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Comment Re:"similar to" (Score 1) 321

I worked at Walmart during the Phantom Menace Promotion in 1999. There hadn't been a Lucas STAR WARS film in 16 years. To describe the Toy Department as a war zone would be an understatement. There was a backlog of merchandise we weren't allowed to place on the shelves until the embargo date lifted. Walmart likes to have only 3 to 5 percent of total inventory in the back on the shelves. Everything from JarJar masks to cups in seasonal had to remain behind the swivel doors out of sight. The sheer number of boxes clogged the usual inventory system. Small boxes with action figures were hiding regular merchandise that needed to go on the main floor.
I only lasted 2 months at Walmart. The graveyard shift work left me with a permanent sleep disorder. On a positive note I did lose twenty pounds.

Comment By Dalek or poisonous kiss (Score 1) 646

The Usual method of death for us mere mortals is by heart attack or accidents involving cars. The doctors are people placed in direct physical contact with large amounts of contagion. They can choose their own profession of choice.

Comment Re:Not gonna happen. (Score 1) 904

I can see reincarnation as a corporate model that allows people to take their money with them after they die. 1 Find a nearly dead client. 2 Give them a sample of healthy couples to choose from. 3 Create a trust fund for the baby to inherit everything minus a commission. 4 Using in vitro fertilization create the next body for them to inhabit. 5 Arrange a death scale to measure the 20 ounce drop in weight of the old soul leaving the body. 6 Measure the weight of the pregnant woman at the same time in the same room. If her weight increases then reincarnation has taken place.
  If the old soul cannot enter the new body then something about our understanding of the reincarnational process is flawed.

Instead of seeking to marry perfection many baby boomers will have the cheaper option of starting over fresh on their own terms.

Comment Que the Sam Beckett jokes (Score 1) 61

If the wmap cold spot is an alternate universe then a tachyon beam might be able to break past dimensional barriers that exist between universes. If the other universe has two cold spots then a hub of data could be formed. Imagine the total output of every universes' data collections piped across dimensional barriers. The rate of data is limited by the phase data and the rotation of the beam. Multi-verse theory has proved correct. The downside is not knowing if anyone can survive in the other universe. The challenge is to detect FTL signals.

Comment We should allow for the reincarnation of authors.. (Score 1) 838

We should allow for the reincarnation of authors. If the Dali Lama can pull it off why not arrange for a pregnant woman to stay in the same room he commits suicide in. To preserve some cognitive data, EEG scans before death and after birth can be compared. We might have to wait for the first trimester to complete in order to determine the baby's gender. You have 50/50 odds of reincarnating as the opposite sex your next time around. It is too soon to create a replicant body for him. :-(

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