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Doesn't add up (europe.pub)
submitted 3 months ago* by [M] to c/tenforward@lemmy.world
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[–] 54 points 3 months ago (12 children)

The transporter has a failsafe to replace missing atoms or molecules that didn't make the trip by pulling from reserves. It got a lock, attempted transport, then got an error saying 7x10^27 atoms didn't make it and replaced them, leaving the original Riker on the planet and constructing an entirely new Riker on the Potemkin's transporter pad. Thomas is the original, Will is the clone.

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  • [–] 49 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    PC LOAD MATTER? What the hell does that even mean?!

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Anyone got a spare matter cartridge?

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  • [–] 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    They're both clones, as is the fate of anyone who uses a Star Trek transporter.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    As far as I know, no matter is transported in a Star Trek transporter. It selects a certain volume of space, creates a digital copy of that and then transforms ship energy into new matter that exactly replicates that pattern while disintegrating the original source. That's why it should be possible to use the transporter as a backup machine for all those poor red shirts

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    There are multiple references to a matter stream. The system does a matter-energy-matter conversion, but the final matter is (typically) sourced from the starting matter. Whether that counts as moving the matter is dubious, to say the least. It's like disassembling a Lego set, melting down the bricks, casting new bricks from the melted plastic, and then building the set again. Is it the same set?

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