Re: OT: Bionic Woman again

In article <hovkg3lqic9e97uh2j71qes0j33ahgvdr0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "lab~rat  >:-)" <chase@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:09:46 -0400, Maia Rutledge <Don't bother sent
> to newsgroup> puked:

> >Star Trek TOS dreamed up lots of stuff that was in the realm
> >of science fiction back then, now it much of it is on the verge
> >of becoming reality.
> 
> Ion propulsion being one of the more impressive ones in my book.  I'm
> thinking that they should get working on the replicator, transporter
> and holo-deck, but the hand held phaser would be a lot of fun, too...

I once read a comment by some physicist that said that even given the 
general level of advanced technology on Star Trek, the transporter is so 
much beyond what even *they* could technologically achieve that it would 
be like Columbus having a microwave oven on the Santa Maria.