pot up in Boulder must be some strong stuff. :D The problem we're having here is not declaring what happens in our "known" universe, but making sweep declarations of what happens in...
  3. Joe Szott

    Our tax dollars now tell us that Star Trek's "transporters" are not possible.

    Most entertaining thread ever on the HTF. Seriously though, I would think that a true "transporter" is impossible, but an elctronic "duplicator" would not be. Think of a FAX machine, it holds the physical material at both ends and transmits the blueprint electronically. Or like sending an...
  4. Joe Szott

    Our tax dollars now tell us that Star Trek's "transporters" are not possible.

    To come to Kenneth and Steeve's aid, wasn't it Plato (or Socrates, I never studied much Greek phil.) who when asked of what they knew said: "I know that I know nothing" I think this idea of keeping an open mind to what we don't know is as important as holding up what we do know. If...
  5. Joe Szott

    Our tax dollars now tell us that Star Trek's "transporters" are not possible.

    $25K is a joke. Basically, they paid a Ph.D in Physics for 3 months of time to watch Star Trek, attend geek conventions, and then spend 2 weeks phoning in an essay about a 100 reasons why this crap is obviously impossible. The guy is out there laughing in his Tron suit even as we type our...
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