X-Message-Number: 9727
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 12:45:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: (fwd) Re: cryonics survey follow-up

From: Craig Burley <>
Newsgroups: rec.humor

 (Mike Sherry) writes:

> Craig Burley () wrote:
> : Wow, this really got me to thinking.
> <snip>[and how]
> 
> : Eventually, millions, then billions, of the frozen dead will populate
> : our planet, taking more and more natural resources to keep them
> : properly frozen.
> 
> We do have an entire continent of ice at our disposal, Antarctica.
> A few solar panels to power the computer chips, and Mother Nature
> does the rest!

Heh, that's a good one!  Except, I'm no expert, but I thought
cryogenics required much lower temperatures than are typically
found at the Antarctica.  Plus, it might be very difficult
to convince the world to open up the Antarctica to exploitation
as essentially a mass-grave site.  Though, aren't some famous
explorers already buried there?  :)

> We'd probably have to create a system of caverns to house all the bodies,
> and then build a large grinning robot to look after them and greet
> Michael York when he shows up.

Scary thought.

Even scarier: what the "penguin" beer ads would look like at the time.

;-)

-- 

"Practice random senselessness and act kind of beautiful."
James Craig Burley, Software Craftsperson    

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