Sunday, August 17, 2003
Head in a Can
All of the recent Ted Williams news has been very sad. But what strikes me is how bad the freezing people are. One of the early reports had it that Ted's head had been cracked about ten times by accident. You get a picture of a guy dropping the head ten times. "Thud. D'oh! Thud. D'oh! Thud. D'oh!..." It turns out that the head has been cracking due to temperature fluctuations.
These guys are supposed to make sure that the temperature stays constant and low. And it looks like they aren't doing a very good job. Now I'm not a low temperature physicist, but I've dealt with my fair share of cryogenics. For one, they should just have a LN2 level sensor in Ted's headcan. Wire the up to an alarm, when the alarm triggers, Gus goes out and refills Ted's can. Of course, with a few dollars worth of piping and valves, you can just have a huge LN2 dewar outside your building, and when the level sensor triggers you automatically top off the headcan. It's very simple to do, and yet these people don't seem to be doing it.
When it comes to preparing for eternity, don't go with the low bidder.
posted by David 8:42 AM
