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Subject: Matter transmission, etc.
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Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 16:29:07 EDT
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From: Slocum@HI-MULTICS.ARPA

Let's not forget the Uncertainty Principle in the context of matter
recording/ duplication.  A simple way of stating this is the following:
   "When dealing with sub-atomic particles (electrons, etc.), the more
accurately the velocity of said particle is known, the less accurately
its position is known, and visa versa".

So, if you know the position of an electron to infinite precision, you
know nothing about its velocity.  This kind of screws up the copying
process.  I would hope that the copier was awfully precise.

I was just thinking about this...  What happens if you apply uncertainty
to an entire person.  Figure out the person's velocity to infinite
precision, and he vanishes and appears somewhere else that is unknown.
Hows that for a nifty solution.  A random teleporter.

    Brett Slocum
    (Slocum@HI-MULTICS.ARPA)