To the best of my knowledge no one on Hatrack has ever died. It's possible that someone came here for a while, but left before they died so none of us heard about it. However, no one activley posting has ever died right? So Hatrack must keep you alive, thus it's my plan to continue to post here forever, since the statistics show that doing so means I will live forever!
Hobbes Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Three cheers for Hatrack!
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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
*knocks on wood*
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I could go home... work is done.. but Hatrack is too fun! Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Ah, the sign of the full-on Hatrack addiction. In time, that impulse will fade, but its fun for now.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
It could very well happen.
I post here and there...and never really correspond with anyone.
If I died you'd never know.
How sad for me.
Who wants to become my close e-mail pal? I'm scared I might go, and you'd never know.
I want you to know if I go!
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
o_0
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Unbelievable!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Maybe, just in case, we should institute the buddy system. Or a phone tree! Remember those PTA phone trees where everyone calls someone else in case of an emergency like the power reactor melting down? We need one of those.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
I really do need just one buddy.
Just one.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
yeah -- how am I gonna call you to tell you I'm dead if I'm dead?
FG
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Ooooo..good point.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Farmgirl, that's why you have kids.
Hobbes Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
yeah -- that works for me.
FG
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
quote:In case of an emergency like the power reactor melting down
Annie darling, I don't think you ever lived anywhere that would have a possible power plant meltdown threat.
Hobbes Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Or just marry another Hatracker.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
That works.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
That's not the point, Hobbesy. You've gotta be prepared for any eventuality.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Yeah. Like, what if somebody built a nuclear plant near you, and then it blew up and killed you, and nobody survived to tell Hatrack?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Ohh OK, I get it now. Sorry about that, guess I never took the PTA as seriously as they deserved!
Hobbes Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
How could you tell if someone died...or if they just stopped posting. I guess if someone was a long time poster you would be surprised if they just stopped posting without saying goodbye...but you would not know for sure unless you had some RL connections to them (such as phone #). If I bit it the people over at terrygoodkind.com would know, as a few of them have my #....and being an admin would make it rather odd if I disappeared, but at other boards people would never know. Though I figure I prob have good 60 or 70 years left in me if I am lucky...so I doubt you will have to see my demise.
Of course it is possible that posting here makes life so exciting all the posters have become immortal to avoid having to leave the board. I guess only time will tell.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote: Yeah. Like, what if somebody built a nuclear plant near you, and then it blew up and killed you, and nobody survived to tell Hatrack?
The only way I see to prepare for this is to acquire specially trained, radiation-resistant, messenger cockroaches!
Assuming I get some, if there's a nuclear mishap in the Chicago area, you might end up hearing a cockroach scratching at your door. Might be best to see if it has something to say before stepping on it.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Tammy, we're keeping close tabs on you from now on!!
You guys are getting really creepy! Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
I don't know about that, but biking to work every day has done me a bit of good.
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
quote: The only way I see to prepare for this is to acquire specially trained, radiation-resistant, messenger cockroaches!
some sort of deadman's switch might work...if you don't deactivate it every day it sends out messages saying that you are dead. Of course it would need to be set up in an offsite server...but it could be done.
Though the roach idea would prob be more fun.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Narnia *sometimes I think I type in invisible font*
I'm just going to get one of my IT friends to write some sort of program so that my computer will send Hatrack a short, yet sweet, generic little note indicating that I have indeed passed away.
If I fail to log on to Hatrack during one weeks time, the program will be triggered, my computer will automatically generate a new topic and post my message.
I feel better now that I've figured that one out.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I don't want Hatrack people to know if I'm dead. I'm hoping that if I ever disappear that instead of assuming I'm dead, people will invent scandelous rumors about me. Something along the lines of "space opera has become a reclusive billionaire who only speaks with aliens now."
space opera
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I thought you were already.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: If I fail to log on to Hatrack during one weeks time, the program will be triggered, my computer will automatically generate a new topic and post my message.
Hope your hard drive never dies and leaves you computerless for a week -- we will get message saying you're dead!
<GRIN> oh wait -- said program will be on the same computer...
FG
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Jon Boy, I should have mentioned aliens on OTHER planets, not the weirdos I meet here.
space opera
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Ah, of course. Well then, carry on.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Dude, too bad Sacajawea didn't have an IT friend. No one knows if she died at 20 or 86.
I have to dress up like Sacajawea for a parade on Saturday, by the way. If I don't post, it's because I fell off my bareback horse and I'm probably dead.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
We want pictures of that Annie!
(the parade -- not of you falling off)
FG
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
But if you did happen to fall off, those would be fun to look at as well.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I'll make sure to remind Captain Clark to bring the videocamera.
Posted by Shepherdess (Member # 6115) on :
Tammy! I just noticed you said hi in the "Last Post" thread, but since I really hope that thread dies very soon, I'll say thanks here.
