X-Message-Number: 17649
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 01:44:50 -0400
From: Thomas Donaldson <>
Subject: CryoNet #17639 - #17645

A few words, again:

I liked DC Johnson's allosteric proteins as examples of nanomachines.
I also have read the issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN on nanotechnology,
and would point out that so far we haven't made our own "electronic
version" as yet: not just a single part but a whole connected set
or parts to do a job which none of them could do individually. Perhaps
Smalley will turn out to be at least half-right: that we cannot make
our nanomachines on the same mechanical principles as we even make
our micromachines. That we can still make nanomachines to do what
we need remains very likely, of course --- but we'll have to look
at existing nanomachines much more closely than before.

As for the member of Alcor killed in the recent attack on the
World Trade Center (now Former), he provides one major example as to
why even the means to vitrify our patients will not protect them
all. In fact, as we deal with the normal diseases of aging, we may
well lose the ability to work with patients who appear beforehand
and can be set up for vitrification beforehand.

		Best wishes and long long life for all,

			Thomas Donaldson

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