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    Simon P Stevens
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    So the crude death rate globally is ~8.23 per 1000 per year[^]. We have 6,482,858 members on CP. Which gives us a total of 53354 deaths of CP members per year. That's ~6 deaths per hour, or 1 every 10 minutes. Do you ever wonder if anyone on CP will actually notice if you die. I'm pretty sure no one I know would think to tell anyone here.

    Simon

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      So the crude death rate globally is ~8.23 per 1000 per year[^]. We have 6,482,858 members on CP. Which gives us a total of 53354 deaths of CP members per year. That's ~6 deaths per hour, or 1 every 10 minutes. Do you ever wonder if anyone on CP will actually notice if you die. I'm pretty sure no one I know would think to tell anyone here.

      Simon

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      Lost User
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      I'm pretty sure that if anyone here notices my death, they'd be happy about it.

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        So the crude death rate globally is ~8.23 per 1000 per year[^]. We have 6,482,858 members on CP. Which gives us a total of 53354 deaths of CP members per year. That's ~6 deaths per hour, or 1 every 10 minutes. Do you ever wonder if anyone on CP will actually notice if you die. I'm pretty sure no one I know would think to tell anyone here.

        Simon

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        benjymous
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        There's quite a large issue now, as to what happens with the myriad of accounts that someone has, and people are suggesting that wills should contain a section of usernames and passwords to be handed out to trusted parties - presumably you could give a list of all the people/places you'd want to be notified of your death, too

        Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!

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          So the crude death rate globally is ~8.23 per 1000 per year[^]. We have 6,482,858 members on CP. Which gives us a total of 53354 deaths of CP members per year. That's ~6 deaths per hour, or 1 every 10 minutes. Do you ever wonder if anyone on CP will actually notice if you die. I'm pretty sure no one I know would think to tell anyone here.

          Simon

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          CPallini
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          I died and no one noticed here. :((

          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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            So the crude death rate globally is ~8.23 per 1000 per year[^]. We have 6,482,858 members on CP. Which gives us a total of 53354 deaths of CP members per year. That's ~6 deaths per hour, or 1 every 10 minutes. Do you ever wonder if anyone on CP will actually notice if you die. I'm pretty sure no one I know would think to tell anyone here.

            Simon

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            NormDroid
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            Don't forget to subtract 5,500,000 from the members as there are only ~500,000 active members.

            Software Kinetics (requires SL3 beta) - Moving software

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              There's quite a large issue now, as to what happens with the myriad of accounts that someone has, and people are suggesting that wills should contain a section of usernames and passwords to be handed out to trusted parties - presumably you could give a list of all the people/places you'd want to be notified of your death, too

              Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!

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              Simon P Stevens
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              It's very true. I keep most of my usernames and password in a secure password save. I've often considered including the location and passwords to that in my will. But then I would have to securely encrypt my will, and who will I give the password to that to? ...

              Simon

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                Don't forget to subtract 5,500,000 from the members as there are only ~500,000 active members.

                Software Kinetics (requires SL3 beta) - Moving software

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                benjymous
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                Egad, 91% death rate?! It's not safe to be here!

                Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!

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                  I died and no one noticed here. :((

                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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                  Tom Deketelaere
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                  How does the afterlife look like? ;P

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                    So the crude death rate globally is ~8.23 per 1000 per year[^]. We have 6,482,858 members on CP. Which gives us a total of 53354 deaths of CP members per year. That's ~6 deaths per hour, or 1 every 10 minutes. Do you ever wonder if anyone on CP will actually notice if you die. I'm pretty sure no one I know would think to tell anyone here.

                    Simon

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                    Chris Meech
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                    News of my death has always been greatly exaggerated. But seriously, back in the '80s a national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, ran an edition with the headline, "MEECH DEAD". Upon my arrival at work that morning, everyone wanted to know all about my resurrection. :)

                    Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]

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                      Egad, 91% death rate?! It's not safe to be here!

                      Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!

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                      Simon P Stevens
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                      benjymous wrote:

                      Egad

                      Now that's a word I don't use enough. I'm going to try and use that in a sentence at work today.

