They can’t keep a copy of you in the transporter buffers , ethically dodgy . It’s a 1 in 1 out deal but if you ask Q nicely he might bring you back..
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Should I Buy a TV at All?
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Because.
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They can't; they need a new firmware update, and that can take one trillion light years before they develop a new program that works inside the chip.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/05/23/is_teleportation_possible.html
Destructive scanning of a body, transmitting the information, and then reconstructing the body: To have a scanner that can record the position of every atom in the body to an accuracy of the order of the size of a hydrogen atom would require position accuracy of about 10-10 meters. To get that accuracy over a distance of order 1 meter, this would require 30 decimal digits, which would be about 100 binary digits per atom. However, there would be a lot of redundancy in this data, so let's be optimistic and assume you could compress this down to 1 bit per atom, so we still need approximately 10^27 bits of data to just specify the positions of all the atoms in a human body. According to Wikipedia (Exabyte), the approximate data storage capacity of all the computers and storage devices in the world today is roughly 1 zettabyte = 10^21bytes = 10^22 bits. Therefore, the data for the scan of one human would require at least 10,000 times the total storage of all the data stored on Earth right now.
The total traffic on the entire World Wide Web/Internet was about 27,000 petabytes per month in 2011 (see Internet traffic). At that rate, it would take more than 3 million years to transmit the bits needed to specify the positions of all the atoms in the body (see 10^28 bits/(27,000 petabytes/month)).
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Therefore, I'd go ahead and get a TV.
Destructive scanning of a body, transmitting the information, and then reconstructing the body: To have a scanner that can record the position of every atom in the body to an accuracy of the order of the size of a hydrogen atom would require position accuracy of about 10-10 meters. To get that accuracy over a distance of order 1 meter, this would require 30 decimal digits, which would be about 100 binary digits per atom. However, there would be a lot of redundancy in this data, so let's be optimistic and assume you could compress this down to 1 bit per atom, so we still need approximately 10^27 bits of data to just specify the positions of all the atoms in a human body. According to Wikipedia (Exabyte), the approximate data storage capacity of all the computers and storage devices in the world today is roughly 1 zettabyte = 10^21bytes = 10^22 bits. Therefore, the data for the scan of one human would require at least 10,000 times the total storage of all the data stored on Earth right now.
The total traffic on the entire World Wide Web/Internet was about 27,000 petabytes per month in 2011 (see Internet traffic). At that rate, it would take more than 3 million years to transmit the bits needed to specify the positions of all the atoms in the body (see 10^28 bits/(27,000 petabytes/month)).
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Therefore, I'd go ahead and get a TV.
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TVs are for retired folks. Nowadays kids use their iPhones and computer monitors...iMacs.
And there is always IMAX.
For serious stuff? There is the ocean surrounded by the mountains...and the wildlife and the whales inside that ocean.
And there is always IMAX.
For serious stuff? There is the ocean surrounded by the mountains...and the wildlife and the whales inside that ocean.
For me if TV is worth watching, it's worth watching properly. TV is mainly consume once, unlike music where the same record will get listened to over and over, in many different ways, so it does not matter if you don't always give it the best attention or reproduction. As such for me TV means on a TV, with decent sound, and a comfy chair, it also means watching only the TV I think is going to be good, and only when I want to watch it, I'd say 80% of what I watch is on netflix or amazon now, the rest on the PVR, the source does not change how I consume it.
When I say to myself "I think I'll watch some TV", I don't envision pulling out a smartassphone, or sitting down at the PC, or looking at one of the new smartasstablets now cluttering the roomscapes here at Neverland East.
I do, however, envision lying down on the couch, top of the head in an easterly direction, facing south, with all the necessary remotes within easy reach, so I can watch TV (irrespective of the source of the displayed content), or, almost inevitably, intently examine my tarsi, as the case may be.
YMMV.
I do, however, envision lying down on the couch, top of the head in an easterly direction, facing south, with all the necessary remotes within easy reach, so I can watch TV (irrespective of the source of the displayed content), or, almost inevitably, intently examine my tarsi, as the case may be.
