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From: demillo@uwmacc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Matter Transmission
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Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 23:58:26 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 10 23:58:26 1984
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Commenting (again) on the concept of putting a ham sandwich
in one end of a transporter and pulling out gold bullion:

The first thing that comes to mind is that it would be far "easier"
to use a matter transporter for moving matter from point A to
point B then it would be to use it for manipulating matter.
Transportation would require a "simple" (hehe) scan of the
subatomic structure of the thing being transported, and then
based on this information, reconstruct the object from the
energy wavefront. In order to create a "new" object from 
the "old" would require that you already had a subatomic "blueprint"
to use. Also, matter can neither be created nor distroyed. Therefore,
a ham sandwich would make a very small peice of gold bullion since
it's desity and atomic weight are less.

Ah, but I'm full of spurious comments tonite...

                      --- Rob DeMillo
                          MACC

         "...I know engineers, they LOVE to change things!"