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From: don@hpfclm.UUCP (don)
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Subject: Re: re: zippy-clone machines
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Date: Sat, 18-May-85 22:56:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 18 22:56:00 1985
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Nf-From: hpfclm!don    May  1 18:56:00 1985

I've always thought that the transporter operates according to the laws of
physics.  It transforms matter into energy and from energy back into matter.
Therefore it would be impossible to clone someone from a clump of dirt unless
the atomic composition of the dirt is the same as that of the person being 
cloned, assuming that transporter is not capable of altering the structure
of atoms.  If this were the case then I'm sure that by the 23rd century 
the galatic economy would be a shambles since anyone with a transporter
would be turning anything worthless he/she/it got its/her/his hands/appendicle
on to something of value like gold or diamonds or dilithium or cherry Coke.

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