From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   Moe Trin wrote:   
   > On Sat, 18 May 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   > , Aragorn wrote:   
   >   
   >>> 1: Adam : RIP......................................... : 2   
   >   
   >> Due to the fact that my newsreader could not reply to the OT thread   
   >> anymore because of a bug with the references header length,   
   >   
   > File a bug report -  user agents have been required to handle "long"   
   > headers (998 octets) for over ten years (section 2.1.1 of RFC2822, or   
   > even "Son of 1036" later published for historic reasons as RFC1849).   
   >   
   >> Adam was my age, and although I was aware of his health problems, I   
   >> never thought he would actually succumb to them.  He certainly seemed   
   >> like a guy with a positive attitude towards life, and even towards   
   >> his frail health.   
   >   
   > See my response to sctvguy1  last week in that   
   > thread.  While getting the transplant was certain to let him live   
   > longer and in somewhat better circumstances (I still recall "Dr.   
   > McCoy" curing a kidney dialysis patient in the "Star Trek: The Voyage   
   > Home" movie by giving her a "simple" pill he just happen to carry in   
   > his doctor's bag), Adam was not likely to have anything like a   
   > "normal" lifespan.  The big problem with all transplants remains the   
   > immunosuppressant regimen needed to prevent rejection of the   
   > transplant, which significantly increases the risk of "other"   
   > problems.   
   >   
   >> This is the second time now that I am witnessing the unexpected   
   >> disappearance of a familiar Usenet poster at the hands of the Grim   
   >> Reaper, and in this newsgroup.  The first one to unexpectedly pass   
   >> away was Blinky The Shark.   
   >   
   > Blinky was different. He went down-hill rather rapidly (days) and did   
   > not seek the medical help that might have prevented his death. For   
   > others who missed it, one of his last posts (in rec.food.cooking)   
   >   
   >    Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking   
   >    From: Blinky the Shark    
   >    Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:09:31 -0800   
   >    Local: Wed, Jan 28 2009 4:09 pm   
   >    Subject: Doctor Mom   
   >   
   >    I feel like shit.  I may have about ten minutes, here, before I have   
   >    to go back to bed.  Can't sleep, but don't have the energy to do   
   >    anything else, either -- not even read.  (And that just kills me.)   
   >    So I've been flashing back to little home remedies from growing up in   
   >    the 1950s...   
   >   
   > Blinky passed away in his sleep about 3 days later. The official cause   
   > of death on the death certificate was "Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular   
   > Disease" according to a followup thread ("Blinky final (maybe)") in   
   > alt.fan.cecil-adams on May 5 of that year.   
   >   
   >> I raise my glass to both of them.  Requiescat in pace.   
   >   
   > Agreed   
   >   
   >          Old guy   
      
   Don't recall Adam particularly, but Blinky was a 'net friend. Vale!!   
      
   Daniel   
      
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