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Re:Item 10^6 by rms on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @09:39PM (#1000289)
Only some trolls think Nickb is dead. The best solid evidence for him not being dead is that even if he doesn't answer his cell phone, he seems to be paying the bill. Though I suppose that's not very good evidence with automatic payment being so common.
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Re:Item 10^6 by philwelch on Thursday December 17, 2009 @12:08AM (#1000454)
Every so often in the news you read about some elderly person in one of the developed countries found dead in their apartment, having been dead for months. Their pensions keep getting direct-deposited and their bills keep getting paid automatically so no one suspects anything for awhile.
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Re:Item 10^6 by baxter on Thursday December 17, 2009 @05:21AM (#1000761)
The most extreme case I've heard of: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/81326...

This tangent is not a pleasant one, but I couldn't resist making a citation.

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