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WCDT Strips 3181 to 3185 (21 to 25 March 2016)
explicit:
He's a dick, not an asshole. Completely different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2GwrR-4Q9E
Is it cold in here?:
Even if Pintsize has grown up enough to be trustworthy, possible I suppose, why would Claire trust him?
hedgie:
He *did* choose the birdseed. Her bluff was probably enough to earn her a sort of respect that none of the other cast have.
BenRG:
Is it me or, in panel 5, did Pintsize actually seem rather surprised that he made a good point? I don't think that this was exactly his intention. :wink: Still, he got a Clairehug and something tells me that this is a gift for which he is appropriately grateful!
He also still managed to be gross at the end so, that's 'mission accomplished' as far as he is concerned!
demency:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 24 Mar 2016, 20:55 ---
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 24 Mar 2016, 18:43 ---Something that occurred to me: Clinton needing to have his hand mount removed would be a major operation. It appears to be pretty firmly integrated into his forearm - it probably attaches to the bone and is controlled by the nerves of his arm. So removing it would be tantamount to another amputation.
In short, they'd probably try to find any possible alternative to an MRI that they could in Clinton's case.
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I'm not quite sure it would be as drastic as that.
A lot of current medical implants have to be MRI safe and are made from non-ferromagnetic materials. These materials would be tested to ensure that they can be used for implantation, but also so that they can be used and examined with the minimum of invasive procedures. Often in an emergency time is critical and if you have remove an implant because you think it might interfere with equipment, that's time that is potentially fatal for a patient.
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Speaking as a legit cyborg with a cybernetic biomedical implant, for me, it *would* be that drastic. The only way for me to undergo an MRI would be for them to open me up, remove the neurostimulator controller in my lower back, incise into my spinal canal once again, unwrap the electrodes from their seat attached to my spinal cord, break the scar tissue securing them in place, and pull them out of my body. It would be major, traumatic surgery. If they tried to give me an MRI with the device still in my body, the magnetic fields would make the battery begin discharging randomly and unpredictably, causing major damage to my spinal cord, just below my arms, and possibly killing me. So, yeah, it would be a really, really big deal.
That said, I also have a titanium rod in my right arm, and several screws, and those are all non-ferromagnetic, and safe for MRI's. (Although I can feel them vibrate and get warm at concerts, which is cool) For complex technology, requiring computers and batteries, however, like my implant, and like Clinton's, there's no real way around them requiring parts that interface very badly with strong magnetic fields. Not yet, at any rate.
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