RE: Cryonics and information theory

From: Spike (spike66@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 21:36:23 MDT

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    From: Spike

    Far less messy would be to reverse the order: drop
    the head into a bucket of liquid nitrogen, then chop
    it off...This approach would likely be far cheaper than the
    current suspension procedure. All it would require
    is two or three husky boys at the bedside of the
    recently deceased... spike

    No wait, I have a better idea. One could rig up
    instruments on the high-risk living, such as the
    elderly and terminally ill. These instruments would
    monitor the patient for vital signs. Mechanisms
    could be arranged that could grasp the patient and
    tip him feet-skyward as soon as he flatlined,
    dipping his very recently deceased head into the
    bucket of liquid nitrogen. Seems like one of those
    flex-o-matic beds often seen advertised on late night
    TV could be modified to handle this task. Should the
    bed or instruments malfunction and dunk a living
    prole into the cryofluid, it would give an entirely
    new meaning to the terms "severe frost bite"
    and "bad hair day."

    spike



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