From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: mbaldelli@yahoo.com   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:29:58 -0700, Anim8rFSK    
   wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   > Merrick Baldelli  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:19:45 -0500, "Mac Breck"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>    
   >> >Shouldn't the transporter be able to _automatically_ scan all those   
   >> >arriving and departing?  After all, it could be linked into the ships   
   >> >computers, which would include the medical one.   
   >>    
   >> .There has been indications in some episodes that this is in   
   >> fact the case.  Same way as they have the ability to detect weapons   
   >> and disable them during transport.   
   >   
   >Which they could do all the way back in TOS.   
      
   .Yes, and look how often the premise for this had been   
   changed...  Repeatedly...  With sledgehammers and monkeys flinging   
   poo.   
      
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