Melody, of course, having a one-track mind unusual for a woman (ducking!), reiterates that none of the current cryonics providers are doing traditional standby/stabilization in a satisfactory manner; therefore they should not try field vitrification. As I have stated elsewhere, my take on that is that if they become properly staffed and equipped, it is not that big a leap for them to include vitrification in their first response scenarios.

Alas, I am growing increasingly pessimistic that either of the current providers - Alcor or SA, will ever be suitable for such purposes. It is still a total crapshoot for any cryonicist who might think he is depending on such operations. The main reason is: where are the operations? This applies to both organizations. Neither has a designated team leader. The team members? Alcor doesn't even claim to have any, short of possible volunteers from places like California and Texas. SA claims to have some. In both cases any such alleged team members are - guess what - anonymous! I am considering forming a company with unperson to contract for standby services - our anonymities would fit right in there!

I would be delighted if folks who see through the above charades, would form one or more new companies with real and tangible services to provide, those services including vitrification on the spot which is clear to me improves the odds of longterm success. Right now all we have is shades of Despres.

FD

FD: I would be delighted if folks who see through the above charades, would form one or more new companies with real and tangible services to provide, those services including vitrification on the spot which is clear to me improves the odds of longterm success. Right now all we have is shades of Despres.

Show me the money, baby!

Seriously...not many of us have the financial resources to fund a cryonics company, and some of us just don't like beating our heads against the wall, in regard to having to deal with certain "cryonics experts" who think they know a lot more than they do. People keep telling me I should learn to be a little less...errrrr..."harsh" in my criticisms of the LEF-funded organizations, in the hopes of falling back into Saul Kent's favor, but that would never work. I wouldn't be able to keep my mouth shut about what I consider to be an extremely well-established policy of poor management and fiscal irresponsibility, or work alongside certain people whom I consider to be incompetent and/or unethical.

With that said, my doorbell just rang...it was FedEx, delivering a lovely state-of-the-art centrifugal perfusion pump. (I kid you not.) I'll just let you wonder what I'm going to do with it, FD.