Now that Steve McQueen is dead, we are all doomed!!!

http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/29/193234/A-Geek-Funeral Then 1/4 million views later... http://www.flickr.com/photos/26445696@N04/3961372594/ everyone knows he passed away. As an added benefit this gives you geek street cred in the afterlife since he's now the top Google response for searchs like "computer urn" or "Geek Funeral" and will probably hold that position for some time.

Hang in there. It's worth it. Especially since it seems you have a true idea of the alternative.

As kids we loved watching viking movies , here's our favorite The Vikings, an talked about how that was the way to go. Unfortunately I couldn't find enough flaming arrow archers, so to Plan B.

Thanks.

My thoughts exactly. That's why we had his memorial gathering at an amusement park.

Having read Slashdot for years I knew what I was getting in for in the way of comments and harbour no ill feelings. After all it is Slashdot. But I also don't think it shows my brother any disrespect by posting the story. As a fellow geek I'm sure he would have been thrilled to be mentioned. And he was as much a wise-a** as anyone else posting here.

I figured that most of the people reading this haven't had the chance to watch someone die of smoking related cancer. While it's painful enough to watch someone slowly die over 9 months nothing compares to the final few weeks. By then it's into the bones and they can't give you enough pain killers. Then it's just days and days of non-stop pain and discomfort while you wait for death. It's worse than you can ever imagine.

One day my chromatically challenged brothers and I will rise up and take control. Then the changes will begin. Let's see how you "It's not light blue, it's teal" people handle traffic lights with three lens but only two colors, one of which is white so it matches the street lights at night. Emergency vehicles that might actually only be tow trucks and smarmy calls from the network engineer "The color of the led will change on the ethernet card if it's working". Maybe for you rainbow head but not for me. Once we're in charge there will be be other changes like no more colorized movies. Hell we just might black and whiterize them all just for spite. Just you wait. On that proud day we will hoist our many banners and just like always we will hear you say, as you always say, "You know that doesn't match your socks, right?"

Try 50.