There is an old SF story where a guy swallows a matter transmitter that is on and has to EAT 24/7 and still is starving because the food is transmitted before it does any good.
Bill Amend
FoxTrot en Espanol
There is an old SF story where a guy swallows a matter transmitter that is on and has to EAT 24/7 and still is starving because the food is transmitted before it does any good.