XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   J. Clarke wrote:   
   > In article , proto@panix.com   
   > says...   
   > > In article <130120141307202555%YourName@YourISP.com>,   
   > >  Your Name  wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > Of course, if sci-fi really predicts the future, then cars of any sort   
   > > > will be useless because we'll simply use Star Trek transporters to beam   
   > > > everywhere. Live in New York, but work in Sydney? No problem, get there   
   > > > in a fraction of a second.   :-)   
   > >   
   > > OBsf: Before proposing that read "Think Like a Dinosaur".   
   > >   
   > > Plus some argue that transporters kill the transported and create a   
   > > new person at the other end.   
   >   
   > You are makign assumptions about the working of the transporter.  The   
   > concept of scan and reproduce works that way, the concept of step   
   > through a wormhole does not.  And there are doubtless other concepts.   
      
   The first method already exists for "simple" objects ... using a 3D   
   scanner, Internet, and 3D printer, although you have to rely on the   
   sender to destroy the original and the receiver to only print one copy.   
   :-)   
      
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