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Shit. I hope he's okay, it's difficult to tell what happened through the lens of Google Translate. Anyone have more information?

kzar 14y ago
Apparently he's OK http://www.fsf.org/news/richard-stallman-speech-in-barcelona-canceled http://www.fsf.org/news/richard-stallman-speech-in-barcelona...
- drewmclellan 14y ago
  Glad he's okay. Let's hope the hospital doesn't offer him breakfast.
  - metamattl 14y ago
    matt from the fsf here -- i spoke to the person with him at the hospital, he's fine. they're doing some routine tests now.
  - cperciva 14y ago
    At least he probably doesn't need to worry about the hospital buying him a parrot.
- rbanffy 14y ago
  If the server feels unhappy with the extra https traffic, the http://www.fsf.org/news/richard-stallman-speech-in-barcelona-canceled http://www.fsf.org/news/richard-stallman-speech-in-barcelona... link works OK.
andos 14y ago
My Spanish is rusty, but the article says that: - Stallman felt ill halfway through a lecture he was offering in Barcelona, probably due to a blood pressure spike; - he asked the staff for medical assistance; - meanwhile, he continued the lecture with some difficulty, but in a good mood; - the lecture was suspended when the ambulance arrived, and was eventually cancelled; - after being attended by the medical staff, he was well enough to walk out of the building; - no further details on his health.
- Nrsolis 14y ago
  Of course, the big question is whether the firmware in the EKG machine was open or not.
  - carols10cents 14y ago
    I seriously wonder if medical care done by proprietary devices with proprietary software is something that he would object to!
- narag 14y ago
  Your Spanish is not so rusty after all :-)
hluska 14y ago
My Spanish is equally rusty, but this (English language) article seems to have conveyed the main points: http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/276638/fsf-president-stallman-falls-ill-conference http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/276638/fsf-pres...
skeletonjelly 14y ago
What's ambiguous about him falling ill due to a "power surge"?

kzar 14y ago

Apparently he's OK http://www.fsf.org/news/richard-stallman-speech-in-barcelona-canceled http://www.fsf.org/news/richard-stallman-speech-in-barcelona...

drewmclellan 14y ago
Glad he's okay. Let's hope the hospital doesn't offer him breakfast.
- metamattl 14y ago
  matt from the fsf here -- i spoke to the person with him at the hospital, he's fine. they're doing some routine tests now.
- cperciva 14y ago
  At least he probably doesn't need to worry about the hospital buying him a parrot.
rbanffy 14y ago
If the server feels unhappy with the extra https traffic, the http://www.fsf.org/news/richard-stallman-speech-in-barcelona-canceled http://www.fsf.org/news/richard-stallman-speech-in-barcelona... link works OK.

andos 14y ago

My Spanish is rusty, but the article says that: - Stallman felt ill halfway through a lecture he was offering in Barcelona, probably due to a blood pressure spike; - he asked the staff for medical assistance; - meanwhile, he continued the lecture with some difficulty, but in a good mood; - the lecture was suspended when the ambulance arrived, and was eventually cancelled; - after being attended by the medical staff, he was well enough to walk out of the building; - no further details on his health.

Nrsolis 14y ago
Of course, the big question is whether the firmware in the EKG machine was open or not.
- carols10cents 14y ago
  I seriously wonder if medical care done by proprietary devices with proprietary software is something that he would object to!
narag 14y ago
Your Spanish is not so rusty after all :-)

hluska 14y ago

My Spanish is equally rusty, but this (English language) article seems to have conveyed the main points: http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/276638/fsf-president-stallman-falls-ill-conference http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/276638/fsf-pres...

skeletonjelly 14y ago

What's ambiguous about him falling ill due to a "power surge"?