Newsgroup: it.comp.retrocomputing
Titolo: News about John  Draper

Se a qualcuno interessano i retro-personaggi, leggevo sul suo FB che 
John 'Crunch' Draper  (Capitan Crunch, quello del blue box) se la passa 
male.
A una recente conferenza, un fan troppo focoso l'ha fatto cadere 
malamente e gli procurato danni alle vertebre. Non riesce manco a 
digitare la tastiera.
Spiace... :/

 digitare la tastiera.
  :(
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Nicola D'Agostino
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Noooo un eroe della mia gioventu' informatica :(
-- 
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is often interred with 
their bones

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Scusa ma di questa notizia non c'e' traccia in rete. E gli account
facebook a suo nome che ho trovato sono stati aperti da fan. Il suo sito
principale fa riferimento ad una pagina myspace che pero' non viene
aggiornata da 3 anni...
Il suo twitter invece e' aggiornato e mi pare che non abbia nessuna
difficolta' con la tastiera...
Potresti fornire un link?

 Potresti fornire un link?
Certo:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=608254415
Questo il suo post:
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John 'Crunch' Draper
I believe this happened last July. I was at the HOPE hacker conference 
in New York City. Some moron came up to me very excited, and pulled down 
on my upper shoulders. I collapsed my legs to keep the weight off the 
lower back, but hit my ha...nds pretty hard against a nearby chair. 
After that, I started feeling severe numbness in my hands and fingers. I 
made an appointment with my surgeon, who ordered new MRI for my neck. 
That's when he noticed three Spurs between each of my neck vertebrae, 
pinching the spinal cord of my neck. I already knew the effects of a 
misaligned C5 vertebrae.
The particular nerve root near the C-5 vertebrae, affects my hands and 
fingers. I've had other tests as well, one a very nasty nerve conduction 
test, that determined I had slight to moderate carpal tunnel in the 
left-hand.
I had cortisone shots in the neck, and almost immediately the pain and 
numbness were gone. The effects of the treatment only lasted 8 to 10 days.
I had a second cortisone shot in the same area, again the pain went 
away, however it came back with a vengeance.
I'm looking into endoscopic procedures, which are less invasive, though 
I have more to report on my Facebook wall when I have more information.
My dancing days are over for the time being, I can't even type without 
excruciating pain, and have to use MacSpeech like I am doing now to 
write to you. The only problem, is that I cannot use Skype at the same 
time because the programs don't get along together.
Thanks for your interest and I always appreciate help I'm getting from 
my fans. I just hope I don't have to go out and raise a lot of money for 
this endoscopic treatment, just because Medicare wouldn't pay for it. 
Without Medicare, I would be in $250,000 debt.
Take care,
Crunchman
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Se fosse un fake ne sarei lieto..
Ciao

 Let me know if you find out.

Giusto per la cronaca sempre se c'e' qualcuno interessato John ha 
finalmente la diagnosi finale :(
RSDS
:(

 finalmente la diagnosi finale :(
visto, ma non sono riuscito a capire bene di cosa si tratta..
(?)

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http://www.rsds.org/2/what_is_rsd_crps/index.html
m.