X-Message-Number: 10133 Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 06:43:33 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #10125 - #10132 To Dre Skyfyre: If your brain is destroyed before it is read into a different form ("machine" --- what is a machine --- or whatever) then it cannot be read into a different form. It no longer exists. That is the problem with brain destruction. As for the YR2000 problem, I've heard for some time from both sides. That is, those who have panicked and those who consider the problem as small. What I really want is much more data. For instance, small businesses may not have addressed their problem simply because they know (from consultants) that it will be easy and short to address. After all, they do not have large computers linked together in nets across the entire world. So the kind of data needed isn't just that of how many have NOT addressed the problem yet --- instead it is that of the interaction: how many have NOT addressed the problem and at the same time have a problem which will be serious, not just for them but for others? And who are they? And how many of these organizations or people have firmware rather than software? As of this instant, it's not clear to me that either the panickers or the nonpanickers have fully made their case. So more data please. PLEASE!!!! Best and long long life, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10133