For him we will make an exception.... [?]
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > "I suspect that at time of death, brain activity doesn't instantly cease, > but decays." > > I suspect that was not the case for the guy who was sucked into the jet > engine :) > > Or it was a pretty fast decay... > > Didier > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Naruta AA8K <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:26:41 > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement< > [email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected], > Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Determining Time-Nut infection severity > > I suspect that at time of death, brain activity > doesn't instantly cease, but decays. > > Unless we would be able to monitor all brain > activity, we are stuck with a bald man paradox, > perhaps calculating the half-life of brain activity. > > Maybe we could attempt to measure the weight of > the departing soul (Dr. Duncan MacDougall 1907)? > Surely the soul of a time-nut is more substantial > than, say, a politician. > > > Mike (Dead Weight) AA8K > > > > On 10/24/2010 11:26 PM, Steve Rooke wrote: > > > > But isn't the clinical definition of death, brain death, as the heart > > may stop but the person be resuscitated tens of seconds later. In our > > terms, tens of seconds is like a lifetime so heatbeat is out as the > > TOD metric. I would propose we develop a hat with inbuilt electrodes > > that touch the scalp and measure brain activity. Once this has decayed > > to the level as clinically defined as brain dead, a timestamp should > > be made against a standard that is reasonably accurate to the degree > > of uncertainty of the death event, IE. it is likely that the brain > > activity will stop instantly with such a sharp cutoff as to be less > > than a ms, us or whatever. The hat would include an integrated GPSDO > > built upon a flexible PCB board design with integrated path antenna > > positioned at the top. This could easily be powered by solar cells > > charging very thin lithium ion flexible batteries embedded in the hat. > > Of course the hat needs to be worn 24x7 so it would have to be of a > > design that lends itself to sleeping hours as well therefore being a > > sleeping cap so something like a beanie may be a starting point. > > Extensions to the design may be a time display which would, of course, > > double as the TOD display for those concerned with your internment and > > the engraving of your tombstone. A PPS and disciplined oscillator > > connection could also be incorporated as a form of mobile reference > > for the wearer. As for cleaning, two of such hats would be owned by > > the user with one "in the wash" while the other is being worn. Of > > course, careful planning and design needs to be taken in the choice of > > circuitry and construction so as to all the hat to be cleaned. There > > is, of course, the faint possibility of death during the swapping of > > but some careful planning of how to do the hat swap may alleviate this > > window. > > > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >
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