The real reason they'd invent Transporters!

[Lord Garth]

Right. So, I live South of Boston. I heard there would be 15 inches of snow tomorrow. Maybe it is tomorrow by the time you're reading this! And a friend of mine said it might go as high as 25 inches.

I'm dreading this. I'll have to shovel it! A lot of us will.

I think the real reason they invent the Transporters in Star Trek is to avoid having to commute in this type of weather and so you can travel from place to place without having to dig your way out in this type of situation.

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"This is the gulag Rura Penthe! There is no stockade. No guard tower. No electronic frontier. Only a magnetic shield prevents beaming! Work well and you will be treated well. Work badly, and you will die."

 

[Pondwater]

I love to have that. As I don’t like walking to work in the rain. Especially when funds are mega low and I can’t Uber/Lyft.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I think the real reason they invent the Transporters in Star Trek is to avoid having to commute in this type of weather and so you can travel from place to place without having to dig your way out in this type of situation.

As someone who hates driving in the winter, I have long dreamed of this!

But in our reality, if they ever really do invent them, it will be so the super wealthy can get to their stockholder meeting in Geneva, or their private retreat in the Alps, or wherever. The vast majority of us will never even see one.

 

[DonIago]

I have a horrible feeling that if/when transporters are invented, they'll first be used as a weapon.

 

[Kronos]

Maybe we can invent them to transport the snow to Florida.

 

[Timewalker]

Right. So, I live South of Boston. I heard there would be 15 inches of snow tomorrow. Maybe it is tomorrow by the time you're reading this! And a friend of mine said it might go as high as 25 inches.

I'm dreading this. I'll have to shovel it! A lot of us will.

I think the real reason they invent the Transporters in Star Trek is to avoid having to commute in this type of weather and so you can travel from place to place without having to dig your way out in this type of situation.

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"This is the gulag Rura Penthe! There is no stockade. No guard tower. No electronic frontier. Only a magnetic shield prevents beaming! Work well and you will be treated well. Work badly, and you will die."

There aren't that many snowdrifts in space.

I don't have to shovel snow now since I live in an apartment building and there are employees to take care of that sort of thing. But when I still lived in a house I discovered that it's easier to do several small rounds of snow clearing than one large one. That way I just took care of it with a broom.

 

[MacLeod]

Right. So, I live South of Boston. I heard there would be 15 inches of snow tomorrow. Maybe it is tomorrow by the time you're reading this! And a friend of mine said it might go as high as 25 inches.

I'm dreading this. I'll have to shovel it! A lot of us will.

I think the real reason they invent the Transporters in Star Trek is to avoid having to commute in this type of weather and so you can travel from place to place without having to dig your way out in this type of situation.

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"This is the gulag Rura Penthe! There is no stockade. No guard tower. No electronic frontier. Only a magnetic shield prevents beaming! Work well and you will be treated well. Work badly, and you will die."

What is this thing called snow?

 

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[UncleRogi]

Would an early version of Transporter be able to get a lock in the snow?

Seems to me a lot of water would be in the way....which begs a point:
Does a Transporter differentiate between air and water? We have Star Trek IV....

If an Aquarian race developed transporters, would a bunch of water materialize too?

Enquiring minds want to know...

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I have a horrible feeling that if/when transporters are invented, they'll first be used as a weapon.

Kind of wondering why Trek doesn't use it that way, to be honest...

 

[Lord Garth]

Well, they did a couple of times in DS9. One that's standing out to me is "Field of Fire".

I'll be gearing up to go out there soon.

 

[Avro Arrow]

^ Good luck, @Lord Garth ! Hope you're not too buried in!

 

[Lord Garth]

I can get out of my house now!

 

[UncleRogi]

I can get out of my house now!

Waiting for Co-ordinates, Trek-friend...might have a problem with the snow....

Would you care to materialize with the keyboard...?

 

[UncleRogi]

I'm going to add, out of the blue, that I don't think Kryptonians can be transported under
a yellow sun.... Invulnerable.

Just my $0.02

 

[Lord Garth]

I'm not a Superman fan, so I'll take your word for it.

 

[Spot261]

I'm going to add, out of the blue, that I don't think Kryptonians can be transported under
a yellow sun.... Invulnerable.

Just my $0.02

Good call, but why would Superman need a transporter anyway?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

why would Superman need a transporter anyway?

Superman can fly very fast, but not instantaneously. (Although the true extent of his powers has fluctuated over the years, so I guess his maximum speed is...whatever the writers want it to be at the time.)

And there may be times where he'd need to instantly appear in a place without actually having to traverse the distance.

@UncleRogi does have a point, though: Would Superman's invulnerability prevent a transporter from being able to lock onto him?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Kind of wondering why Trek doesn't use it that way, to be honest...

They're better than us. I mean, they never miss a chance to say so, y'know?

 

[Spot261]

Superman can fly very fast, but not instantaneously. (Although the true extent of his powers has fluctuated over the years, so I guess his maximum speed is...whatever the writers want it to be at the time.)

And there may be times where he'd need to instantly appear in a place without actually having to traverse the distance.

Nah... a transporter's not functionally faster and it can't get him anywhere he couldn't get himself