Star Trek transporters
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| Author | Content |
|---|---|
| jdixon Mar 18, 2016 9:49 PM EDT |
Would you trust disassembling and reassembling your molecular structure to closed source software? |
| penguinist Mar 18, 2016 11:38 PM EDT |
Would you trust your life to a pacemaker with closed proprietary firmware? (not really under the category of science fiction) |
| jdixon Mar 19, 2016 2:17 AM EDT |
> Would you trust your life to a pacemaker with closed proprietary firmware? Not if I had any choice in the matter, but is the government going to give me a choice? |
| JaseP Mar 19, 2016 3:54 AM EDT |
A) I wouldn't trust my molecules being disassembled, period,... Since re-assembly violates the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and even if it didn't would take upwards of a million plus years to complete it's operations... B) If it were possible, I certainly wouldn't want the software to be proprietary. |
| maxxedout Mar 19, 2016 9:53 AM EDT |
That would give a whole new meaning to "The Blue Screen of Death"! |
| notbob Mar 19, 2016 5:42 PM EDT |
You go first. ;) |
| penguinist Mar 19, 2016 6:15 PM EDT |
Dang it Jim, I'm not gonna have _my_ molecules scattered across the universe! |
| BernardSwiss Mar 19, 2016 9:09 PM EDT |
> Dang it Jim, I'm not gonna have _my_ molecules scattered across the universe! Don't worry about it -- this is the improved version. It's still under warranty! Besides... Tech Support is pretty good about applying any patches, promptly. |
| gus3 Mar 21, 2016 2:14 PM EDT |
Actually, Schroedinger's Equation says your waveform is already scattered. And Murphy's Law says there's nothing you can do about it. |
| NoDough Mar 21, 2016 5:28 PM EDT |
gus3 wrote:Actually, Schroedinger's Equation says your waveform is already scattered. And which do we most often see applied? |
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