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EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide
The Register is reporting that EMC co-founder Richard Egan has committed suicide. The article has an interesting look back at some of his accomplishments. "Egan had an amazing life, encompassing involvement in the Apollo space program, the US Marines, starting and building the most successful storage company on the planet, and becoming the US ambassador to Ireland. Finally, aged 73 and facing a lingering death, he ended the battle decisively and on his terms. He was never a shrinking violet."
That's British healthcare for you!
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No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
May his memory live on forever in our... network attached storage devices.
MAKE IT ABOUT POLITICS! MAKE IT ABOUT POLITICS!
The parasitic life form screamed. It yanked at the pain centers and ticked at the pleasure center.
WHY DON'T YOU MAKE IT ABOUT POLITICS, DARLING?
The right brain felt the rumblings decided to make it about politics for the potential reward. The left brain agreed and began to spin together a narrative. It wasn't cohesive but it's enough for an impulse.
The human considered for a moment. "Oh, wow, a guy killed himself in the UK because he had terminal cancer. What a great segue into a discussion on Obama's healthcare plan and how counseling is good!" he thought.
The right brain relaxed. The left brain got to work. The parasite smiled and kicked at the bundle of nerves a few times. Good.
yeah, if he had realized that control was an illusion, if he had decided instead that it was not up to him to decide when it would end, just as it was not his decision to begin, to face debilitation and pain... he would have undone all he had done and we'd see him as a coward.
btw you are an idiot. suicide is for cowards (unless in protest). there is no honor in ending your life. Either you have the fortitude to see it through to the very end, or you don't. He didn't. Suicide doesn't diminish what he did while alive, however, it does not make him brave.
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Am I the only one who didn't understand a fucking word of the above poster's meaningless rambling platitudes? You sound like Mother Theresa. "Why help people? Just tell them to suffer in agony because it's beautiful."
I hope when you're confronted with that situation you can look at your pain-stricken loved one and tell them "toughen up you fucking pussy".
Seriously. I overdose on heroines every day.
"Here lies OrangeTide. He died by getting the crabs after giving head"....