changeset 42:25b2ade0816a

add vitrification idea.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:43:51 -0400
parents 1676052a2257
children 7d00e0dbdddb
files org/ideas.org
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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     1.1 --- a/org/ideas.org	Sat Jul 13 02:28:04 2013 -0400
     1.2 +++ b/org/ideas.org	Sat Jul 13 02:43:51 2013 -0400
     1.3 @@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
     1.4 -* Good Ideas
     1.5 +* Ideas
     1.6 +
     1.7 +- fixed cryopreservation :: why not use a fixitave to buy enough time
     1.8 +     to ramp up cryoprotectants to an acceptable level at room
     1.9 +     temperature? Then, the whole system can be rapidly cooled and
    1.10 +     vitrified. This method "severs the biological link" in that the
    1.11 +     fixitaves are highly toxic, but current vitrification procedures
    1.12 +     do this anyway since there can be a lot of freezing damage.
    1.13  
    1.14  - bitcoin wallet :: Part of "server culture", this would be something
    1.15                      like "coin.your-domain.com" which would serve as
    1.16 @@ -21,7 +28,7 @@
    1.17                say, and you can encode useful information into the
    1.18                choice of letter. For example, instead of "Meetings
    1.19                shall be presided over by the president, unless she is
    1.20 -              absent." USE Meetings shall be presided over by the
    1.21 +              absent." USE "Meetings shall be presided over by the
    1.22                president, unless P is absent." We already use this a
    1.23                little, since I and U are reserved for the subject and
    1.24                object respectively.