X-Message-Number: 12850
From: "George Smith" <>
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Subject: Re: CryoNet #12842 DNA storage
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 14:29:43 -0800

In message #12842  Gary Tripp wrote:<snip>

> I've found an interesting URL in: www.youthcell.com and they do store your
> dna.
<snip>
> For me personally, I would much rather be reanimated by being uploaded
> in any event and so storing my dna is only a bridge to the future.
> If I were uploaded I could explore the universe unencumbered by the
> constraints of biology. In an instant, an uploaded soul could fathom the
> deepest and most beautiful mathematical and physical theories and
> visualize his ruminations in the most exquisite detail. Planetary travel
> would be as easy as transmitting, at light speed, the software that
> encodes your identity.
>
> /gary

Thanks for the link.  Looks like its $25 per year for DNA storage.  That is
less than $120 per year for cryonics (less insurance  premium - I don't know
your age).

But for only $95 more you could have whole body suspension on tap WITH DNA
preservation (and, as mentioned  before, with a group which will not go out
of business without warning).

Remember that car accidents happen daily and they don't care how old you
are.

I still urge you to cover your options and get a CI sign-up.  If YOU aren't
here when uploading happens, it won't enable you to get uploaded, will it?

Keep the meat, avoid defeat!

Best wishes,

George Smith
www.cryonics.org

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