1) When it comes to transporter beams I am not signing up for the beta release; I'll wait until release 1.3 minimum, and stay home on the major point releases (2.0, 3.0, etc
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Inspired by the math required to determine whether flying actually saves time on trip, I recently had a vision of transporter station safety measures and wait times undermining their efficiency.
Now I'm thinking of the impact of transporters on other sectors of the economy. I am going to trademark the Mexican food chain name "Transporter Beans."
I'm thinking that at first transporters would be utilitarian and ultra-serious, but eventually the stations or equipment might have licensed theming -- Star Trek, of course, but also TARDIS and Floo.
It's hard to explain all the varied objections I have to transporter technology, although some of them showed up in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, but imagine if you will transportation through the beam... you come out the other side and all your credit card numbers have been stolen, or you're wearing a HP T-shirt.
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I'm thinking that at first transporters would be utilitarian and ultra-serious, but eventually the stations or equipment might have licensed theming -- Star Trek, of course, but also TARDIS and Floo.
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