From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Aug 29 2002 - 11:43:47 MDT
Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>...
>
>long period. Mind you *we* don't have this now -- the best one could
>probably cite is the DNA repair capability of Deinococcus radiodurans and
>that much of that capability probably relies on the fact that it typically
>has ~4 genome compies per cell so it has a lot of redundancy.
>
You don't call distributed computers in each cell doing cross-checks a
lot of redundancy? That's a LOT more than radiodurans.
>...
>
>in the Spike) is *very* difficult. As I pointed out at Extro 3 the only
>way you get close to "immortality" is distributed self-replication.
>If you want to live a long time you are going to have to learn to live
>with more than one copy of yourself.
>
Check. The only viable way is to maintain good backups off site. This
is just a more advanced application of standard procedures, and the
standard caveats apply. E.g.: make sure that your backups are readable
before you need them. Keep them up to date. etc.
>...
>
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