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"Robibnikoff" |
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10 Aug 2005 08:00:45 AM |
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OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
Bummer!
S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
Tue Aug 9, 1:21 PM ET
A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop
died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an
Internet cafe, authorities said Tuesday.
The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been
playing on-line battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the southeastern
city of Taegu, police said.
Lee had planted himself in front of a computer monitor to play on-line games
on Aug. 3. He only left the spot over the next three days to go to the
toilet and take brief naps on a makeshift bed, they said.
"We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from exhaustion,"
a Taegu provincial police official said by telephone.
Lee had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games, the daily
JoongAng Ilbo reported after interviewing former work colleagues and staff
at the Internet cafe.
After he failed to return home, Lee's mother asked his former colleagues to
find him. When they reached the cafe, Lee said he would finish the game and
then go home, the paper reported.
He died a few minutes later, it said.
South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large and
highly developed game industry.
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Resident Witchypoo
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| User: "Jor-El" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
15 Aug 2005 05:13:45 PM |
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"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in
news:3luc5nF142pjcU1@individual.net:
"We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from
exhaustion," a Taegu provincial police official said by telephone.
I don't believe that any such cause of death exists.
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| User: "Apostate" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
15 Aug 2005 06:11:19 PM |
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On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:13:45 GMT, "Jor-El" <Me@Krypton.Planet> wrote:
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in
news:3luc5nF142pjcU1@individual.net:
"We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from
exhaustion," a Taegu provincial police official said by telephone.
I don't believe that any such cause of death exists.
"Exhaustion" need not, in this connection, be so narrowly defined as "desparately needing
to fall asleep." It might, for instance mean "under the effects of prolonged stress, " cf.
cortisol and its role in heart disease. Can't expect police to be pathologists, now, can we?
Not everyone has the heart of a SuperMan, after all.
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/Apostate
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| User: "Mr. Anderson" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
17 Aug 2005 06:21:52 PM |
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Apostate <apostate.invalid.still@yeehaw.org> wrote in
news:1124151029.16fdb4df5c6f58290feedc210fa94917@teranews:
"Exhaustion" need not, in this connection, be so narrowly defined
as "desparately needing
to fall asleep." It might, for instance mean "under the effects of
prolonged stress, " cf. cortisol and its role in heart disease. Can't
expect police to be pathologists, now, can we? Not everyone has the
heart of a SuperMan, after all.
I don't think the video games killed him. I think he would have died if he
had been lying on a couch. Nobody has any evidence that this is anything
more than a coincidence.
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| User: "Apostate" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
17 Aug 2005 07:35:59 PM |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:21:52 GMT, "Mr. Anderson" <eat@joes.com> wrote:
Apostate <apostate.invalid.still@yeehaw.org> wrote in
news:1124151029.16fdb4df5c6f58290feedc210fa94917@teranews:
"Exhaustion" need not, in this connection, be so narrowly defined
as "desparately needing
to fall asleep." It might, for instance mean "under the effects of
prolonged stress, " cf. cortisol and its role in heart disease. Can't
expect police to be pathologists, now, can we? Not everyone has the
heart of a SuperMan, after all.
I don't think the video games killed him. I think he would have died if he
had been lying on a couch. Nobody has any evidence that this is anything
more than a coincidence.
<shrug>
I don't.
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/Apostate
alt.atheist #1931 I've found it!
BAAWA Knife AND SMASHer
EAC Supernumerary Deputy Director, Department of Redundancy Department
plonked by Lani_girl, first post; Billions Served!
I doubt, therefore I might be.
e-mail to lower-case only
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| User: "Jez" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
11 Aug 2005 03:35:53 PM |
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"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in news:3luc5nF142pjcU1
@individual.net:
Bummer!
S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
Tue Aug 9, 1:21 PM ET
A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-
stop
died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an
Internet cafe, authorities said Tuesday.
The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been
playing on-line battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the
southeastern
city of Taegu, police said.
Ooo ? Which games ?
Battlefield 2 will easliy keep you up day and night..and the next day....
(Well, when the servers arn't screwing up,anyway!)
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Jez, MBA.,
Country Dancing and Advanced Astrology, UBS.
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
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| User: "*nemo*" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
11 Aug 2005 04:21:25 AM |
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In article <3luc5nF142pjcU1@individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
Bummer!
S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
I'd put him in. And add these teenagers who die by playing this "choking
game."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/09/choking.game/index.html
Sheesh!
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| User: "" |
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13 Aug 2005 07:37:02 AM |
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*nemo* wrote:
In article <3luc5nF142pjcU1@individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
Bummer!
S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
<piggybacking>
He wasn't the first. Another Korean died in a PC cafe
while I was there. Nobody noticed he was dead for more
than 12 hours because many sleep in their chairs.
I'd put him in. And add these teenagers who die by playing this "choking
game."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/09/choking.game/index.html
Sheesh!
<fundy xian voice>
At least he didn't masturbate like Michael Hutchence did.
</fundy xian voice>
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
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"You won't find any opposition to the idea of evolution among
sophisticated, educated theologians. It comes from an
exceedingly retarded, primitive version of religion, which
unfortunately is at present undergoing an epidemic in the
United States."
- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "John Baker" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
13 Aug 2005 03:34:31 PM |
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On 13 Aug 2005 05:37:02 -0700, wrote:
*nemo* wrote:
In article <3luc5nF142pjcU1@individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
Bummer!
S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
<piggybacking>
He wasn't the first. Another Korean died in a PC cafe
while I was there. Nobody noticed he was dead for more
than 12 hours because many sleep in their chairs.
I'd put him in. And add these teenagers who die by playing this "choking
game."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/09/choking.game/index.html
Sheesh!
<fundy xian voice>
At least he didn't masturbate like Michael Hutchence did.
</fundy xian voice>
I know a few teenagers I'd like to play that game with... <G>
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
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"You won't find any opposition to the idea of evolution among
sophisticated, educated theologians. It comes from an
exceedingly retarded, primitive version of religion, which
unfortunately is at present undergoing an epidemic in the
United States."
- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
14 Aug 2005 09:17:35 AM |
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On 13 Aug 2005 05:37:02 -0700, wrote:
*nemo* wrote:
In article <3luc5nF142pjcU1@individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
Bummer!
S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
<piggybacking>
He wasn't the first. Another Korean died in a PC cafe
while I was there. Nobody noticed he was dead for more
than 12 hours because many sleep in their chairs.
Or the man who died in a hospital ER and it wasn't realized for 12
hours.
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represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
14 Aug 2005 01:38:19 PM |
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stoney wrote:
On 13 Aug 2005 05:37:02 -0700, wrote:
*nemo* wrote:
In article <3luc5nF142pjcU1@individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
Bummer!
S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
<piggybacking>
He wasn't the first. Another Korean died in a PC cafe
while I was there. Nobody noticed he was dead for more
than 12 hours because many sleep in their chairs.
Or the man who died in a hospital ER and it wasn't realized for 12
hours.
There's been a couple cases of just the opposite reported in the last few
months on another group and that led to a bunch of stories about people
being pronounced dead, covered up and turning out to be alive a while later
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Darwin Award Contender? |
12 Aug 2005 01:30:18 AM |
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In article <nemo0037-1AF6BE.05204411082005@news1.west.earthlink.net>,
*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:
In article <3luc5nF142pjcU1@individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
Bummer!
S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
I'd put him in. And add these teenagers who die by playing this "choking
game."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/09/choking.game/index.html
Sheesh!
How stupid!
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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