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Cremation? Burial? How about Diamonds?

Posted by chrisd on from the but-is-it-a-scam dept.

travisbecker writes "From Reuters via Yahoo! comes this story. "A Chicago company (Lifegem) says it has developed a process for turning cremated human remains into diamonds that can be worn as jewelry." As for the quality... "If it's done slowly and with a great deal of care, one could have a reasonably high-quality diamond," according to a quote in the story." This should not be confused with our earlier diamond discussion.

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  1. fp maybe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    could this be a first post?

  2. definitely not first, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but my ass is so tasty!

  3. fp? by Squidgee · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think I gots the fp! =D

  4. A new business-model for open source? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1: Write free software.
    2: ?
    3: Programmer commits suicide because of income shortage.
    4: Make diamond out of open source programmer.
    5: Profit!

  5. A Girl's Best Friend? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So, if your girlfriend has so worn you down with her demands for a ring that you want to kill yourself, you can get two for the price of one!

  6. imagine the memo by negativethirsty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the first time this was ever talked about?

    walk into your boss' office...."now this is gunna sound a lil weird"

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    thirsty*i^2

    "Ya I finished that last week, it just doesn't work"
  7. Re:bleh. by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    wow we have 600K registered users now. and I thought 512K was enough for everybody.

  8. all-linux rendering shop -- and free software?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Wow, not only will the Terminator 3 team use an all-Linux render farm for generating special effects and CG animations, but there's a rumor on the ILM IRC channel that custom graphics software is being developed using the GPL. Who says that Open Source isn't viable for business? :-)

    -- The_Messenger

  9. Re:Selling Macs to the innocent children of Maine? by LobsterMagnet · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Importsnt Stuff:

    Please try to keep posts on topic.

    Try to reply to other peoples comments instead of starting new threads.

    Use a clear subject that describes what your message is about.

    Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or Offensive comments might be moderated.

    Not to be rude, but shouldnt there be a better filter on this site, one to filter out all the jackasses, hypocrites, and uninformed uneducated plebians from posting anything?

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    I will not be trained.