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someone asked me the other day whether i would like to be cremated or buried...
got me thinking.... dont want the flames to get me, dont want to be worm-food either.... either way doesnt sound that good....
i know, i be dead, whats the big deal.... but what a choice.... burnt or eaten... doesnt seem much of a choice, any other ways i can live while i'm dead?
Originally posted by eatmybishopFrozen? Or become really famous so that you can lie in state somewhere and lines of people will parade past you.
someone asked me the other day whether i would like to be cremated or buried...
got me thinking.... dont want the flames to get me, dont want to be worm-food either.... either way doesnt sound that good....
i know, i be dead, whats the big deal.... but what a choice.... burnt or eaten... doesnt seem much of a choice, any other ways i can live while i'm dead?
Originally posted by eatmybishopLaunched into space. It would proabably end burning up in a star anyway, or getting hit by something and smashing into a billion little pieces, but at least... well... at least... hmm.
someone asked me the other day whether i would like to be cremated or buried...
got me thinking.... dont want the flames to get me, dont want to be worm-food either.... either way doesnt sound that good....
i know, i be dead, whats the big deal.... but what a choice.... burnt or eaten... doesnt seem much of a choice, any other ways i can live while i'm dead?
Originally posted by agrysonsome aliens might find me and bring me back to life, might go for idea...
Launched into space. It would proabably end burning up in a star anyway, or getting hit by something and smashing into a billion little pieces, but at least... well... at least... hmm.
ha ha worms.... find some other loser's eye balls to eat... i'm off to the stars
Originally posted by eatmybishopStill requires cremation... an alternative is to donate your brain to science demanding that it be used to reverse engineer the brain. That way, the data gained from your brain can be probably be used to reinstate your mindfile into a new substrate and you can live for as long as you want...
http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19731/
watch the 3D video, it's pretty sweet. Some experts expect mindfiles to be a feasable way to maintain your consciousness by about 2050.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/index.html?flash=1
Originally posted by agrysonLet's hope they resolved BSoD's by then.... 🙄😲
Still requires cremation... an alternative is to donate your brain to science demanding that it be used to reverse engineer the brain. That way, the data gained from your brain can be probably be used to reinstate your mindfile into a new substrate and you can live for as long as you want...
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19731/
watch the 3D vid ...[text shortened]... way to maintain your consciousness by about 2050.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/index.html?flash=1
(Blue Screen Of Death)
As an alternative to burial, cremation is no longer green enough, say environmentalists, because it releases smoke and mercury, and thus the industry is considering "promession," in which the body is frozen in liquid nitrogen to minus-320 degrees (F) and then shaken until it disintegrates into powder. For green burials, the United States has at least six cemeteries that require biodegradable casings and for bodies to be free of embalming chemicals. The Forever Fernwood cemetery in Mill Valley, Calif., goes even further, according to an October Los Angeles Times story, banning grave markers, but, said the owner, "We issue the family a Google map with the GPS coordinates" so they can find their loved one. [Los Angeles Times, 10-28-07; Evening Standard (London), 10-10-07]
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterWTF? Green? How much energy does promession need to freeze a human corpse?
As an alternative to burial, cremation is no longer green enough, say environmentalists, because it releases smoke and mercury, and thus the industry is considering "promession," in which the body is frozen in liquid nitrogen to minus-320 degrees (F) and then shaken until it disintegrates into powder. For green burials, the United States has at l ...[text shortened]... can find their loved one. [Los Angeles Times, 10-28-07; Evening Standard (London), 10-10-07]
Originally posted by mrstabby...or shake the body violently enough to break it up into tiny little pieces. BTW, at the Sunday school class I visited in Jacksonville, Fla., this weekend, we learned about the Hindu holy city of Varnasi which sits on the banks of the river Ganges. The photos I saw were pretty moving -- 300,000 gather each night along the river to send their loved ones off to be cremated and their ashes floated up river. Those who can't afford cremation have their bodies dumped in the river. The sky around Varnasi is easily 10 times more filthy than Los Angeles, the water from the Ganges is dark greenish black and the ashes of cremation mounds spill over into the river. When you consider that there are 1.3 billion Indians and each has the goal to be cremated and their ashes dumped into the river Ganges, you can see an environmental disaster in the making since people throughout India bathe, swim and draw water from the Ganges.
WTF? Green? How much energy does promession need to freeze a human corpse?
Originally posted by der schwarze Rittermight as well just put me in a bag and throw me off the cliff into the abyss
As an alternative to burial, cremation is no longer green enough, say environmentalists, because it releases smoke and mercury, and thus the industry is considering "promession," in which the body is frozen in liquid nitrogen to minus-320 degrees (F) and then shaken until it disintegrates into powder. For green burials, the United States has at l ...[text shortened]... can find their loved one. [Los Angeles Times, 10-28-07; Evening Standard (London), 10-10-07]