Samadhi

[The Ragin' South Asian]

There's no pleasant way to say this - several of Sam's family have posted on facebook that he died in December. He had a lot of friends here and I don't know who knows what, so here's this thread.

He was a good dude.

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[Neo]

Damn, and to think I've lived just a couple hours from him for three years.

Always meant to look him up.

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[Neo]

Via Facebook:


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[Scurra]

Thank you for this, although not in a happy way.
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[Talitha]

Sam's mom posted this message on facebook on 26th December:

"To all of Kevin's friends-
He died sometime this week of an esophageal hemorrhage."


Devastating.

[Jedo the Jedi]

Crazy. I never thought I would see the day a member of the GL would die.

R.I.P. Sam.
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[MNOWAX]

This is just so sad.

RIP Sam. You will definitely be missed.
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[Gomez]

Damn. I'm truly sorry to hear this. RIP Sam. You'll be very much missed.

[JDTAY]

Wasn't Sammy an atheist? So either he's correct or he's in Heaven right now. Pretty good deal for him either way.

RIP
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[referee]

It is a sad day
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[Amb]

Very very sad. I sent him a PM not long ago to see how he was going with his illness, and I can see he never picked it up.

[Zag]

I'm very sorry to hear it. Samadhi, rest in peace.

We should all pause and face our own mortality. Are we living the life we would be proud of?

[Death Mage]

Rest in Peace.
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[groza528]

I only met Kevin the once, at jeepfest. My fondest memory is of screwing his nil at the spades table (by trumping my partner's aces high, thus making his mid-range spades good.)
Nonetheless I often enjoyed his posts, especially that one time when he told off the police officer. He will be missed.

[Chaz]

My heart whimpered when I heard the news. A lot of my views of life and religion (ironically) were inspired by things Sam said. I could always relate to him, and I never thought I'd see a day when I couldn't come here to read something he posted that would give me hope.
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[lexprod]

RIP Samadhi
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[Antrax]

This is terrible. I was actually planning to meet him this year to make up for standing him up back in 2005 or so. I knew he was ill, but for whatever reason assumed he'll get through it. RIP

[Amb]

Something to note, at the point of his death, Samadhi was the top poster in GL history. A record that should at least be immortalised in some way.

THis really has shaken me. I talked to Sam a lot over AIM in the years gone by.

[Coyote]

Damn.
So long, Sam. I miss you.

[Mackay]

RIP, Kevin. I'm glad you knew that I love you.

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[Quailman]

Tally PMed me about the same time this was posted. I went out to dinner with Mrs. Q and she asked afterward why I was so quiet. She understood when I explained it.

[ralphmerridew]

[Dragon Phoenix]

+1
RIP Kevin. Life is not fair.
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[Logain]

Wow what sad news. I just read his Facebook page and can't believe I missed this news when it was posted.

R.I.P. Kevin. You will will be missed.

[jesternl]

Rest in peace Kevin...
you will be missed by many.

[Undercover Monk]

I never really got to know sam except from his reputation but I enjoyed reding through some of the epic debates he participated in. Its odd how much an impact we can have on each other when many of us have never met.

RIP
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[MatthewV]

I also met him at jeepfest. He looked a little scary but had a good heart.
and he like invisible text too

[Agamemnon]

Death is a celebration of life lived. Sam made a difference in life to many and for that we should celebrate. Yes, it's sad when friends become one with the earth but one should remember the life and times they had here and not sorrow on the loss.
I shall raise a glass or several to the life of Kevin and salute and remember his goodness in this world.

May Gaia be with you old bean

[Chaz]

There's a program on my phone called Llama Profiles. It automatically changes things on my phone (like ringer volume, ring tone, backlight, etc etc) when certain conditions are met (arrive in a specific location, time is a certain time, certain words in my schedule, headphones plugged in or not.) It's a titch buggy.

There's another program on my phone called Mort Audio Book Player. It has almost zero bugs, but one bug in particular is that it "forgets" that I have headphones in when someone calls (that is, when I have headphones in and I'm listening to a book, it leaves the alert messages "very loud.") So, if someone calls, while I'm listening to a book, and, while I'm talking to them, somebody texts me, it deafens me.

About two weeks ago, I added a behavior in Llama that changes the text message tone to a single quiet beep whenever I'm on the phone (so it could no longer deafen me.) For some reason, when the condition is "left" it seems to auto-randomize the text tones (all tones, ringers, alarms, etc) to just any random file it finds on my phone.

(a bit more background, but I swear this is going somewhere.)

About six or so months ago, I was scouring around and found an mp3 file that Sam had uploaded which was him humming (that is, to use the proper term, "scatting") a tune to a song that he wanted help identifying. I had downloaded and played this from my phone (so it was in the "downloads" folder.)

I'm sure you've deduced by now, but Llama (about two weeks ago) randomly reassigned one of my alarm sounds to be Sam singing "do due do duu." I realized the significance of this today while driving, and thought it was worth sharing.
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[Jack_Ian]

Everybody loved Samadhi, sometime.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. (whether he expects it or not)

[Ctorj]

Oh no! I'm so sorry for Sam and his family and friends. FAR too young to leave this world.
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[Lepton*]

Samadhi was a cornerstone of this place, and thus an important figure in my life. I'll miss his informed dissent most of all.

[Pablo]

Ditto all. I met him and spent a little time with him. Perhaps my closest "friend" here. I respected him greatly.
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[Fried Egg]

I'll always remember him for his many great contributions to the discussions and debates of the past here on GL. What a shame he's gone.

[Elayne]

I don't read here often let alone post, but this was worth it.

RIP Samadhi.

On Aga's line of thinking, I'll never forget how much you got into verbose mafia. I laughed so many times reading his posts. L'l and I still go back and look at some of them ever though it's years later.

[BraveHat]

Rest in Peace, my friend. If there is an afterlife, maybe we can one day find each other and actually agree on something
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