Would you rather: Teleport or fly anywhere in under 10 minutes? - RhettandLinKommunity2024-03-29T10:27:20Zhttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/forum/topics/would-you-rather-teleport-or?commentId=2452419%3AComment%3A34273&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI agree with Dan Kossick and…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2010-08-26:2452419:Comment:1275552010-08-26T20:14:35.120ZJackie Hall (Gorillamama)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/JackieHall
I agree with Dan Kossick and Rhett. I would choose Telport. Like Dan said if you have watched the movie Jumpers that is an awesome way to travel. But then I guess they would need to figure out a way to block you from teleporting into banks and other places of value. It would be awesome to get to visit family and friends anytime or place with a blink of the eye. Of course then you have the problem of peeps you don't want to see bugging you. haha
I agree with Dan Kossick and Rhett. I would choose Telport. Like Dan said if you have watched the movie Jumpers that is an awesome way to travel. But then I guess they would need to figure out a way to block you from teleporting into banks and other places of value. It would be awesome to get to visit family and friends anytime or place with a blink of the eye. Of course then you have the problem of peeps you don't want to see bugging you. haha I would rather teleport, for…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2009-12-02:2452419:Comment:490822009-12-02T20:28:09.082ZCorrie J (Dunehobbit)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/CJ
I would rather teleport, for several reasons. First of all, it's much easier and there's no wasted time. In my busy life, I need the fastest, easiest, most efficient solution. Also, teleportation is much safer because when you're flying fast enough to get anywhere in ten minutes or less planes and jets can't see you, so there's a slim chance you could get hit, even if that chance is very VERY slim... in teleportation all you do is dematerialize and then rematerialize, so there's no risk of that…
I would rather teleport, for several reasons. First of all, it's much easier and there's no wasted time. In my busy life, I need the fastest, easiest, most efficient solution. Also, teleportation is much safer because when you're flying fast enough to get anywhere in ten minutes or less planes and jets can't see you, so there's a slim chance you could get hit, even if that chance is very VERY slim... in teleportation all you do is dematerialize and then rematerialize, so there's no risk of that there. Also, you could just disappear when people you didn't want to see came around or in any bad situation, and no one could track you, unlike when you fly, because they can see you then, or potentially put a tracking device on you. :D Flying! Imagine how much you…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2009-11-26:2452419:Comment:475122009-11-26T08:26:16.155ZEmily T (Elefish)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/EmilyT
Flying! Imagine how much you would miss out on if you teleported everywhere! And you'd get lazy.. haha.<br />
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And I'm assuming that if you had the super-human ability to fly, you would also not get that pressure in your ears/ it would not be so cold.<br />
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Well I'm quite a bit late on this discussion but I was looking through the list and it sounded interesting :)
Flying! Imagine how much you would miss out on if you teleported everywhere! And you'd get lazy.. haha.<br />
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And I'm assuming that if you had the super-human ability to fly, you would also not get that pressure in your ears/ it would not be so cold.<br />
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Well I'm quite a bit late on this discussion but I was looking through the list and it sounded interesting :) Teleporting is the way to go…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2009-10-11:2452419:Comment:375962009-10-11T21:06:13.810ZRyan Clarke (Zanglater)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/RyanClarke
Teleporting is the way to go for me. I mean there are very few reasons why you would go for flying.<br />
The few main reasons for flying are easily dis-banded.So join me as we disband them the way they where meant to be.<br />
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1.Teleporting isn't as flashy.-Well flash it up,work it.What looks cooler jumping of an edge of a building and gliding down.Or running off the edge of the skyscraper and disappearing only to reappear on the walls of a another building only to disappear again and continually bounce…
Teleporting is the way to go for me. I mean there are very few reasons why you would go for flying.<br />
The few main reasons for flying are easily dis-banded.So join me as we disband them the way they where meant to be.<br />
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1.Teleporting isn't as flashy.-Well flash it up,work it.What looks cooler jumping of an edge of a building and gliding down.Or running off the edge of the skyscraper and disappearing only to reappear on the walls of a another building only to disappear again and continually bounce down the sides adding flashy moves between jumps until you hit the ground.<br />
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2. Teleporting is dangerous .-If something can wrong with teleporting why cant it go wrong flying.What happens if you sneezed mid flight lose control and hurtle towards the ground.With a split second teleportation there's no time for stuff to go wrong.<br />
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Now apply these powers to a very serious situation.Late 1944 war is in bloom and allied forces are progressing on Berlin. An secret US section The department of occult warfare discovered your power and has sent you on a secret mission to disrupt German supply lines by destroying a massive train yard outside Berlin.<br />
