From:	Jerry Lee Perkinson <jlperkin@***.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Dikoted Ammo
Date:	Mon, 12 Apr 1993 14:58:25 EDT

> ... On Mon, 12 Apr 93 11:41:21 EDT, jlperkin@***.ncsu.edu said:
>
> }> The PC is now funding some university professor to the tune of some
> ^note singular
> }> 10000Y/month. If it succeeds, of course, he'll be rich and/or
> }> immortal, assuming some corp doesn't steal his talent away from him
^^ is there something that says that regeneration gives extended life?
Not a criticism, I simply am not aware of any comment either way.
> }> first...or they don't run out of ghoul cadavers...or cash...
> } 10000Y/month. Isn't that just high life style. Maybe you could afford
> } to pay two "scientists" with that, but they wouldn't be tops in the field
> } and you wouldn't have the equiptment to do the research. Big labs
> } have multi million dollar equiptment. Simple things like GCs can cost 20
to
> ^^? garbage
collectors?
^^ Gas
Chromatogram (used to analyze chemical compounds)

> } 100K. Maybe 1,000,000Y/month. Then again, that would be chump change
> } for a corp. Besides, ghouls would have to have regeneration.
>
> One university professor. Not all research is big research.

True, but I would venture to say, that this kind of research (independently
funded with no university knowledge) would be greatly frowned upon. If taken
on in spare time, there would be very little work done. If funding, means
full funding, without the university equiptment, then you are still talking
millions just to set up the proper lab.

I suppose what would be closer to the point I would be trying to make, is that
the kind of research suggested is not feasable work for a solitary college
professor, or at least not in a PC's lifetime. My assumption would be that
the corps have and are working on it already, with a lot better full time
staffs and far better equiptment.

While leaving open the possibility of the solitary professor making the
discovery, I would consider it highly unlikely.

Basically an interesting concept, but something that I (yes entering my
opinion only) would hesitate before allowing anyone to get, and almost
outright refusal to have a PC find out any more than rumors of its
possibility.

Killjoy