                      Simon

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                        So the crude death rate globally is ~8.23 per 1000 per year[^]. We have 6,482,858 members on CP. Which gives us a total of 53354 deaths of CP members per year. That's ~6 deaths per hour, or 1 every 10 minutes. Do you ever wonder if anyone on CP will actually notice if you die. I'm pretty sure no one I know would think to tell anyone here.

                        Simon

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                        Mike Hankey
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                        Programmers don't die they just fade away. Mike

                        "It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather." -Harry Truman.


                        Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site

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                          There's quite a large issue now, as to what happens with the myriad of accounts that someone has, and people are suggesting that wills should contain a section of usernames and passwords to be handed out to trusted parties - presumably you could give a list of all the people/places you'd want to be notified of your death, too

                          Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!

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                          Dalek Dave
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                          Presumably you would have to let Chris know you have died and no longer wish to receive the Newsletter.

                          ------------------------------------ "Men may make bad decisions, immoral decisions or just plain wrong decisions, but at least they make decisions. Women on the other hand..." Patrick Kielty 2006

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                            So the crude death rate globally is ~8.23 per 1000 per year[^]. We have 6,482,858 members on CP. Which gives us a total of 53354 deaths of CP members per year. That's ~6 deaths per hour, or 1 every 10 minutes. Do you ever wonder if anyone on CP will actually notice if you die. I'm pretty sure no one I know would think to tell anyone here.

                            Simon

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                            0x3c0
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                            When I get older, I'll probably make a will, which specifies the logins for most of the sites I visit and frequent. I'll just ask my next of kin to post a short message - something like an RIP. But no, I doubt anybody would notice. I don't feel I've contributed enough for people to notice my absence.

                            OSDev :)

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                              Programmers don't die they just fade away. Mike

                              "It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather." -Harry Truman.


                              Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site

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                              Dalek Dave
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                              Surely they just get recompiled?

                              ------------------------------------ "Men may make bad decisions, immoral decisions or just plain wrong decisions, but at least they make decisions. Women on the other hand..." Patrick Kielty 2006

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                                When I get older, I'll probably make a will, which specifies the logins for most of the sites I visit and frequent. I'll just ask my next of kin to post a short message - something like an RIP. But no, I doubt anybody would notice. I don't feel I've contributed enough for people to notice my absence.

                                OSDev :)

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                                Dalek Dave
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                                It would be three days of people saying "where is the CCC?" then slow fade to black.

                                ------------------------------------ "Men may make bad decisions, immoral decisions or just plain wrong decisions, but at least they make decisions. Women on the other hand..." Patrick Kielty 2006

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                                  How does the afterlife look like? ;P

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                                  CPallini
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                                  Well it's damned hot here! :-D

                                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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                                    Surely they just get recompiled?

                                    ------------------------------------ "Men may make bad decisions, immoral decisions or just plain wrong decisions, but at least they make decisions. Women on the other hand..." Patrick Kielty 2006

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                                    Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                                    Dalek Dave wrote:

                                    recompiled

                                    recycled. :rolleyes: [Just like IIS 6.0 onwards ASP.NET Worker Process]

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                                      Dalek Dave wrote:

                                      recompiled

                                      recycled. :rolleyes: [Just like IIS 6.0 onwards ASP.NET Worker Process]

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                                      The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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                                      Dalek Dave
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                                      Better than Abandonware!

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                                        Surely they just get recompiled?

                                        ------------------------------------ "Men may make bad decisions, immoral decisions or just plain wrong decisions, but at least they make decisions. Women on the other hand..." Patrick Kielty 2006

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                                        Henry Minute
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                                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                                        Surely they just get recompiled?

                                        Yes, but only after they have decompiled.

                                        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                          So the crude death rate globally is ~8.23 per 1000 per year[^]. We have 6,482,858 members on CP. Which gives us a total of 53354 deaths of CP members per year. That's ~6 deaths per hour, or 1 every 10 minutes. Do you ever wonder if anyone on CP will actually notice if you die. I'm pretty sure no one I know would think to tell anyone here.

                                          Simon

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                                          Gary Wheeler
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                                          I have a service on my development machine that pings my brain once a minute. If five minutes goes by without a response, it e-mails the cafeteria with a coffee order. If my brain fails to reply within an hour, I'm automatically declared dead and the GC thread runs.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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