These are best suited for mild climates where less insulation is possible. The manufacturer of the modified modules that I work with uses a radiant paint coating which is better for turning away heat from outside than cold. How effective it really is I am not sure. In a true heating climate the only way to effectively…

well you can at least be satisfied that those damn baby boomers will miss the bus to the future.

you got me - what is?

and you are very kind! Thanks for looking.

but from the drivers seat you wouldn't feel any different, so what does it matter?

Yes, many years ago when I was a younger architect Bill Browning from RMI came to the office where I worked and gave a great talk.

No, there is no difference between You and Copy of You from the experience of waking up. If you don't see that, I give up - I'm not capable of explaining it any more clearly. Peace.

one thing reading and commenting on this makes clear is that this would be a giant controversy, one that would likely make the abortion conflict look like kindergarten.

Ok, I don't mean to harp on you with this. That said the two conditions you are describing simply don't matter to the person transferring/copying conditioned on the process being done properly.

Wow, its fun when I09 hits close to home. I'm an architect and I've created a shipping container based building system designed for commercialization. Kaulkin on the other hand is not an architect, but more of an artist that uses "architecture" as his medium. His container based projects have always been provocateurs…

he's not an architect. never the less "stunt architect" is the perfect term for him, one I suspect he would embrace.

Depends on what was shipped in them and if there was stuff spilled. History of what they carried is available, they are all registered and there are records of everything ever packed in them.

'cept houses are rarely made from bricks these days, cause bricks are expensive.

I'm saying that your are wrong about "then really you'll still die, you'll still cease to exist...".

nah...

No, you are wrong. Cells in your body die and are replaced. Are you dead then?

No, I have to disagree with the sentiment here that it is a copy, and the original dies. And there is no soul transfer or anything spooky like that. Its all a matter of experience. The individual is put under in one body, wakes in another. That simple.

"I have to admit I would feel very strange thinking that there was once someone exactly like me (or exactly like who I once was) who decided to kill himself so that I would exist."

reminds me of the scenario in Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. The characters maintain an ongoing back-up of their conscious state, and if they are killed, they simply clone a new body and download your last back-up. You might loose a few minutes or hour depending on your last back-up. Some people would…

Gonna' crack my knuckles, gonna' jump for joy, got a clean bill of health from Dr. McCoy!