Really? Huh. I've never actually watched much Star Trek myself, I've only heard the line quoted by others. LOL but apparently I've been hearing that line misquoted all my life! Wow! You learn something new every day!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Mealin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:15 PM Subject: fun facts was RE: audyssey: teleporting > Hi everyone, > I came across a fun facts site the other day, and like a dummy, lost the > URL. > I don't mean to say that FigureInTheCloak (sorry, I forgot your name. > sorry!) is wrong, just this email made me think of it. Everyone knows that > over the last week this list has had more then its faire share of > misunderstandings. > > Something I thought that was interesting (being a huge star trek fanatic,) > kerk or anyone for that madder never said "Beam me up Scottie". The > closest > thing was "Scottie, Beam me up." > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of FigureInTheCloak > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: audyssey: teleporting > > LOL I totally agree with you about our travel problems being solved if we > could teleport. I've lost count of the number of times I've wished I > could! > > Unfortunately however, humans in real life cannot yet do this. What the > guy > > you heard on TV was talking about was probably astral travel, or the > practice of projecting one's etherial body out of the physical body in > order > > to travel to places, times, and dimensions not possible with the physical > body. The physical body does not come with the etherial body, it stays > where it is, and others cannot see the astral traveler unless they're > doing > it too at the same time. It should also be said that this practice has > not > been "scientifically" proven to be real. That is to say that it has not > been proven that people can actually do this. But many Pagans, Wiccans > and > practicianers of other "New Age" faiths practice this exercise as a method > of spiritual exploration. > > I think that the term and concept of teleporting, where the physical body > is > > instantly transported from one place to another, originated in science > fiction, specifically Star Trek I think. You might have heard the phrase > "Beam me up Scottie"? I'm guessing that it came into the gaming community > through the development of games based on this genre. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nicol Oosthuizen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 6:07 AM > Subject: audyssey: teleporting > > >> >> NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice >> which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf >> >> ---- >> HI list >> I have wondered about a term that appears in many games. Do you have an >> idea where the word teleport comes from? Is this only a term use din >> games or can we as humans teleport in real life? Do we have the ability >> to teleport? Sorry if this sounds a bit off topic but this word really >> fascinates me. If I understand it correctly teleport means to just >> disappear to another place. You don't travel, you don't walk, you don't >> ride in a vehicle. You just disappear. On tv I listened to a show >> where someone told how he got it right to leave his body. His spirit >> flies in the sky and he was able to visit other places while his spirit >> was drifting along apart from his body. Then he told that if he don't >> get into his body in time another spirit might take possession of his >> body. But I assume that has to do with spiritism. If I could teleport >> from my home to my work I would never have travel problems. At this >> stage I'm using a lift club for which I have to contribute monetarily. >> If humans could teleport like in games our transport problems as blind >> people will come to anend. We will never have to learn travel skills >> such as walking with a stick. If anyone can shed more light on the word >> teleport it will be interesting. 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