Death
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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
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!
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
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
[My articles]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
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!
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
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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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
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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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!
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
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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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 :)
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
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.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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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
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! -
Dalek Dave wrote:
recompiled
recycled. :rolleyes: [Just like IIS 6.0 onwards ASP.NET Worker Process]
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
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!Better than Abandonware!
------------------------------------ "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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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
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
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:
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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.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]:cool:, pardon the pun.
Software Zen:
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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
Programmer's don't die, they just
throwa fatal exception.Software Zen:
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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
I think Red Stateler died.
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Egad, 91% death rate?! It's not safe to be here!
Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!