2 things could happen.<br />
1. You could fly through clouds of anti air flak fire while being chased down by Messerschmitts and land on the first "hotspot" place an explosive and race to the next "hotspot" while still under fire from German troops.Then after racing all over the train yard placing explosive you would have to fly away before it all go's BOOM.<br />
Massive risk<br />
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2.Teleport to the train yard place explosive and teleport to the next "Hotspot" then to the next and then to the next .After all the explosive has been placed you could be back in Blighty with a cup of tea and a few biscuits before the Germans have found out that you have even been there. I have to say I'm with the 'f…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2009-10-04:2452419:Comment:358342009-10-04T01:34:10.752ZMiss Eh (Sentient Blossom) ~*https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/MissEh
I have to say I'm with the 'flight crew' on this one, and not without considerable open minded pondering.<br />
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Looking at it from a purely experiential point of view, I'd prefer flight, but point taken from the other side, perhaps teleportation would be more practical.<br />
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I guess in the big picture, I'm more of an experiential person. I keep thinking, 'Flight is to analog as teleportation is to digital'... and though digital media (music, etc.) have great advantages, we all evidently enjoy a good…
I have to say I'm with the 'flight crew' on this one, and not without considerable open minded pondering.<br />
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Looking at it from a purely experiential point of view, I'd prefer flight, but point taken from the other side, perhaps teleportation would be more practical.<br />
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I guess in the big picture, I'm more of an experiential person. I keep thinking, 'Flight is to analog as teleportation is to digital'... and though digital media (music, etc.) have great advantages, we all evidently enjoy a good 'analog' guitar and recorder song, even brought to us by digital means.<br />
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That being said, if teleportation had the same experiential component, it would be very tempting indeed...<br />
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<i>"Holy overuse-of-the-word-experiential, Batman!"</i> First of all, I only mentione…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2009-10-03:2452419:Comment:357782009-10-03T18:50:37.843ZParker the Invisible Eaglehttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/ParkerJordan
First of all, I only mentioned Heroes as a joke, but you can not consider Hiro's power as teleporting as it's completely different. Rhett's point was you could fly with teleporting and you can't fly by controlling time.<br />
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But anyway, yes I already said teleporting is a more useful power, but let's face it it's boring. That was my point, if you want flashy, exciting and "awing" then you should go with flying, if you want usefulness, variety, and a better power to fight other people (who wouldn't…
First of all, I only mentioned Heroes as a joke, but you can not consider Hiro's power as teleporting as it's completely different. Rhett's point was you could fly with teleporting and you can't fly by controlling time.<br />
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But anyway, yes I already said teleporting is a more useful power, but let's face it it's boring. That was my point, if you want flashy, exciting and "awing" then you should go with flying, if you want usefulness, variety, and a better power to fight other people (who wouldn't have powers anyway) then you should go with teleporting. All I was trying to do is prove that flying is still a capable answer, and that teleporting isn't perfect like Rhett made it sound. And none of us mentioned the fact that you could accidentally teleport into something and die instantly.<br />
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I think I mentioned plenty of good points as to why someone might consider flying and wouldn't be stupid for doing so. I would still pick flying, after considering everything it's what I would prefer.<br />
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Also you can fly slowly with someone, so they wouldn't get sick. :P<br />
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<cite>Dan Kossick said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://rhettandlink.ning.com/forum/topics/would-you-rather-teleport-or?x=1&id=2452419%3ATopic%3A30675&page=3#2452419Comment35189"><div>I've been mulling it over for the last week, and I think I'll have to agree with Rhett. Teleportation is the best option, literally just for the access option. If you've seen the movie Jumper then you have to go for teleportation.<br/> <br/>
I can see your point about taking a girl flying with you Parker, but to refer to the television program Heroes, when Nathan Petrelli takes people flying with him, they end up feeling sick!! Plus Nathan went and got himself killed by Sylar, whereas Hiro (who I know controls the space time continuum, but come on you can count it as teleporting) knacked Sylar in series one!!<br/>
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This was only ever an arguement because it was decided that one of the extra abilities of flying would be you weren't affected by things in the environment (eg hitting cables, planes, birds, superman). Flying wouldnt have had a cat in hell's chance of even being considered as anything close to teleporting. Even with added abilities flying has been trumped by the access card.</div>
