X-Message-Number: 31589 Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 13:13:46 -0700 From: Gary Kline <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #31587 References: <> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 09:00:04AM -0000, CryoNet wrote: > CryoNet - Mon 6 Apr 2009 > > #31587: Alcor in Phoenix Magazine [Mark Plus] > > Could the nation's new 'hope' mantra help the business of preserving bodies? One Scottsdale-based cryonics organization is banking on it. > > "Hope” - that single word emblazoned on all those iconic stenciled posters of Barack Obama in 2008 - has become the ad world's favorite buzzword in 2009. > [[ save the wh--er, electrons ]] > > "It's all a gamble,” Pancake admits. "Who knows? A giant comet could wipe out the Earth, and then it's 'game over' for everybody.” > > "HOPE" and related public-relation promos certainly can't hurt. Any positive, forward-looking approach to cryopreservation will help. -- Gary Kline http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.41a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31589