Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: simpact.com!jeh%sdcsvax@ucsd.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Questions About Teleports Message-ID: Date: 15 Oct 89 13:54:17 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Simpact Associates, San Diego CA Lines: 22 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 450, message 8 of 8 In article , munnari!agsm.oz.au! georgep@uunet.uu.net (George_Paul) writes: > Could someone please help me with information on Teleports. What > relationship do they have to networks? Why should they be used? Are > they useful? Teleports are useful, but have their problems when the sending and receiving stations are separated by large amounds of latitude, longitude, or altitude, due to conservation of momentum and/or energy. Systems which automatically compensate for these shifts are still under development. The definitive work on this subject is an essay by Larry Niven, "Theory and Practice of Teleportation", reprinted in the _All The Myriad Ways_ collection. (Sorry, folks, I couldn't resist! :-) --- Jamie Hanrahan, Simpact Associates, San Diego CA Chair, VMSnet [DECUS uucp] and Internals Working Groups, DECUS VAX Systems SIG Internet: jeh@simpact.com, or if that fails, jeh@crash.cts.com Uucp: ...{crash,scubed,decwrl}!simpact!jeh