From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!mitccc!hdt
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Title: Re: Transporter Mechanism
Article-I.D.: mitccc.312
Posted: Mon Feb 14 02:39:10 1983
Received: Wed Feb 16 03:35:48 1983
References: alice.1476

There's an even better explaination in "Spock Must Die!", by James E. Blish