R.I.P.

[KBCraig]

Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

[Tom Sawyer]

Damn, that's a real loss. 

[CurtHowland]

At least it was quick, whatever it was.

The world has lost a visionary. And we go on.

[KBCraig]

I wouldn't call 7 years of cancer "quick", but he didn't linger at the end.

[CurtHowland]

Forgive me for not being more clear.

My father lingered, for many months at the end of a dozen years of debilitation, it was very very hard to see.

[Alex Libman]

They always go in threes...

Michael S. Hart, Steve Jobs, and now...  Dennis Ritchie...

Damn, looks like RMS is sticking around for a while.   

[Alex Libman]

Yesterday we've lost another revolutionary genius of 20th century communications, one whose impact is difficult to overstate: radio's "poet laureate" -- a journalist, author, playwright, and screenwriter -- the legendary Norman Corwin.   He was 101.

[Lloyd Danforth]

I was a fan of his brother, Irwin.

[Alex Libman]

People on this forum can't get 'nuttin right...

Steve Irwin and Jeff Corwin are two similar but distinct individuals, neither of whom is related to Norman Corwin.

[Tom Sawyer]

Irwin Allen

[Lloyd Danforth]

Professor Irwin

[KBCraig]

Lloyd should know; he's the world's foremost authority.

[Tom Sawyer]

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Professor Irwin Corey

[Lloyd Danforth]

He's still living, about 96, he panhandles in Manhattan everyday and sends the money to Cuba for children's healthcare.

[Alex Libman]

Wow, another major IT death to report...

John McCarthy, a severely under-appreciated early Computer Science pioneer, passed away on October 24th at age 84.

He was the one who coined of the term "Artificial Intelligence" at the 1956 Dartmouth Conference, and he was the inventor of the very first programming language - the also-much-under-appreciated brilliant LISP.

And, last but definitely not least, John McCarthy was an early pioneer of something else that is very close to my heart - relentless "right-wing" forum "trolling".  Farewall, my lispy prince!  You were an example for us all!