http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CW0hGhINjc

While it might not be difficult to do the task, when's the last time you thought about squeezing a spleen like an orange and thought "I wonder what would happen if I squirted this juice thru my $150000 cell counter....?"

I did not really dig too deep into it, but I remember that the process of quantifying populations of cells using laser light scatter is the integral process of Flow Cytometry. You can get fancy with antibodies and tagging, but that technology is sometimes imbedded in some of the simpler cell counters like the CellDyn. (I know, I'm dating myself.)

The process that you are speaking of is called Flow Cytometry.
It's used often on peripheral blood.

I think that the monsters are the ones from Monsters Inc, Public Scrutiny is represented by the children being scared, and guess who the spider is? I can't believe that y'all were thinking that you were getting rid of the bad guy!!!!!!

As a common utility, they have an implied obligation to deal openly and fairly. After all, we are talking about computer security here.
Transparency is a requirement here. If you won't buy that, at the least it is a customer expectation.
I myself gave up on Symantec a long time ago, but this just confirms my awesome foresight. ;-)

That they are there but that they're avoiding us

Speaking as a blood banker involved with the Military Frozen Blood Program 10 years ago, Units are now 30 years old and still viable. I believe that there are official requests into the FDA to approve longer storage based on work with units that are that old. Theoretically, there is no reason why they would not last indefinitely.
Of course, this is speaking of the Red Blood Cells (RBCs). Because RBCs are simpler than stem cells, there might be a difference in viability in long term storage. Your mileage may vary.