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martyb
on Saturday February 09 2019, @11:45AM
from the now-that's-what-you-call-a-cool-cat! dept.
from the now-that's-what-you-call-a-cool-cat! dept.
A big freeze is sliding its way across America covering the land in ice and snow, and also deep freezing animals, one of which has been successfully thawed out. For all of our advances in medicine to use low temperatures for healing, time travel and as a type of stasis, mother nature proves once again that she has the upper hand. A cat aptly named Fluffy was frozen to the point that a vet could not register a temperature; it was brought back to life after being thawed using towels, warmers, and IV fluids. Humans have survived being thawed in this manner, though it can be hit or miss as to whether or not they will be revived, and in what condition.
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Don't hate yourself in the morning -- sleep till noon.
(Score: 5, Funny) by MostCynical on Saturday February 09 2019, @12:09PM (5 children)
Normal: "cat's dead, I'll get the shovel"
Depths of very cold winter: "too hard to dig, lets see if it gets better when we warm it up"
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 09 2019, @02:29PM (1 child)
So, a frozen cat is like Schroedinger's cat?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 09 2019, @07:34PM
It is well known that quantum phenomena become more Schrodinger at colder temps
(Score: 4, Touché) by Immerman on Saturday February 09 2019, @04:51PM (1 child)
As the old medical adage goes - you're not dead until you're warm and dead.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 09 2019, @07:37PM
There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Sunday February 10 2019, @11:45AM
They froze Fluffy [youtube.com]? I mean, I know this cat is hilariously funny, but freezing the poor guy seems a bit excessive.