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Like average developer need ego boost...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Bill Woodruff's original draft of the Gettysburg Address would have taken three hours to orate.
Bill Woodruff goes through at least one keyboard each day.
Bill Woodruff constantly scours used bookstores, seeking out dictionaries with words he hasn't used before.
Bill Woodruff was the moving force behind upgrading the Greek alphabet to the Latin.
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Bill Woodruff was the prototype for the tower of Babel.
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and on the eighth day, Bill created bacon.
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Bill Woodruff has performed an entire icelandic saga based on the contents of the lounge.
Bill Woodruff is a recursive acronym for Bill Woodruff.
Bill Woodruff's lounge posts are generated by an AI coded by the real Bill Woodruff using nothing but south sea coconuts and bammboo posts.
Bill Woodruff can smell WiFi.
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Running Bill Woodruff's lounge posts through the Plain English Compiler will either generate skynet or the singularity, but no one has had the courage to make the attempt.
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It is, indeed, sad that he has killed himself. What a waste but entirely his own choice.
What I don't get is the ridiculous public outpouring of grief, especially on farcebook and twatter. He was funny. He died. Get over it.
It's a bit like the lunacy that prevailed when princess Diana was killed.
I didn't get it then and I don't get it now.
Again, sad but what the elephant, people, get a grip!
[Dons flame-proof suit and steps back sharply]
Addendum: did watch a bit of Mork and Mindy earlier: the man really was very funny.
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Eh, I think Williams had a lot more effect on most of our lives than Diana. He and Carlin were my two favorite stand-up comics, and they're both gone now.
Not shedding any tears for someone I never knew personally, or even saw in person for that matter, but still... Sucks that he's gone.
EDIT: I think a lot of the media coverage is from one of two camps... 1) People who knew him personally and are genuinely mourning him. 2) People who think posting something sad about a well-liked celebrity will make them more popular or get them some more hits/followers/likes/etc.... Mostly #2.
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Ian Shlasko wrote: I think Williams had a lot more effect on most of our lives than Diana
The effect on our simple lives is nothing; but the effect on the different charities that her foundation is supporting is important.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Ian Shlasko wrote: I think Williams had a lot more effect on most of our lives than Diana.
AFAIK neither of these people had any effect on mylife. I had no interest in Diana, or her shenannikins. Robin Williams was a reasonable actor IMHO, but not the greatest that ever lived (who is?).
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Agreed. His stand-up was amazing, though.
Anyway... Being entertained by them is being affected by him. Not saying he changed our lives or anything, but he was definitely more interesting than some woman who just married into a famous family.
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Ian Shlasko wrote: Being entertained by them is being affected by him.
Looking at it from that point of view, I totally agree with you. I was meaning not affected to the extent that I want to rush out and place flowers, or some mawkish poster, on some hastily created "shrine to the great man".
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Sure hope George Burns never dies.
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Yes, I hope he lives to be a hundred.
/ravi
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The only reasonable explanation is that most humans aren't reasonable to begin with.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I'm not sure what to think, a small part of me agrees with the 'entirely his own choice' phrase, though a larger part of me thinks that he died as a result of an illness not unlike cancer or the flu. Nobody wants to be depressed, it just unfortunately happens to some. The biology of it (and treatment of it) is probably just as unknown as that of other diseases.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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jeron1 wrote: an illness not unlike cancer or the flu.
Very true, and the treatment (in the UK at least) is at best, mediocre. People suffering from depression tend not to vote so they don't have much of a voice.
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The question of how much depression (or other mental illnesses) is 'not unlike cancer or flu' and how much people with those conditions still have free agency and can be considered to be making their own choices like everyone else is a tricky one, not least because most mental illnesses are a line on a continuum from 'normal' to 'severely X' and it's not an objective diagnosis.
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mark merrens wrote: He was funny. He died. Get over it.
That's a pretty cold way of looking at life man. It's not like people are "unable to go on" just because they post a "that sucks" message on FB. You yourself are taking part of it too with this post. So it's a bit counter intuitive.
Just because it's a lot of people posting doesn't make them bad, stupid, or anything to say a quick RIP to someone who had an impact on their life, even if on TV. Seriously man, you might want to get over it.
Now if it was Justin Bieber, you'd have a point.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Now if it was Justin Bieber,
I'm still trying to organise that room.
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You miss the point: I am over it and I am sad that such a great comedic genius has now shuffled off this mortal coil. What I am talking about is the great outpouring of public grief.
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mark merrens wrote: You miss the point: I am over it and I am sad that such a great comedic genius has now shuffled off this mortal coil. What I am talking about is the great outpouring of public grief.
I did not miss the point. It's only been like one day. You really must hate people to whine about them saying RIP already. If it were weeks, I'd agree with you. One day, and you're just cold.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: One day, and you're just cold.
And yet you to continue to miss it; were you around when Diana went? It was ridiculous. And now, everywhere you turn, people going on about Robin Williams; somehow his sad passing is more important than anything or anyone else. I presume you'll be taking full page ads to bellow your heartfelt grief?
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Have fun arguing with yourself. Tootles!
Jeremy Falcon
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