http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/80 Questions tagged with '80' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 15 May 2008 01:50:42 -0800 Thu, 15 May 2008 01:50:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/91464/Is%2Dlongevity%2Dthe%2Dcurse%2Dof%2Dhappiness Know any happy 80-year-olds? An 85 year old friend, who is still a practicing artist, told us she wouldn't wish anyone to live as long as she has. We were startled, and very sad.<br> <br> My wife and I (mid-lifers) were surprised to become aware that <em>nearly</em> all the folks we know or have known over the age of 80 are/were quite unhappy. Each is unique and pleasant to be with, have different backgrounds, different types of families, different financials, but almost all are deeply unhappy with their quality of life (and degrading health of course, which may be the overall theme of this question). <br> It seems a rather ominous fate to look forward to. <br> <br> Tell me about some truly happy octogenarians you personally know. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91464 Thu, 15 May 2008 01:50:42 -0800 80 happiness octogenarian qualityoflife sadness artdrectr http://ask.metafilter.com/20962/IRC%2Don%2Dport%2D80 I want to use an IRC client from work, their proxy won't let me. I write software for a big bank. We're forced to use their proxy to communicate with the outside world and only port 80 is exposed. Is there any way to use IRC over port 80? The closest thing I've seen so far is running a proxy server from home, I've got a WinXP Pro box serving ftp and http at home but using it as a proxy would conflict with the http. Any suggestions? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2005:site.20962 Sat, 09 Jul 2005 12:36:06 -0800 6667 80 firewall irc port proxy server furtive