The Mark of the Beast

[ReggieMicheals]

that's one reason why it's good for the company right enough.

is this not illegal by the way? it should be.

Not as far as I know, though if it gets large media attention from BBC & CNN it could become an issue...

[Aloone_Jonez]

I think I'd be looking for another job unless they offered me a very large sum of money and the option of having it removed when I do decide to leave.

I take this back, accepting a large sum of money for this would be like selling my soul. :scared:

[worker201]

Let's not forget the mutant X-Factor.  Mystique, in both "X-Men" movies, was able to break biometric security because she could emulate other people's biometrics.  I don't think her mutant abilities could override internal microchip security.

[Calum]

also, due to natural selection, people will start evolving their own internal microchips after a few generations and then everybody'll have them. Subdermal microchipping has simply got too many flaws to be a sensible method for security purposes.

[H_TeXMeX_H]

I wonder ... can Wolverine get lung cancer from smoking ?

[worker201]

It depends on how well he heals, and how much he smokes.  His body might not know what to do with a tumor - would it turn the tumor into good tissue, or flush it out the backdoor like a waste product - or would it deal with it at all?

Also, the carbon buildup in your lungs from beathing smoky air (including cigarette smoke, campfire smoke, or car exhaust, whether it is toxic or not) never goes away.

Fortunately for WeaponX, the lungs can heal any diminished capacity caused by smoking - a normal human can regain a decent percentage of lung capacity within a month of quitting, so I suspect Wolverine can get his lungs back up within a day or so.

If you will recall "X-Men 2", Wolverine gets shot - a bullet straight into his forehead.  Shortly thereafter, he heals, and the bullet just sorta falls out of his head.  What do you suppose would happen to an ID chip?  Or for that matter, a tumor?

[cymon]

However, the bullet had an exit route, that was the path it cut through his brain tissue when it hit him. Without an exit point, the tumor would be trapped inside. The only way to get it out would be to take a shotgun and fire it roughly at the tumor. The wound would heal, because he's Wolverine, and the tumor would be able to get out. But he only healed physical injuries. As for the RFID tag, it wasn't hurting him, so it would most likely just sit there. Also, the exit route would seal after the hypodermic needle was removed, so it wouldn't have anywhere else to go.

[worker201]

Odd that the wound would heal from the inside first, and then push the bullet out the exit route.  In a normal human, I think the first thing to happen would be clotting at the entrance wound.

[adiment]

Fortunately for WeaponX, the lungs can heal any diminished capacity caused by smoking - a normal human can regain a decent percentage of lung capacity within a month of quitting, so I suspect Wolverine can get his lungs back up within a day or so.

I realized this a few days ago when being bored and trying to see how long I can hold my breath. I officially quit smoking cigarettes on Nov 24.

[cymon]

Odd that the wound would heal from the inside first, and then push the bullet out the exit route.  In a normal human, I think the first thing to happen would be clotting at the entrance wound.

True, however, a clot large enough to block off a bullet hole would take quite a while to form. Also, clots are very weak, and the larger density of the bullet would give it more than enough force, when combined with the force of it being pushed out to dislodge the clot.

[worker201]

But to actually push the bullet out would require some sort of seriously active healing process, would it not?  Unless I am mistaken, a person who survives a gunshot wound that does not remove the bullet just has their tissue kinda grow around the fragment and deal with it as a resident.

[Jack2000]

I guess he has some sort of nano bots
or something inside of him
along with the metal plates and stuff
stuffed in his body!
why did not his organism dump the iron "claws"

[Lead Head]

The claws are fused to his skeleton

[worker201]

Yes, as we saw in Wolverine #75, when Magneto removes the metal from Logan's skeleton, he still has claws made of bone.

[mobrien_12]

Actually you all were missing the point of the head shot.  Wolverine's entire skeleton is fused with metal, including his skull.  The bullet never penetrated his skull.  

The impact knocked him down.   The slug penetrated the layer of muscle and fat in his forehead and flattened against the skull.  When Wolverine got up, gravity took over and the bullet fell out of the very shallow wound.  Without the projectile in there, the flesh wound finished healing.  

The cop was just lucky the shot didn't richochet.