Rest in peace, Lain (Rodney O. Lain, that is...)

[griffinn]

A Mac advocate committed suicide, and the whole Mac community is in mourning.

Read the story. Whatever your view is on the Mac, the dedication like Lain's is a rare thing nowadays, and is to be admired.

[Aeroe]

my heart is with his wife, such actions only harm your loved ones and is such a selfish end.

(i thought you meant Lain that posts here at first)

[Jon Deaux]

Sad.

[griffinn]

Originally posted by Aeroe
(i thought you meant Lain that posts here at first)

... Yet another lame attention-grabbing ploy from griffinn.

[henry3k56]

From the title of this thread. I thought one of our own Winamp members was 6 feet under.
Thats sad, this'll be a big blow to Apple Fans.

[rm']

Originally posted by griffinn
... Yet another lame attention-grabbing ploy from griffinn.

Don't do that... you almost caused a tear-jerk reaction

[dollerspark]

Originally posted by henry3k56
Thats sad, this'll be a big blow to Apple Fans.

Yes, all six of them.

I, too, thought our Lain had put a gun to her head. Griffinn you ass! You and your little thread-title ploys...

Sad to hear the guy died, tho.

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Jezus... you nearly gave me a f**king heart attack.... am I the only on that thinks that the title of this thread is in *extremely* bad taste...

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thread title edited at griffinn's request.

[griffinn]

Sorry if that has caused any unnecessary spikes of blood pressure... although I'm quite sure the lame title would be better-received if it were somebody else, e.g. sim0n__sez.

You're dearly loved in these forums, Lain.

[Twilightseer]

For knowing Griffinn, I can guarantee that there was no bad intention in his post.
Let's all move on now

[John M]

<idiot remarks withheld>

rest in peace.

[ElChevelle]

Fuckin' griff

[Lain]

Yes, I am still alive.

[baafie]

Glad to see you're still with us Lain Griff scared the hell out of me too.

[c2R]

Originally posted by Lain
Yes, I am still alive.

yay!

[eleet-2k2]

Originally posted by Aeroe
my heart is with his wife, such actions only harm your loved ones and is such a selfish end.

(i thought you meant Lain that posts here at first)

It's always sad when someone dies, even mroe sad when they take their own life.

I sympathize with his family.

[Bilbo Baggins]

If Bill Gates shot himself tomorrow, woudl you lot all mourn the man who bought accessibility in PCs to most of you?

[henry3k56]

I was thinking about that when replying. It wasn't all him that brought accessibility. Several others were in the project to create a system that everyone can use. He was the founder of Microsoft. It would affect me indirectly, but not directly by using his own masterminded software.

[baafie]

..And a hell of a thief.

[rm']

Bill Gates is about as much of a business man as John Gotti.

[BMWboy]

you can't possibly have that much money and have gotten it illegaly. there would be way too much intrest in your cash, and you would have shitloads of people looking at your records. so either he's the worlds best money launder or hes a hell of a business man. I think he is a hell of a business man. and if he did kill himself, I would be sort of upset, because he proved to nerds everywhere that you can become rich beyond your wildest dreams.

[Bilbo Baggins]

I reckon he owns a money press...

[Xerxes]

He got that money half legitamately... but he is more of a corporate raider than a business man.

Gates is more likely to be shot by somebody rather than by himself. Remember the Pie in the face incident? That could have been a bullet instead of delicious, scrumptious lemon creme.

[Jay]

this is why business shouldn't be taken personal.

[rm']

Originally posted by Xerxes
He got that money half legitamately... but he is more of a corporate raider than a business man.

Exactly. I consider strong arm tactics to be neither good enterpreneurship, nor fully legitimate. It's possible to be a crook without actually stealing anything.