Goodbye Marco

#1

Post by SnaKeZ » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 10:03 AM UTC

Goodbye Marco
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Re: Goodbye Marco

#2

Post by ekianjo » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 10:33 AM UTC

Evince is my favorite PDF reader on Linux. Sad to see that his original author is gone :(

Re: Goodbye Marco

#3

Post by pan69 » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 11:10 AM UTC

I had this weird thought the other day, not sure if it makes sense; We all think that one day we'll grow old, we see old people around us all the time so I guess we assume one day we'll be one of them. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be true for many of us.

Goodbye Marco. May you rest in peace.

And to you my friends, smell the flowers while you can.

Re: Goodbye Marco

#4

Post by aurora72 » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 11:47 AM UTC

RIP. Btw a small note on cancer: a carefully controlled Ph balance helps cure cancer all naturally. For more info google cancer ph

Re: Goodbye Marco

#5

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 11:54 AM UTC

aurora72 wrote: post #4

RIP. Btw a small note on cancer: a carefully controlled Ph balance helps cure cancer all naturally. For more info google cancer ph

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Re: Goodbye Marco

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Post by jgeraert » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 12:08 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #2

Evince is my favorite PDF reader on Linux. Sad to see that his original author is gone :(

Also on windows.

Re: Goodbye Marco

#7

Post by ekianjo » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 12:11 PM UTC

jgeraert wrote: post #6

ekianjo wrote: post #2

Evince is my favorite PDF reader on Linux. Sad to see that his original author is gone :(

Also on windows.

Yeah. Well most Linux software is kind of multiplatform anyway, or at least portable. My reason for citing Linux here more than Windows is that Evince was included by default in many distros.

Re: Goodbye Marco

#8

Post by tluyben2 » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 12:17 PM UTC

So sorry to hear this; Evince rocks!

On a side note, as someone with cancer i'm getting more and more annoyed with people saying 'lost the fight' 'after a long fight' etc. Somehow (and I know more people have this) it makes it feel like you didn't try hard enough. Stop saying that please.

Re: Goodbye Marco

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Post by manlio » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 12:22 PM UTC

pan69 wrote: post #3

I had this weird thought the other day, not sure if it makes sense; We all think that one day we'll grow old, we see old people around us all the time so I guess we assume one day we'll be one of them. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be true for many of us. Goodbye Marco. May you rest in peace. And to you my friends, smell the flowers while you can.

I know the feeling. We're somehow wired to blindly believe in the decades ahead of us for so many aspect of our lives -- be it compound interest or love affairs. The most peculiar aftermath of losing somebody you love way too early is this sort of spell being irremediably broken. You start being skeptical about even the not-so-distant future, because you can't help but feel it might won't be for you after all.

It's not even a good or bad thing on its own, you've always known it was part of the game: the sun rises, bigger animals eat smaller animals, tides come in and out; yet learning to live with it on your skin affects you deeply. Anyway, thanks for your comment.

Re: Goodbye Marco

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Post by bodhi » Mon, Jun 08, 2015, 12:35 PM UTC

tluyben2 wrote: post #8

So sorry to hear this; Evince rocks! On a side note, as someone with cancer i'm getting more and more annoyed with people saying 'lost the fight' 'after a long fight' etc. Somehow (and I know more people have this) it makes it feel like you didn't try hard enough. Stop saying that please.

> Stop saying that please.

Might come across as snarky, but really meaning not to: What's an expression that would be more acceptable?