Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!Isdale.es@XEROX.ARPA From: Isdale.es@XEROX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Matter transmission Message-ID: <12559@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 13:46:59 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12559 Posted: Fri Aug 17 13:46:59 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Aug-84 01:19:02 EDT Lines: 29 From: Jerry1) if E=mcc, the energy is a wavefront (vs particles), and somehow gravity ties to the mass/energy (large concentrations of energy affect matter), what happens as you transmit this gravity thru space/earth? i wouldnt want to get in the way of the beam sending a heavy wavefront. Has any SF author given this treatment to this problem? 2) If the transciever requires LOTS of Quarks/Energy, Perhaps the limiting factor may be a quark enriched fuel, rare and expensive. Brother could you spare a crystal to get me home? 3) The question of transmission of body/mind/soul might find some leads in old mythologies of ghosts and possessions. According to some, when the body dies suddenly (read disintegrates), the soul/ghost remains to haunt the area (perhaps because the body/home isnt reconstructed where it can be found). Or the tales of astral projection where somebody else takes over your body while your away (with or without leave to do so). Suppose there is a mixup in transmission and you wind up echoing around while someone else uses your body. (wire taps?) There some good ideas in there somewhere for a paratechnomagickal story. >From the magic desk of Jerry Isdale arpa: isdale.es@Xerox.arpa