</blockquote> I've been mulling it over for…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2009-10-01:2452419:Comment:351892009-10-01T20:12:54.033ZDan Kossickhttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/DanKossick
I've been mulling it over for the last week, and I think I'll have to agree with Rhett. Teleportation is the best option, literally just for the access option. If you've seen the movie Jumper then you have to go for teleportation.<br />
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I can see your point about taking a girl flying with you Parker, but to refer to the television program Heroes, when Nathan Petrelli takes people flying with him, they end up feeling sick!! Plus Nathan went and got himself killed by Sylar, whereas Hiro (who I know…
I've been mulling it over for the last week, and I think I'll have to agree with Rhett. Teleportation is the best option, literally just for the access option. If you've seen the movie Jumper then you have to go for teleportation.<br />
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I can see your point about taking a girl flying with you Parker, but to refer to the television program Heroes, when Nathan Petrelli takes people flying with him, they end up feeling sick!! Plus Nathan went and got himself killed by Sylar, whereas Hiro (who I know controls the space time continuum, but come on you can count it as teleporting) knacked Sylar in series one!!<br />
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This was only ever an arguement because it was decided that one of the extra abilities of flying would be you weren't affected by things in the environment (eg hitting cables, planes, birds, superman). Flying wouldnt have had a cat in hell's chance of even being considered as anything close to teleporting. Even with added abilities flying has been trumped by the access card. I see, that makes a lot more…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2009-09-29:2452419:Comment:345892009-09-29T18:25:31.561ZParker the Invisible Eaglehttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/ParkerJordan
I see, that makes a lot more sense. The only problem is when free-falling you could easily pass out, then not be able to teleport again and eventually plummet to your death. Teleporting is more versatile, but when it comes down to it you can't really fly using it. If you truly planned on fighting battles against the Joker or the Brotherhood of Evil then yes, teleporting would definitely be more useful and practical, but say you fell in love and wanted to woo the girl of your fancy, would…
I see, that makes a lot more sense. The only problem is when free-falling you could easily pass out, then not be able to teleport again and eventually plummet to your death. Teleporting is more versatile, but when it comes down to it you can't really fly using it. If you truly planned on fighting battles against the Joker or the Brotherhood of Evil then yes, teleporting would definitely be more useful and practical, but say you fell in love and wanted to woo the girl of your fancy, would teleporting her places be more awing than flying her up to the sky and looking down at the world as the wind whips through your hair and you hold her in your arms? If you teleport somewhere, you fall to the ground, you're a victim of gravity and at it's command while flying lets you feel free, powerful in a sense.<br />
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It seems to me, in the end teleporting is more mechanically useful and more versatile, whereas flying is more aesthetically pleasing, providing an emotional response of wonder and excitement that teleporting just can't offer.<br />
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<cite>Rhett McLaughlin (Shahbaz) said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://rhettandlink.ning.com/forum/topics/would-you-rather-teleport-or?id=2452419%3ATopic%3A30675&page=2#2452419Comment34537"><div>Point taken. Here's how I envision the process. I think the default method would be to teleport to a certain point, then free fall at an angle. Of course, this would only happen in the open sky and would be difficult in tighter spaces or near the ground, where I would use the "interpolated teleportation method" that I described on the kast. I was assuming a perfectly fluid disassembly and reassembly, though, which would be much smoother and less dangerous than what you described. In my theory, the teleportation happens so quickly as it's almost unconscious. So, it's more of a mathematical interpretation of teleportation, rather than teleporting in a "traditional", Star Trek sense.<br/> <br/>
But I'd have to say that the access feature of teleportation, as well as the ability to instantly remove yourself from situations, sends teleportation over the top. I think you could actually change the course of world events significantly if you could teleport. If you could fly, you'd just be a really lucky, really cool, vulnerable super hero.<br/>
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<cite>Parker the Invisible Eagle said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://rhettandlink.ning.com/forum/topics/would-you-rather-teleport-or?id=2452419%3ATopic%3A30675&page=2#2452419Comment34273"><div>Okay, it's 4 a.m. here so sorry if this all sounds crazy but I wanted to mention this. I was thinking about Rhett's "right" answer, and assuming the teleporting we're all talking about is the usual breakdown of your atoms and reassembly of your atoms in another spot.. then simulating flying would be like watching it through a flip book or a video with a terrible frame rate. Assuming your atoms break down, then you'll be seeing nothing for at least .01 seconds, which would be constant and just as often as you actually seeing anything. So not only would this be terribly annoying and dangerous, but couldn't this also cause a seizures in some people? Of course your body wouldn't be there to "seize" but I would think there could be a chance of it. Just something I wanted to mention and see what everyone thought.. To me, flying is still the way to go, as simulated flying would be you together and you in pieces a couple thousand times in a second and would really mess up your eyesight and be hazardous to your health.<br/> <br/> Sidenote: You also couldn't feel the wind as you flew, as you wouldn't be moving, just appearing. Taking away a lot of the flying experience, like being on a roller coaster without feeling wind and velocity against you.</div>
