Teleport -> Telefax
Frank Palmer
In article:<448gck$9...@cc.joensuu.fi>
tni...@cc.joensuu.fi (Tero Niemi) wrote:
Tn> Ken Ailsworth (ken_a_a...@ccmail.orl.mmc.com) wrote:
Tn> : <blah blah>
Tn> : In fact, call the story "The Surplus Man."
Tn> : Someone want to write this? I'm too busy, and I claim no rights for
Tn> the idea. : Only this I would ask is that, if you get it published, I
Tn> get an autographed : copy of the publication saying something like,
Tn> "Thanks for the inspiration."
Tn> : Of course the inspiration for this inspiration is the original
Tn> poster, Tero : Neimi; don't know how he (she) would feel about it.
Tn> How about it, Mr/Ms : Neimi?
Tn> : Ken
Tn> Mr. Tero Petteri Niemi
Tn> Joensuu University, Finland (north europe, between sweden/old cccp)
Tn> Actually I am an amateur sf-writer, but I do not claim any rights. All
Tn> we have our sources=)
Uh, guys,
It's been done. Several times. "Think Like A Dinosaur"
in Analog or Asimag most recently. "Good Night, Mr.
_________" (where the blank is not in the story title; I just
don't remember it.)
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Frank Palmer
In article: <446f69$8...@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>
dre...@icaen.uiowa.edu (Douglas J Renze) writes:
>And if you wan't to destroy the original, use a shotgun. It's energy saving.
Dr> Treknophysics aside for the moment, the Heisenberg Uncertainty
Dr> Principle would seem to suggest that the *only* way to record the
Dr> original object accurately enough to dupe it would be to scan it
Dr> destructively.
Dr> On the other hand, this doesn't really mean that you couldn't create
Dr> *multiple* copies of your original...
1) Well, if you want to bring Heisenberg into it:
You can't scan it accurately. There is nothing in Heisenberg
which says that "The uncertainty in the position times the
uncertainty in the momentum of a particle can not be less than
h, UNLESS YOU DESTROY THE PARTICLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER." The
capitalised portion ain't in the rule.
2) One would think that the disappearing matter would have
some effect on the matter around it.
Don't beam me up, Scotty, I think I'll walk.
... ... Pot nut. You're trusts, djinn; spill chukkas!
Frank Palmer
Tn> : Ken