[samatman]

What you're illustrating here is that "awake", "asleep", "death", and "life", are pretty terrible metaphors for states our computers exist in.

Saying my laptop is "asleep" when it's suspended is verbally cromulent, no one would be confused by what I meant. But the metaphor breaks down badly on any attempt to extend it.

Even if I brick it, I have the option to purchase fresh equipment and restore from the most recent backup. If my timing is good, there may be no difference from my perspective.

This isn't possible with living things, and it might not even be possible, the fond dreams of mind-upload enthusiasts notwithstanding.

[sergeykish]

It is a clone. The original one is dead. Works for teleportation too.

[inopinatus]

and time travel. O'Brien must suffer.

[core-questions]

Perhaps we should say 'reborn' instead of rebooted, 'reincarnated' instead of 'reinstalled'.