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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2009, 04:04:32 PM »
Quote from: Murkan Mike on October 21, 2009, 03:54:41 PM
Turning fifty really sucks!
... beats the alternative...
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2009, 05:26:33 PM »
Quote from: Diogenes The Cynic on October 20, 2009, 10:12:52 PM
Quote from: hellbilly on October 20, 2009, 09:33:42 PM
Heck yeah, though nothing in particular. I'm 38 and have had the 'beetus since I was 12, and it's creeping up on me, I can tell. Smoking isn't helping either.

I sit a lot while working and noticed last year that my feet are getting a little too tingly too fast. A good chair has made an improvement.. I bought one of those bungee chairs for about $220 and I'm loving it.

I've never trained or exercised for anything in particular or on any schedule, used to skate & surf.. now I just have the kids that keep me active.

Lose some weight.

I'm the "dead pancreas" type of diabetic, not the "I'm so fat my pancreas can't keep up with me" type. If anything I could benefit from gaining a few pounds.
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2009, 05:58:33 PM »
I'm looking forward to turning 250 and looking 15.  ;)
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2009, 08:50:42 PM »
I injured my knees, particularly my right knee, as a child and have had knee problems ever since.  They're fine most of the time, but if I have to be very careful when moving from a squatting position to standing.  I also broke my right pinky finger at the joint about 5 years ago and have had arthritis in it ever since.  It never feels great, but sometimes it's hard to ignore.  I'm genetically predisposed to lipomas, and I've already got three or four that I know of...one of which hurts.  Thankfully, none are large enough to be easily noticed so it's mainly just an annoyance/curiosity.  I may also start producing too many platelets when I hit middle age and die suddenly from a stroke.

Thankfully I'm not an old geezer...yet ;)
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #19 on: October 21, 2009, 08:56:24 PM »
I brought this topic up with my dad and he says that it is weird because the mind still feels the same as when he was 18 as far as functionality, but his body is just a completely different story.
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2009, 10:21:30 PM »
Quote from: Alex  Libman on October 21, 2009, 03:24:21 AM
What, are you contractually obligated to die within the next 2-3 decades?   :?

The cells in your brain already contain a "program" that is slowly self destructing. To change that without interrupting the continuity of existence of the network of neurochemistry that is you would require something like nanotech robots that could replace the nucleus of a neuron without destroying the cell. The nucleus would have to be extensively reprogrammed so solve the myriad of problems associated with unnaturally long life.

This technology isn't even on a drawing board anywhere.

If you posit a technological singularity you might as well say a wizard is going to do it.
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2009, 10:45:04 PM »
Quote from: Frost on October 21, 2009, 10:21:30 PM
Quote from: Alex  Libman on October 21, 2009, 03:24:21 AM
What, are you contractually obligated to die within the next 2-3 decades?   :?

The cells in your brain already contain a "program" that is slowly self destructing. To change that without interrupting the continuity of existence of the network of neurochemistry that is you would require something like nanotech robots that could replace the nucleus of a neuron without destroying the cell. The nucleus would have to be extensively reprogrammed so solve the myriad of problems associated with unnaturally long life.

This technology isn't even on a drawing board anywhere.

If you posit a technological singularity you might as well say a wizard is going to do it.

Every time your cells split, they lose some DNA off the end of the chromosomes.  You can't live forever.
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2009, 10:53:18 PM »
That  technology isn't on the drawing board yet, but it may be 50-100 years from now.

The technology for making you live to ~130 is on the drawing board now.
« Last Edit: October 21, 2009, 10:57:50 PM by Alex Libman »
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2009, 01:31:46 AM »
Quote from: Alex  Libman on October 21, 2009, 10:53:18 PM
The technology for making you live to ~130 is on the drawing board now.

[citation needed]
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2009, 01:35:09 AM »
Quote from: freeAgent on October 21, 2009, 10:45:04 PM
Every time your cells split, they lose some DNA off the end of the chromosomes.

Ya I know...

Quote from: freeAgent on October 21, 2009, 10:45:04 PM
You can't live forever.

Thanks for restating my position.
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #25 on: October 22, 2009, 02:35:57 AM »
Quote from: Frost on October 22, 2009, 01:31:46 AM
Quote from: Alex  Libman on October 21, 2009, 10:53:18 PM
The technology for making you live to ~130 is on the drawing board now.

[citation needed]

Wishful thinking.

And FutureTimeline.net.

It can't be wrong.  It's from the future.
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #26 on: October 22, 2009, 03:11:55 AM »
Quote from: Alex  Libman on October 22, 2009, 02:35:57 AM
Wishful thinking.

And FutureTimeline.net.

It can't be wrong.  It's from the future.


That time line is plausable, but so is this.
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2009, 03:37:12 AM »
Someone thinks they're Lazarus Long.
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2009, 05:08:19 AM »
Quote from: Frost on October 22, 2009, 03:11:55 AM
That time line is plausable, but so is this.

No, that piece of alarmist propaganda is blatantly wrong on about 20 distinct points, but I won't waste my time debunking it right now.
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Re: Getting old.
« Reply #29 on: October 22, 2009, 12:29:34 PM »
Quote from: Frost on October 22, 2009, 01:35:09 AM
Quote from: freeAgent on October 21, 2009, 10:45:04 PM
Every time your cells split, they lose some DNA off the end of the chromosomes.

Ya I know...

Quote from: freeAgent on October 21, 2009, 10:45:04 PM
You can't live forever.

Thanks for restating my position.

I was responding to Libman, and adding information that wasn't in your response, not trying to say I had a different viewpoint from you ;)
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