I didn't catch the facetious tone on the reply, but no matter -- I had meant to provide the wikipedia link anyway; the influence of my wife the graduate student in library science <g>.

James Lampert wrote:
I was being facetious. Remember a certain technical matter about particle transporters, that came up more than once in Star Trek: The Next Generation (and was definitely in the writers' guide): molecular resolution is good enough for non-living matter, but to transport a life form, you need quantum resolution.


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