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From: rob@osiris.UUCP (Robert St. Amant)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: A new transporter question
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 11:14:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 17 11:14:22 1985
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> 	My understanding was that any matter, including air, in the
> area of the "sparkle" was "exchanged" for the person, and the air
> surrounding him, comming from the transporter.
> 
> 	Thus, you could be transported into solid rock, and would
> survive!  You would, however, be hopelessly entombed in the rock. 
> This process would seem to also leave a column of rock standing on
> the transporter platform.
> 
> ...ihnp4!mgnetp!ll1!cej		Llewellyn Jones

You can't _really_ do it that way, from a practical view.  You'd
transport up all kinds of vicious bacteria and noxious atmosphere.
And remember when Kirk had a couple of guys beam down to a planet
that they weren't orbiting anymore?  Scotty would hear a huge
pop where their bodies had been. 

Scotty:  "Captin, ye've doon it agin."
Kirk:    "You mean those two men. . ."
Scotty:  "Aye."

				Rob St. Amant


ps.  What did Spock find in the toilet?
pps.  Why did Kirk pee on the ceiling?
ppps.  What do the Enterprise and toilet paper have in common?
pppps.  Know any other Trek riddles?