Matter Transmission Studies

[feuerfuchs]

Algis Budry's and A.E. van Vogt's have been cited in the following Teleportation Physics Study. Are you familiar with their work?

http://www.fas.org/sgp/eprint/teleport.pdf

[A_Non_Ymous]

Re: Matter Transmission Studies

Algis Budry's and A.E. van Vogt's have been cited in the following Teleportation Physics Study. Are you familiar with their work?

http://www.fas.org/sgp/eprint/teleport.pdf

Without looking at the paper in question, I'd assume they're referring to Budrys' Rogue
Moon, where teleportation to the Moon is a central piece of the plot machinery. The
original novella version of the book was included in Volume II of The Science Fiction Hall
of Fame, edited by Ben Bova. The story is interesting, but a bit dated.

Not sure which particular Van Vogt work they had in mind, but I'd hazard it was
The World of Null-A. Most people over a certain age who were s-f readers in
their errant youth are familiar with that work. (Not to mention Damon Knight's
classic demolition job on it, which can be found in In Search of Wonder.)

Interesting that research is being put into this concept. I've heard a little about it, and
it still sounds a bit dubious at this point, and still at the Gedank-experiment stage.
Perhaps there've been advances I've not yet seen.

LSN

[A_Non_Ymous]

Is that study even real? The title seems too straight forward.

I did a quick check of the first few pages. I've seen the document before. It's "real" in the
sense that it was commissioned as a study under the aegis of the Air Force's research arm.
It's mostly a concept paper, in which it tries to identify and map out possible areas for
exploration of the idea. Such papers are very much "blue sky."

This paper doesn't imply that teleportation is a fact. I've seen lots of scientific concept
papers of this sort over the years. They're willing to entertain all sorts of notions as long
as they aren't outside the pale of what's known to be possible. That doesn't make any
particular avenue of investigation a likely winner.

So take it with a grain of salt.

LSN

[Omaru]

Doing a search on it, I've turned up another forum discussion on the matter.

http://uplink.space.com/showflat.php...o&Number=80432


Apparently their research concluded that it is an actual Air Force study, although the researcher and his associates, while technically legitimate, don't enjoy the highest level of credibility in the scientific community.

What interests me the most in scanning through the study is the discussion of government studies on psychokinetic activity. It's presented here as if it's pretty much a proven fact that some people are able to move and affect objects with their minds. How come I never heard about it? Interesting stuff anyway, thanks for the link.

[Pellaz]

Mmmmm, I'd heard of some non-practical (and presumably corollary) teleportation effects with tunnel diodes (in the sense that a physical iota goes from here to there without occupying the intervening space), but this is the first I'd heard of even a semi-serious look at teleportation.

Neet stuff.

I think I'll take the bus for now, though. :D

[xidrep]

The secret is Ethanol + Coke. Mr M said so. (see 'Cloned cats'. Really)

[Michael Moorcock]

Remember 'jaunting' in Tiger, Tiger! by Bester ? The first jaunter was terrified into teleporting. I know this works. Linda had a phobia about snakes (which she's more on top of these days, since we came to live in Texas, where they have a lot of deadly snakes). This was in Tunisia, as I recall. A snake charmer suddenly turned up and his cobra started curling out of the basket. I still swear I witnessed Linda disappear before my eyes and reappear some twenty five feet behind me, having had to have leapt over a crowd of people to do it.

[Michael Moorcock]

So who's going to volunteer to test this theory ?

[mordenkainen]

Mmmmm, I'd heard of some non-practical (and presumably corollary) teleportation effects with tunnel diodes (in the sense that a physical iota goes from here to there without occupying the intervening space), but this is the first I'd heard of even a semi-serious look at teleportation.

quantum teleportation does have practical effects, though nothing bigger than an atom is likely to be teleported using the present technology. I wouldn't be able to explain the theory here, in english and without any material at hand to refresh my memory. Anyone interested can google for Anton Zeilinger.

[Jerico]

Animals can teleport.
When i was 18 and a Marine stuck in Jacksonville, NC--
I was so bored one day (like there's a lot you can do in that tiny military town), I decided to chase one of the many
squirrels around. I was sure I had him trapped when he ran to the base of one of the big trees. I rounded the tree sure that he had nowhere to go but up the tree and I was so close that I could get him. I would soon be doing my captured squirrel victory dance, but alas, he was nowhere to be found.
There was no other explanation.
He obviously teleported.

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Baroque church organ music plays...

[Jerico]

Dave,

You look a bit too much like a young Malcolm McDowell/ Ewan McGreggor/ Jack Black (if he wasn't fat) with a squirrel body.
I'm terrified!
All I have left is a half full jar of cashews.
Will that appease you?

::Hide behind couch::

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Toccata and fuge in D min...............................

[Jerico]

Yes. Calligula.

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Don't ever say to a woman that you'd
like to do the "ole in-out." It doesn't
turn them on for some reason.


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The Humpty Dance, here's your chance,
do the hump ::talk to me baby::
do the humpty hump, do the humpty hump... Digital Underground

[Jerico]

Sometimes at night I like to march around my house in a fever, but that has gotten more and more infrequent as I get older.

There's certainly nothing wrong with that. I wouldn't recommend it at an ex girlfriends house though-- especially if it's at 2 am and you have a 3/4 empty bottle of bourbon in hand. You can try to convince the police that you are there to do some Christmas Carolling, but you picked a bad time of day and I don't think that screaming the lyrics: "Jingle BEEEELS! You damn concubine!" qualifies as carolling. In fact, I think it qualifies as a crime instead! Especially if you're doing it in July! Not to mention the fact you're only wearing a pair of boxers. (I hope they were clean at least!)

Yeah. Most of my fiction draws upon real experiences....

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Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock....

Good night

[Jerico]

No. I don't drink much.
I just was inspired by this guy named Louis CK.

There's video clips on this site...
http://www.louisck.com/

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet...personid-99710

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

[Governor of Rowe Island]

I'll be interested in your answer Jerico, but I'd also like to ask Adlerian how you get a picture into the area where the text appears on a post, like you did earlier on in this thread. Or if Krijciek is reading this, like you did on the 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' thread.