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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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    • 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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      Rajesh R Subramanian
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      After the 'execution' is over, they'll go off the memory and the page. :((

      It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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      • C CPallini

        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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        Rajesh R Subramanian
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        On the brighter side, at least they have the internet and CP access. :)

        It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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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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          Vikram A Punathambekar
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          C programmers don't die, they are just cast into void.

          Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)

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          • R Rajesh R Subramanian

            On the brighter side, at least they have the internet and CP access. :)

            It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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            Lost User
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            14 kbps dial-up only. It's hell, remember? :-D

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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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              Sebastian Schneider
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              You cannot break statistics down like that. I, for example, have a 99% chance of NOT making 40. And, to make things worse, I have less than 50% chance of making it another year, thanks to the big C. I am already cheating the big fellow with the scythe. Think about it: for males, from (for example) 16 to 25, it probably is more like ~15 / 1000. The same is true as we get older. So, most people here are in the prime of their life. I'd say: more like 5 / 1000 here. Or even less. However, if I don't show up for a few months, you're invited to ask for my current state.

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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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                Joe Simes
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                A programmers death is as allusive as a session expiring. :omg:

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                • L Lost User

                  14 kbps dial-up only. It's hell, remember? :-D

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                  Dan Neely
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                  no 150 baud acoustic coupler, and they have to whistle the handshake with their mouth full of marbles to connect.

                  The latest nation. Procrastination.

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                  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                    On the brighter side, at least they have the internet and CP access. :)

                    It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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                    CPallini
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                    Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                    On the brighter side, at least they have the internet and CP access.

                    Nope pal: the brighter side is the one the flames come from... :-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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                    • 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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                      Pete OHanlon
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                      You haven't noticed that I died 2 years ago have you?

                      "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                      As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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                      • L Lost User

                        14 kbps dial-up only. It's hell, remember? :-D

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                        Rajesh R Subramanian
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                        :laugh: Ah, don't remind me. A colleague has the modem dialing sound as his ringtone.

                        It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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                        • D Dan Neely

                          no 150 baud acoustic coupler, and they have to whistle the handshake with their mouth full of marbles to connect.

                          The latest nation. Procrastination.

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                          Lost User
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                          Oh, yeah! I remember those! :laugh: :laugh:

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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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                            Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                            My lawyer, a barrister actually, will send an email to everyone on CP offering a portion of my estate. The only requirement being a small processing fee of $500.

                            Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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                            • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                              My lawyer, a barrister actually, will send an email to everyone on CP offering a portion of my estate. The only requirement being a small processing fee of $500.

                              Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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                              Sebastian Schneider
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                              You should talk to your lawyer. I think he sent that one already...

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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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                                JimmyRopes
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                                Mike Hankey wrote:

                                Programmers don't die they just fade away.

                                Programmers don't die they just BSOD.

                                Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                                Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                                I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                                • J JimmyRopes

                                  Mike Hankey wrote:

                                  Programmers don't die they just fade away.

                                  Programmers don't die they just BSOD.

                                  Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                                  Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                                  I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                                  Mike Hankey
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                                  Hope that doesn't happen to me in the end...oh tradgity what a way to go. :) Got a BSOD screen saver recently for work to try and get one over on our tech. guy. He didn't fall for it. I tried! Regards, 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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                                  • J JimmyRopes

                                    Mike Hankey wrote:

                                    Programmers don't die they just fade away.

                                    Programmers don't die they just BSOD.

                                    Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                                    Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                                    I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                                    Plamen Dragiyski
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                                    OS Programmers don't die, they just assert #SHUTDOWN pin and wait for system to restart them :)

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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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                                      Mark_Wallace
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                                      (Too busy trying to clap one hand to pay attention)

                                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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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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                                        Roger Wright
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                                        I used to have a program installed called DeadManSwitch which, if I failed to click on it once in a while, would execute a script to carry out my last wishes. It was quite a good program for its day, but I deleted it after a while. I wrote the script to print out my accounts and passwords for various banking accounts to a file for my executor to read, delete things I felt were too private to share, and of course, post a farewell to my friends at CodeProject. It was a very capable program! But I'm glad to be rid of it - just too dangerous! If I'd had it running when I went to the hospital 18 months ago, it would have fired while they unexpectedly kept me there for 5 days. I would have returned to a life in shambles. Now I have a printed list of key usernames and passwords kept in my safe. The combination to the safe is in a file of old warrantees - I don't remember it. There is a letter to my executor in the desk drawer that someone will find and give to her, and it tells her to look in the warranty file. With the passwords in the safe, she can log into the computers here, and her logon will display all my financial info to distract her while the really private stuff is being deleted. Especially the stuff about her... Unfortunately, the above is what I'm creating - the scripts don't work quite right yet. Hopefully I'll last long enough to finish them before they're needed. The rest of the process is in place, though. One day...

                                        "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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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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                                          KerimF
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                                          In any case, what I am sure of is that... death just cannot be real to me in the least. Because... how would I know I am dead, even when others see my dead body!

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