> >Well, if cryogenics were as reliable as cell phones, "everybody" probably > >would run to it. > > I'm afraid you're right... The (un)usefulness (for 90+% of the > population) of these things has little to do with their popularity. > Might as well hold for cryogenics... > To be fair I was making the point that cell phones are quite useful and IMHO quite reliable. They can be annoying but they have frequently saved lives and connected people so I'm quite a proponent actually.