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occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
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#2: Jan 5th 2011 at 5:35:48 PM

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Link in the OP's not working for me.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#5: Jan 6th 2011 at 5:32:18 AM

I could have told you that. He obviously never had a human heart.

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#6: Jan 6th 2011 at 4:40:56 PM

Cue heartless bastard and inhuman jokes.

They may not have a pulse but they tick and click.

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MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#7: Jan 6th 2011 at 4:49:01 PM

Oh. My. GOD.

...

CHENEY'S A FREAKIN' ZOMBIE! TO THE BUNKERS, PEOPLE!

But on topic, that's certainly interesting. To be alive, and yet... no pulse. Ain't medical science fascinating?

edited 6th Jan '11 4:49:36 PM by MarkVonLewis

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#8: Jan 7th 2011 at 7:24:09 AM

I'm curious if this will have later medical complications. I'm leaning towards no, but IANAD

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#9: Jan 7th 2011 at 7:35:37 AM

Considering that the pulse is the blood moving through the veins and arteries, I really doubt that he has no pulse. No heartbeat, maybe, but not "no pulse"...

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#10: Jan 7th 2011 at 7:51:16 AM

The pulse is caused by the heartbeat I believe. He'll have blood pressure, but not a pulse.

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Bur Chaotic Neutral from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Not war
#11: Jan 7th 2011 at 8:00:49 AM

That's... really kinda [awesome]. I'm usually pretty up to date with medical advances and tech since my nurse friend won't ever shut up about them, but I didn't know this kind of device existed.

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#13: Jan 7th 2011 at 10:33:09 AM

Yeah, the one in the gizmodo article uses a rotor, so there will just be a continuous blood pressure going on, no pulse. If it's a piston or contraction system, it would leave a pulse.

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redjirachi Since: Aug, 2010
#14: Jul 18th 2012 at 2:41:50 AM

Fun fact: Dick Cheney does have a heart. But it's so cold hearted that it pumps liquid oxygen instead of blood, meaning his pulse is almost non-existent. Only his sheer, raw hatred for the Middle East generates enough warmth to hide this

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#15: Jul 18th 2012 at 3:15:42 AM

[up][awesome]

This thread is just plain [awesome].

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#16: Jul 18th 2012 at 3:23:44 AM

I'm a bit skeptical about the long-term okay-ness of not having a pulse. I mean, the circulatory system is designed for blood pressure that rises and falls with a heartbeat, right?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#17: Jul 18th 2012 at 9:45:08 AM

[up]Darth Cheney sneers at your pathetic human physiological constraints.

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#18: Jul 18th 2012 at 11:28:36 AM

Death is scared of Cheney.

The man's soul tried to escape by taking out his heart, but Cheney refused to die, leaving his soul trapped forever in his inhuman, machine body.

Cheney, like Queen Elizabeth II and Fidel Castro, will never die.

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#19: Jul 18th 2012 at 11:28:58 AM

CHENEY'S A FREAKIN' ZOMBIE! TO THE BUNKERS, PEOPLE!

Not just a zombie, a ZOMBIE CYBORG!

But yeah, this is pretty interesting.

Natasel Since: Nov, 2010
#20: Jul 18th 2012 at 11:38:00 AM

No aim, no pulse, what next? tongue

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#21: Jul 18th 2012 at 11:43:12 AM

Okay, okay. The subject is humorous enough but I'm afraid that we don't need threads focused entirely around laughing at another person, no matter how much agreement there is that he deserves it.

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