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  • N NormDroid

    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
      [My articles]

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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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        • B benjymous

          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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          • S Simon P Stevens

            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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            • M Mike Hankey

              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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              • B benjymous

                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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                • S Simon P Stevens

                  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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                    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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                    • T Tom Deketelaere

                      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.
                      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                      [My articles]

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                      • D Dalek Dave

                        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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                        • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                          recompiled

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

                          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
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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!

                          ------------------------------------ "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

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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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                            • S Simon P Stevens

                              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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                                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]

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                                Gary Wheeler
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                                :cool:, pardon the pun.

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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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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                                  Gary Wheeler
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                                  Programmer's don't die, they just throw a fatal exception.

                                  Software Zen: delete this;

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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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                                    CaptainSeeSharp
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                                    I think Red Stateler died.

                                    Fall of the Republic[^]

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                                    • B benjymous

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

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

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                                      0x3c0
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                                      Yes, but most of those were posting badly in the programming forums, so they don't really count. ;P

                                      OSDev :)

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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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                                        John M Drescher
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                                        That assumes that programmers have the same death rate as the entire population which has to be wrong for many reasons.

                                        John

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                                        • G Gary Wheeler

                                          Programmer's don't die, they just throw a fatal exception.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                                          Mike Hankey
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                                          I like it.... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: 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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