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</blockquote> Point taken. Here's how I env…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2009-09-29:2452419:Comment:345372009-09-29T13:52:21.872ZRhett (Shahbaz)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/RhettMcLaughlin
Point taken. Here's how I envision the process. I think the default method would be to teleport to a certain point, then free fall at an angle. Of course, this would only happen in the open sky and would be difficult in tighter spaces or near the ground, where I would use the "interpolated teleportation method" that I described on the kast. I was assuming a perfectly fluid disassembly and reassembly, though, which would be much smoother and less dangerous than what you described. In my theory,…
Point taken. Here's how I envision the process. I think the default method would be to teleport to a certain point, then free fall at an angle. Of course, this would only happen in the open sky and would be difficult in tighter spaces or near the ground, where I would use the "interpolated teleportation method" that I described on the kast. I was assuming a perfectly fluid disassembly and reassembly, though, which would be much smoother and less dangerous than what you described. In my theory, the teleportation happens so quickly as it's almost unconscious. So, it's more of a mathematical interpretation of teleportation, rather than teleporting in a "traditional", Star Trek sense.<br />
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But I'd have to say that the access feature of teleportation, as well as the ability to instantly remove yourself from situations, sends teleportation over the top. I think you could actually change the course of world events significantly if you could teleport. If you could fly, you'd just be a really lucky, really cool, vulnerable super hero.<br />
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<cite>Parker the Invisible Eagle said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://rhettandlink.ning.com/forum/topics/would-you-rather-teleport-or?id=2452419%3ATopic%3A30675&page=2#2452419Comment34273"><div>Okay, it's 4 a.m. here so sorry if this all sounds crazy but I wanted to mention this. I was thinking about Rhett's "right" answer, and assuming the teleporting we're all talking about is the usual breakdown of your atoms and reassembly of your atoms in another spot.. then simulating flying would be like watching it through a flip book or a video with a terrible frame rate. Assuming your atoms break down, then you'll be seeing nothing for at least .01 seconds, which would be constant and just as often as you actually seeing anything. So not only would this be terribly annoying and dangerous, but couldn't this also cause a seizures in some people? Of course your body wouldn't be there to "seize" but I would think there could be a chance of it. Just something I wanted to mention and see what everyone thought.. To me, flying is still the way to go, as simulated flying would be you together and you in pieces a couple thousand times in a second and would really mess up your eyesight and be hazardous to your health.<br/> <br/>
Sidenote: You also couldn't feel the wind as you flew, as you wouldn't be moving, just appearing. Taking away a lot of the flying experience, like being on a roller coaster without feeling wind and velocity against you.</div>
</blockquote> Okay, it's 4 a.m. here so sor…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2009-09-28:2452419:Comment:342732009-09-28T09:29:07.513ZParker the Invisible Eaglehttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/ParkerJordan
Okay, it's 4 a.m. here so sorry if this all sounds crazy but I wanted to mention this. I was thinking about Rhett's "right" answer, and assuming the teleporting we're all talking about is the usual breakdown of your atoms and reassembly of your atoms in another spot.. then simulating flying would be like watching it through a flip book or a video with a terrible frame rate. Assuming your atoms break down, then you'll be seeing nothing for at least .01 seconds, which would be constant and just…
Okay, it's 4 a.m. here so sorry if this all sounds crazy but I wanted to mention this. I was thinking about Rhett's "right" answer, and assuming the teleporting we're all talking about is the usual breakdown of your atoms and reassembly of your atoms in another spot.. then simulating flying would be like watching it through a flip book or a video with a terrible frame rate. Assuming your atoms break down, then you'll be seeing nothing for at least .01 seconds, which would be constant and just as often as you actually seeing anything. So not only would this be terribly annoying and dangerous, but couldn't this also cause a seizures in some people? Of course your body wouldn't be there to "seize" but I would think there could be a chance of it. Just something I wanted to mention and see what everyone thought.. To me, flying is still the way to go, as simulated flying would be you together and you in pieces a couple thousand times in a second and would really mess up your eyesight and be hazardous to your health.<br />
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Sidenote: You also couldn't feel the wind as you flew, as you wouldn't be moving, just appearing. Taking away a lot of the flying experience, like being on a roller coaster without feeling wind and velocity against you.