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Techies On Ice: The Coming Age of Cryonics

Frozen dinner writes: "SiliconValley.com is running a great article about technology workers' fascination with cryonics. From the article: "[the] otherworldly possibility of life after death [tantalizes] techies of all stripes -- mathematicians, physicists, software developers, computer programmers -- who make up a vast majority of those who have signed up for cryonics suspension. The family feud over deep-freezing baseball slugger Ted Williams has only intensified interest in cryonics in Silicon Valley and in the greater Bay Area, already a hotbed for the experimental and controversial process.""

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  1. You can't reverse 'aging' by qurob · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes, remember in "Forever Young"?

    Mel Gibson had those blood clots, and he'd make cool faces, fall over, and get back up 5 years older?

  2. Re:Ice crystals? by ImaLamer · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The "Birdseye" company perfected this years ago when they started selling frozen veggies...

    Flash freeze.

  3. Re:Ice crystals? by ImaLamer · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Have you ever bought frozen veggies?

    Perhaps this will help:
    http://www.birdseye.com/about.html

  4. Re:Ice crystals? by ImaLamer · · Score: 1, Redundant

    http://www.birdseye.com/about.html

    Have you ever bought frozen veggies? Have you bought exploded lima beans? Of course they aren't exploded...