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From: shanks@teneron.UUCP (Dave Shanks)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.tv
Subject: Re: Inconsistency in "The Fantastic Voyage"???
Message-ID: <201@teneron.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 12:36:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: teneron.201
Posted: Tue Aug 20 12:36:58 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 03:42:59 EDT
References: <2063@sunybcs.UUCP> <395@baylor.UUCP> <327@looking.UUCP>
Reply-To: shanks@teneron.UUCP (Dave Shanks)
Organization: Teneron Corp., Beaverton, OR
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Summary: 

In article <327@looking.UUCP> brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
>The miniturization is done as a two stage process.  First the sub is shrunk,
>and then it's put in a 50 gallon syringe which is further shrunk.  When
>that expands, boy is the patient going to need to go to the bathroom like you
>wouldn't believe!

This could be solved by starting out with a real syringe of saline
solution and expanding it to 50 gallons before putting the sub in.  As
I recall (from the book) the miniturizer could work in either direction.

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Dave Shanks	..!tektronix!reed!teneron!shanks
Teneron Corp.
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