YMMV.
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You are the thread starter (it would be cool if it was indicated on top of each of your post...in the post title); your question brought some of our real day-to-life activities regarding televisions...and even more.
There is no way that we can inspire you with our personal experience and opinion...you are all on your own decision. You and your wife are the only two people on Earth who know how to integrate your life with the technology of TVs.
From statistics every American own @ least five TV screens.
Some they own much more like ... and others lot less like ...
It is not the type of threads you normally read all over the internet.
So it has a new sex appeal. And, an open consciousness on the conditioned world we live in. A TV can be like a machine gun, a dishwashing machine, an electric chair, electric mixer, a pharmacy for subscribed drugs, a relaxation temple, an euphoria, a diversion, a subliminal massage, a walk in the clouds ....
The relationship we all have with our TVs, is the marriage contract we sign before the flood, a trap that cannot be escaped because it's a business, a commitment, sending kids to college, obligations with mortgage, wife's support, ...it's giving up our independence, our freedom for slavery...a TV can be that very easily for many, without even knowing it.
If TV is not important for your household then don't get one or get a little portable you can stow away. I prefer to socialise with people, not a TV program. Sports fans may have a problem with this - pick another date for them.
I have a 42" TV for personal viewing - no need for bigger. It is turned off when I have visitors so we can talk. Is talking still done or texting whilst watching the norm?
I have a 42" TV for personal viewing - no need for bigger. It is turned off when I have visitors so we can talk. Is talking still done or texting whilst watching the norm?
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Should I buy a TV @ all? No, buy two movie tickets for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
And watch The Crown Season 2 on Netflix @ your friend's place on their TV.
And watch The Crown Season 2 on Netflix @ your friend's place on their TV.
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But! If ever your mind decides to get a TV, get one that comes with the features you can make good use of, like 3D for example, or an automatic ISF calibration, Netflix application, anti image retention, and HDMI latest version...2.1 for 8K content. Do you like games?
Do you have a basement?
You can build a theater for your friends when it's raining outside and everything on regular TV news channels is boring, like every day in actuality.
Here are some tips on some good front projectors that can become useful or not depending if you ever go that route:
• http://www.avsforum.com/forum/24-di...c-9-10-no-price-talk-please.html#post55217334
Those are not the top uber bests though. And you can get some great PJs for lot less...like $1,000-2,000
I think it's nice to follow one's own instinct, heart and passion by the actions we perform with excellence each single day in day out.
Do you have a basement?
You can build a theater for your friends when it's raining outside and everything on regular TV news channels is boring, like every day in actuality.
Here are some tips on some good front projectors that can become useful or not depending if you ever go that route:
• http://www.avsforum.com/forum/24-di...c-9-10-no-price-talk-please.html#post55217334
Those are not the top uber bests though. And you can get some great PJs for lot less...like $1,000-2,000
I think it's nice to follow one's own instinct, heart and passion by the actions we perform with excellence each single day in day out.
My TV is my upgrade from a wife. It keeps me company, doe's a lot of talking and noise making, but never bitches when I don't pay any attention to whats coming out of it.. Couldn't live without it.
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They actually did that in one STNG episode. Well sort of. They used DNA from a hair follicle to filter Doctor Pulaski's pattern in the pattern buffer to remove some fast aging disease she contracted from some super humans with an active immune system. This let them restore her pattern to her pre-disease state thereby saving her life. Or renewing it or maybe you'd call that giving it a reboot.
Then there was the episode where Scotty had left himself in a pattern buffer only to be discovered years later by the Next Generation crew. I believe that was the episode where he said, "the more they complicate the plumbing, the easier it is to clog the drain" or something similar.
You'd think they would have cloned Captain Picard this way and he would have commanded every ship in Starfleet. And every ship would mostly be manned by replicated Data's, and commander Troi's. Then they would have had no need for #1 or Wesley and the series would have been immensely improved right there.
