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I had a CS professor die mid term. He was 50. http://wiki.yak.net/77 He was out for a jog.

Dennis Ritchie died at age 70. Heart problems & prostate.

Steve Jobs. Age 56. Pancreatic cancer.

Of course these are just a few. CS is a young field, but by now we should have enough statistics to begin to reveal how a (very) sedentary lifestyle affects lifespan.



Was your professor sedentary? He died jogging.

Jobs dies from following quack pseusomedicine and ignoring the treatment he needed.


As always some of something is great does not mean more of it is better: "Run for your life! At a comfortable pace, and not too far: James O'Keefe at TEDxUMKC" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6U728AZnV0


I don't think Steve Jobs is a good example for this discussion.




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