How to live forever?

And by forever I mean at least 200 years.  Maybe 1000 if I'm lucky.  These anti-aging supplements only do so much to prevent oxidative damage.  Growth hormone injections might keep you going for a little while.  Beyond nutrition I'm looking for a way to make DNA ignore that cells have to split a limited number of times in one life.  I don't want my cells to stop splitting, but I also don't want cancer. 

>>36
But they're machines. They run predetermined programmed routines. One could argue that oddity in self replication routine could result mutation, but calling it mutation is bit misleading and such cases would be rare, especially if machines receive all their routines from host body.

>>41
Yes, mutation in replication would probably be the most common.  I assume it is possible that certain components of the nanomachines could fail too, and alter its actions, i.e. mutate it.

Hm, how about having the nanomachines reproduce by contacting a partner, compare their structure and replicate if they are identical, or destroy each other if not.  It could keep mutation rates down if it worked, but anti-faggots would be pissed off.

>>42

Then when one of their self-destruct circuits malfunctioned they'd TAKE OVER THE WORLD. Or at least make the whole idea useless.

>>43
Yeah, gray goo sucks :/  I guess I'll have to live in space, traveling around at speeds faster than light, fighting alien fleets, etc. while powering myself through... some future technology that I won't give any more to the nanomachines than they need (of course, they could develop the same technique I use and then rebel against me, but it's rather unlikely).

>>44
Once we have nanomachines, we will have human-engineered viruses. And antibodies. Only these won't have evolved through blind clumsy natural selection but will be directed by human ingenuity. Hacking nanbots is going to be cool, and the future is looking awesome.

You can't live forever.
You oxide. Nanoshit won't save your ass.

I'm pretty sure "oxide" is not a verb.

Nano machines would have about the same amount of energy as bacteria and other microbes. Unless the nano machines use fusion power or something.

>>48
We already use wireless power transfer on small devices, I guess it could be applied to nano machines too.

>>47

He meant oxidize.

A question to the OP, in living forever do you want to retain an organic body or an inorganic body?

>>49
but then all you have to do is destroy the central NODE with a photon torpedo

>>51
I don't honestly understand why someone would want to retain organic body, cause machines are way better. I guess most think that you can't have sex or pleasure with robotic body, but that's terribly wrong assumption. You could even create body with artificial womb, but that would be pretty retarded. I mean what's the point of having kids if you're immortal? 

sesx is just a form of pleasure, when science discovers how the brain-computer generates pain and pleasure then we can simply experience super orgasms at the press ofa button

though this may have to be restricted or we would just lie back and experince intense pleasure until we starve

>>54
Only retards would do that and death of them would be good thing.

I want an organic body until I'm forced to replace with artificial parts like McCoy in ST:TNG.  Idealy I'd stay in top shape like Highlander.  In the old testament 800 years was a normal lifespan for some reason.  

>>27
I dont give a fuck about sex if im going to be and eternal entity , I will be busy destroying the know universe lolololol

>>56
You'd get ridiculed(and owned) by other guys with robotic bodies though.

Brain-controlled cyborg tentacles for raping hordes of women == instant win.

I'm not about to read through all responses that have been made, but I assure you it's possible to live up to about the age of 600.

There is in fact a gene in cells that causes them to die after a certain number of reproductions, and scientists found a way to shut off this "timer" on life. Cells cease reproducing once they have no more room to expand, which is why you only grow new skin once old skin has shed off and made a place for the cells to grow over. For this reason by disabling the gene you can cause your cells to go on reproducing, your brain to go on functioning, and your heart to go on beating for years. They tested it in earth worms and they noticed that every worm who recieved the gene therapy lived about 8 times longer (which is why they get the number 600 years). Not only this, but unlike normal worms which become slow and stupid as they age, these worms remained very active until the day they died.

I don't know the exact cause of the death in the worms, but whatever it was, it was something sudden and predictable enough that every worm died around the same time. Also, the worms were perfectly healthy one day and dead the next. If you live to be 600, expect to randomly and suddenly die one day with no warning. Unless by then scientists have figured out what causes that sudden death, in which case try to avoid it =P

Lots of people think that living forever would be boring, but I'd personally like the idea. I understand all the "Your friends will die long before you" and "You'll do everything there is to do in life and still be alive" thing, but I'd still enjoy it.

>>40
I also think you're 13. It has nothing to do with your looks though.

>>60
Even 600 years wouldn't probably be enough to do everything there is to do in life. Besides who says you're friends ain't going to become immortal? You can always get new friends too.

But it would suck living 600 years for a differen't reason: work. Imagine working 550+ years everyday to keep yourself in solidity, unless you were well-endowed. =\

>>63
LOL!  With immortality comes the privilege of having an army of undead goons that pillage and rape villages while you sit on your throne in your evil stronghold of solitude.  The only thing that'll get boring after a few centuries is fighting of heroes.

>>63
You can outlive your debtors

>>65
oops i mean creditors

>>66
Not if they are immortal too and being probably quite rich they likely are.