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