Since we live so close, I'll be happy to be your buddy Unfortunately, I don't post often enough to be missed myself, but I do lurk, so if I don't see your name popping up every once in a while, I'll be sure to check up on you. Winston's only a couple of hours from Durham (of course you have to deal with I-85 Greensboro traffic to get there).
BTW, I had a near death experience a few days ago and now I know why I survived--its all thanks to Hatrack! Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Hey Shepherdess - Sounds good! That traffic doesn't bother me a bit.
quote:BTW, I had a near death experience a few days ago and now I know why I survived--its all thanks to Hatrack!
I'm sure all at Hatrack are happy to know they were collectively responsible for your survival! What happened?
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:I'm just going to get one of my IT friends to write some sort of program so that my computer will send Hatrack a short, yet sweet, generic little note indicating that I have indeed passed away.
If I fail to log on to Hatrack during one weeks time, the program will be triggered, my computer will automatically generate a new topic and post my message.
This will only work if the electricity continues to stay up. It's probable that any radioactive mishap that fries you will also fry your power lines and/or computer.
That's the downside of high-tech solutions.
Me, I'm reading up on the care, feeding and training of cockroaches. Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
I don't like those bugs at all.
To what extent are you going to train them? After training them, will you consider marketing them within the forum?
If, that's a big if, I decide to purchase one of these bugs from you for the above mentioned purpose, will any extra training on my part be required?
I would like to have the bug watching from afar, ready to burst into action if it does indeed see something happen to me. I don't want any unnecessary interaction between the object and my family.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
sndrake, I think it will take more than training. I believe some sort of directed breeding program, if not actual genetic engineering, will be required. I speak as one who knows. Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
*figures there's an interesting story about trying to train cockroaches behind ak's post.*
Posted by Shepherdess (Member # 6115) on :
quote:I'm sure all at Hatrack are happy to know they were collectively responsible for your survival! What happened?
Tammy, I might have been exaggerating just a tad when I said that. I did see a lot of white, but it turned out just to be the airbags in my car I already mentioned this in another thread, so I apologize if I'm repeating myself.
I was on my way home from church on Sunday evening when I was in a car accident with a driver (who was on his way home from the bar). He lost control of his car, came over the median, and hit me. I saw him coming, and I remember thinking that I would probably wake up in the hospital. Thankfully, my worst injury was actually caused by the airbag. I have a distinctive Toyota symbol burned into my arm from the steering wheel cover coming off when the airbag deployed.
If he had hit just a few inches further back, it would have been right in the middle of the driver side door. As it was, the front wheel of the car took the brunt of the damage, breaking the axle and bending the frame. I am so very, very fortunate. It's things like this that give me a new appreciation of the fleeting nature of our lives.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Well - thank goodness you're okay!
You're going to have to order yourself a little roach so that we can keep tabs on you as well!
Posted by Shepherdess (Member # 6115) on :
That trained cockroach idea sounds like a plan! I've done some genetic engineering myself, albeit on a much smaller scale than roaches (we're talking E. coli here).
The closest I've come to doing any genetic engineering on a cockroach was when I inadvertently microwaved one at the lab. I was heating a mug of water for some tea, and when I opened the door, the water was boiling and a cockroach came running out as if nothing had happened! I should have caught that thing--he would have been a good specimen to start with for your breeding program, AK.
Isn't it comforting to know that the cockroaches will still be here even if we've blown ourselves up in a nuclear holocaust?
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
I'd like to help raise those roaches!
Actually, though, Hatrack IS good for you. According to Tracy Cross, the author of some of my G/T textbooks, the internet is a powerful way for gifted people to reach out to each other. In all my classes, I've been reading about how important it is for gifted kids (and I'm extrapolating to adults) to be with their mind-peers. It's hard to find people whose brains work in the quirky ways we Hatrackers are accustomed to. So, here's to Hatrack! You are good for my mental and social health!
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
Yeah, I am so freaking spoiled now, at being able to drop a silly reference to almost anything and have it be picked right up. I can't imagine this level of joy and self-indulgence of my peculiar quirks with any other group of friends. We are very very lucky. Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Has anyone found other ways, besides Hatrack, to make friends that are just as cool as jatraqueros?
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
Okay, anyone who wants their own particular strain named for them, and mailed, just list the qualities you need. I'm working on the little dishwashing roaches, the carpet cleaning roaches, the wall scrubbing roaches, and even the ones who recatalog your library and file it in library of congress order (dewey decimal should be available soon). The ones who take out the trash, or rather recycle it into useful biproducts and sock it away in convenient places, are proving tough to come up with. Posted by B166ER (Member # 6380) on :
Ok, this is a bit out there I'm sure, and off topic and all that, but I don't care what roaches are trained or made to do, all they should do is die. I hate roaches so much, so so much. *shudders*
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Oh, so they are washing the dishes. My husband will be so glad to hear.
"directed breeding" always reminds me of Dune. Or Homecoming.
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