X-Message-Number: 16589
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 06:09:58 -0700
From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Louis Epstein wrote:

> You do have the same body you had as a small child,which has matured.You
> have not replaced it,it has continued to develop. An "uploadee" would have
> left the body.Ceasing to be human.

I will probably upload eventually, but along the way I expect to:

- cure my MS and repair the damage it's done
- replace my vocal chords with more flexible and pure-toned ones (I
	love to sing) -- including a much wider range
- set up my musculature and motor cortex so I can dance (another of
	my favorite activities) the way I imagine
- greatly increase my endurance
- replace all my bones with diamondoid fibers or other synthetics
- replace my eyes and visual cortex with ones that can process 
	a much wider spectrum
- replace my ears and auditory cortex with ones that can 
	process a much wider spectrum
- park a nanobot in every cell of my body to check for and repair
	damage, flush waste products, etc.
- upgrade the wiring in my brain to greatly speed up its functioning
- add a computer interface -- maybe a brain-to-brain interface -- 
	and extra memory
- replace my skin with more durable material, probably with
	selectable color and design, that can tolerate a much 
	greater temperature range

I could probably think of more if it weren't 6 AM.  I've got to get 
	some sleep soon.  Oh yeah --

- set myself up so sleeping was no longer required
- and eating
- and excreting
- and breathing
- and dying

When in there did I stop being human?

Like I'd care.  As far as I'm concerned, I'd still be me, which is
what matters in my book.

Live long and prosper,
Kennita
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