David Carradine found dead in hotel

[dreaming neon darkspot]

no, he's just old. gross.

 

[Lord Foul]

Yeah, that happens when you keep living.

 

[El Stormo]

Yeah, that happens when you keep living.

Shit!

 

[Lord Foul]

No worries. I'm sure they'll find a cure for that. Likely just a little too late for you and I.

 

[El Stormo]

Then I'll put all my money on cryogenics until they can cure this mysterious "getting old" disease.

 

[Captain Beard]

Then I'll put all my money on cryogenics until they can cure this mysterious "getting old" disease.

Frozen cells rupture due to water molecules being sharp and jagged when solid.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

cloning and/or brains in cyborg bodies

 

[El Stormo]

frozen cells rupture.

Then at least I'll die ruptured and not old.

 

[Chromatose]

frozen cells rupture.

not if frozen properly to avoid this

 

[El Stormo]

not if frozen properly to avoid this

In all seriousness, I'm pretty sure that freezing isn't the issue, it's thawing that does extreme tissue damage

 

[Chromatose]

Well, it is very easy to destroy cells by freezing, 'tis true.

 

[Captain Beard]

Aye sir. The only animals that can do it successfully have a type of alcohol in their cells.

 

[Chromatose]

I believe a lot of the damage comes from something to do with the jagged crystalline structures that form from the ice in the cells, slicing up the membranes. Quick freezing avoids this somehow. You still have to worry about ice taking up more volume than liquid water, but maybe it's not as big of a deal.

edit: didn't even realize Beardy beat me to this until I read the thread while later

 

[El Stormo]

Aye sir. The only animals that can do it successfully have a type of alcohol in their cells.

in b4 "drink enough Jack Daniel's" joke.

 

[Liverslapper]

Aye sir. The only animals that can do it successfully have a type of alcohol in their cells.

Damn alcoholic cells.

 

[DarkNoise]

cloning and/or brains in cyborg bodies

oh c'mon, no one else is gonna comment to this? I think it's a brilliant idea Max, as soon as you get the details worked out, sign me up!

incidentally, when are we gonna get a photoshop of carradine and the guy from INXS 'together'?

 

[El Stormo]

I'd like to be implanted in a cyborg Cristina Scabbia so I can touch myself all day long. And all night.

 

[Lord Foul]

Daniel Rutter has a great blog post/article about death and immortality through digital means here. It is a few pages long but worth the time to read.

 

[DarkNoise]

you can have her, i want implanted in Ricci

and heres a movie he was supposed to be in but obviously it'll be tough to finish it now: Detention

 

[El Stormo]

you can have her, i want implanted in Ricci

Then we could be lesbian lovers.