Invisible wrote:
>>> - 0-maintenance on all components. (!)
>> Just a couple of words: hairdressers, toothpaste, the gym.
> 
> Non-essential cosmetics. ;-)
gym <-> cosmetics ?
> 
> [And toothpaste is unecessary if you eat the diet the human body was 
> actually designed for.]
> 
>>> - Most non-fatal injuries automatically repaired while unit remains 
>>> operational. (!!!)
>> The two major mission critical systems (the heart and brain) can not 
>> repair damage.
> 
> I was under the impression that your heart *can* recover from damage. 
No, if you loose a heart muscle cell e.g. because of an infarct it is 
lost and won't be replaced by another muscle cell but by fibrous tissue 
or fat. Though some reports exist that might indicate that sometimes 
cells are replaced, but never enough to make the piece of tissue 
contract again.
> Similarly, you can't regrow brain cells, but the brain has an impressive 
> capacity to reassign functions and regain normal functioning after 
> fairly serious injury.
That is why I said repair and not recover
> 
>>> - Central nervous system with cognitive abilities unrivaled by any 
>>> organism on Earth, as far as we know.
>> You forget the mice.
> 
> Is this a Douglas Adams reference?
might be, might be.
> 
> 
>> But the question was not what I want but if there is improvement 
>> planned but not realized. Just to decide whether we are in alpha or in 
>> early beta.
> 
> Heh. Well, that would depend on who the "designer" is, no? ;-) Let's not 
> even get into that one...
Or if there is one to begin with. And indeed let's no get into that one 
again.

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