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  • C CPallini

    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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    • 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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      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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          • Mike HankeyM 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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                • 0 0x3c0

                  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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                      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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                      • 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
                        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!

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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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                        • 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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                          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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                              • Mike HankeyM 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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                                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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                                • 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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                                  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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                                    • 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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                                      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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                                        • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                                          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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                                          Gary Wheeler
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                                          Thank you, thank you, you're all wonderful! Try the veal, it's to die for...

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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