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I'm typing this now whilst enjoying a bout of pneumonia. Actually, it's easier to pass the time when at work than at home. My having pneumonia's not the actual point.
In the "good old days", dying from pneumonia (or the flu) was death by natural causes. In my grandmother's generation it was common to have lost some siblings that way.
My physician (by chance,I happened to have a visit scheduled today) didn't get excited, gave a listen, and though I should take some antibiotics and have a chest X-Ray. Basically hedging his bets as, by the time I realized what it was (night before last) I was already recovering.
At least in the "industrialized world", the comparative abundance of food &etc, have really made quite a difference in the health of us lucky enough to live there.*
* Obesity notwithstanding
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A couple of weeks ago, the missus, the boy, and I went to a cemetery to visit the grave of my father in law. It was a very nice day and we decided to take a bit of a walk. We happened though the older (mid 1800's to early 1900's) portion, and my son (and wife too) were mortified by the number of graves of infants and children. They didn't realize that getting sick in those days was a big deal. As we left, they both mentioned how depressing it was and I had to agree, on the other hand it points out the great medical strides that have taken place in just the last 100 years. I'm grateful to to live in this era. I can't imagine what the next century holds, if we can manage to not kill ourselves off.
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jeron1 wrote: by the number of graves of infants and children.
Did your wife notice the number of young women that died too, in childbirth? Reducing that number has been another significant accomplishment of medicine and understanding of germs.
Marc
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Yeah, they did notice the numbers of people less than 30 years old, and there was a lot. In some cases it was all the siblings in a family died in their teens or twenties.
Marc Clifton wrote: Reducing that number has been another significant accomplishment of medicine and understanding of germs.
Absolutely!
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An interesting ecological reflection.
Consider that much of the medical breakthroughs, particularly infant/child mortality and maternal mortality, were exported as well to "Third World" regions such as Africa and South America. What wasn't brought along with it, however, is the education required to modify the culture of having enough offspring so that enough survive to adulthood.
The resultant population explosion is, in part, a contributor to the more and more frequent famines (particular Africa), where subsistence living would lead a culture through said famines.
The increase in the viability of human young without the concomitant education in family planning makes one wonder if it was such a good idea: throwing cultures out of balance with their adapted environment. Good fodder for philosophical debate.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: the education required to modify the culture of having enough offspring so that
enough survive to adulthood.
I agree with that, however I also think that experience is, in many cases, the best teacher. I would think that within a couple of generations, those harsh lessons would have been learned, though I'm admittedly plenty ignorant on the subject.
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Hope you feel better, and return to total health ... soon.
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cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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Thanks - it's really no special bother. I did do the chest XRay thing and got a prescription of an antibiotic (40 cents - uninsured it would have been US$39+ - now that's crazy). Were it not for the rib-pain, I'd not have noticed.
What I did use the knowledge for is keeping away from two groups of people: a gathering with many elderly, and a birthday party with very small children present (none from CP). Meanwhile, it's all but gone - but still a cough (not so hard) and only a trace of rib pain.
I'm more concerned with the antibiotic, which warns of possible (and potentially long-delayed 'bouts' with Clostridium difficile[^]. In a previous case (caused by clindamycin 8wks after 7 daily doses), I was saved by some really good yogurt (from Trader Joe's). Should a recurrence occur, I think I'll avoid sharing with CP.
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I remember last year, i went to the doctor to check out a nasty sinusitis.
During the check she told me that I probably have pneumonia aswell. "But it's the same treatment in any case, so let's not bother about x-rays". Then she told me about what symptoms to look out for if it would turn for the worse.
Times have really changed.
For the better!
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Yup - those good old days . . . weren't.
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A Spotter's Guide[^]
Interesting reading...perhaps we should have an extra "badge" that displays prominently in QA? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That's a very good article but let's get back to the important stuff, can someone please tell me how to split a string in C#?
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Use a big axe - that will separate it into uppercase and lowercase if you swing it right.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: will separate it into uppercase and lowercase if you swing it right.
And what will it do if you swing it left?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Not go out on a date with you.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Are you sure you don't want to boldly go to split an infinitive instead?
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I knew I had clicked this link once, I think it was the one that Mr O'Hanlon gave , but I did not bookmark it.
Really she does make sense. I like the idea of a global resources page for beginners; plus, that's pretty convenient to have this disease made concrete by giving it a clear, identifiable name. Vampires can be educated, what a relief! I also like the idea to reform myself and learn to handle things a better way.
You always obtain more by being rather polite and armed than polite only.
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MIDI out setter[^] 
Because Microsoft decided to do away with the MIDI mapper from Vista onwards.
This is the only one that worked. Even MS's community forum only gives us some rubbish about selecting a (nonexistent) device in sound settings.
Ironically, this was linked from SO.
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I've just cleaned up some workaround methods (275 instances) related to the bug in string.IsNullOrEmpty that was fixed around 2004.
What's the oldest issue you've fixed up recently?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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My face (if you can't shaving as fixing up), and my face is definitely an issue.
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Chris Maunder wrote: What's the oldest issue you've fixed up recently?
You do realise you've left that open to a load of yo momma replies, don't you?
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I'll start!
Yo momma's so stupid, she only has 1 PhD.
Yo momma's so ugly, she got 2nd place in the Miss Universe pageant!
Am I doing it right
Hogan
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Works for me.
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