Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
Mick wrote: On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Steven Lembark wrote: Uwe Thiem [Gentoo User 080119] : He hit the nail on the finger. Suggest adding that to fortune. The least we could do in his memory. May he rest in peace. He even did us the favor of providing a rather worthwhile quote. -- Steven Lembark85-09 90th St. Workhorse Computing Woodhaven, NY, 11421 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 888 359 3508
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Steven Lembark wrote: Uwe Thiem [Gentoo User 080119] : He hit the nail on the finger. Suggest adding that to fortune. The least we could do in his memory. May he rest in peace. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:31:51 -0500, Dale wrote: Does anybody know what the cause of death was? Kidney failure, apparently. According to http://www.linux.org.na/index.php/topic,246.0.html he had been ill for a while. A sad loss whatever the cause. -- Neil Bothwick signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:35 +0200 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a sad day for me today. Uwe Thiem, who has been on this list longer than I have, passed away on Friday. My friend Alastair put up a little tribute here: http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2574 What that page doesn't say is how much Uwe loved gentoo. A long-time subscriber around here, his posts must number in the 100s if not 1000s. I'm gonna miss him, even though he lived only 1000km away (a trivial distance in Africa) I never did get to collect that pitcher of Namibia's finest he owed me. I guess now I never will. Terrible news :( May he rest in peace. -- Best regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:31:51 -0500, Dale wrote: Does anybody know what the cause of death was? Kidney failure, apparently. According to http://www.linux.org.na/index.php/topic,246.0.html he had been ill for a while. A sad loss whatever the cause. I notice the site said he was ill for a while so I figured he had cancer or something like that. Kidney failure is not good either. It is a sad loss for sure. Dale -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
Daniel Iliev wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:35 +0200 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a sad day for me today. Uwe Thiem, who has been on this list longer than I have, passed away on Friday. My friend Alastair put up a little tribute here: http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2574 What that page doesn't say is how much Uwe loved gentoo. A long-time subscriber around here, his posts must number in the 100s if not 1000s. I'm gonna miss him, even though he lived only 1000km away (a trivial distance in Africa) I never did get to collect that pitcher of Namibia's finest he owed me. I guess now I never will. Terrible news :( May he rest in peace. Sad, sad news. I hardly knew him, but I did know of him through his posts. He has many mourning his passing. A testament to how close our community is. I echo the sentiment, may he rest in peace. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
080714 Alan McKinnon wrote: Uwe Thiem passed away on Friday. He will no doubt be remembered by many others, but survives also in my commonplace book of sayings : Uwe Thiem [Gentoo User 080119] : He hit the nail on the finger. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
Uwe Thiem [Gentoo User 080119] : He hit the nail on the finger. Suggest adding that to fortune. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
It's a sad day for me today. Uwe Thiem, who has been on this list longer than I have, passed away on Friday. My friend Alastair put up a little tribute here: http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2574 What that page doesn't say is how much Uwe loved gentoo. A long-time subscriber around here, his posts must number in the 100s if not 1000s. I'm gonna miss him, even though he lived only 1000km away (a trivial distance in Africa) I never did get to collect that pitcher of Namibia's finest he owed me. I guess now I never will. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
Alan McKinnon schrieb: It's a sad day for me today. Uwe Thiem, who has been on this list longer than I have, passed away on Friday. My friend Alastair put up a little tribute here: http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2574 What that page doesn't say is how much Uwe loved gentoo. A long-time subscriber around here, his posts must number in the 100s if not 1000s. I'm gonna miss him, even though he lived only 1000km away (a trivial distance in Africa) I never did get to collect that pitcher of Namibia's finest he owed me. I guess now I never will. This are indeed very sad news. He was truly an enrichment to this list! I count 554 messages from him to this list from the beginning of 2006 when I joined! Google Groups lists 804 since 2004. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
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On Montag, 14. Juli 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: It's a sad day for me today. Uwe Thiem, who has been on this list longer than I have, passed away on Friday. My friend Alastair put up a little tribute here: fuck. Always the best. Always so early :( -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan McKinnon schrieb: | It's a sad day for me today. Uwe Thiem, who has been on this list longer | than I have, passed away on Friday. My friend Alastair put up a little | tribute here: | | http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2574 | | What that page doesn't say is how much Uwe loved gentoo. A long-time | subscriber around here, his posts must number in the 100s if not 1000s. | I'm gonna miss him, even though he lived only 1000km away (a trivial | distance in Africa) I never did get to collect that pitcher of | Namibia's finest he owed me. I guess now I never will. | | We are a wondrous gathering of atoms formed into an incredible being, capable of experiencing our own existence. While we live this experience we must be thankful for it, and live it fully. When it ends, we return to what we were before it began. What we create and leave behind is our gift to those who will follow us. We return to the universe as we came from it, to be recreated, and recycled into the infinite all. ~* Allan Revich Farewell. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkh7o3gACgkQqs4uOUlOuU+ULQCggDIcsq6y67TQdzbGfXQ8BzMA blgAoIFAt97+VLJLLZSGvLtpgglnxkSh =ofku -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:35 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: It's a sad day for me today. Uwe Thiem, who has been on this list longer than I have, passed away on Friday. A sad day indeed. Uwe also owed me a Namibian beer, but I will raise a glass of the local brew to him and his memory. -- Neil Bothwick Where the system is concerned, you're not allowed to ask `Why?' signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:35 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: It's a sad day for me today. Uwe Thiem, who has been on this list longer than I have, passed away on Friday. A sad day indeed. Uwe also owed me a Namibian beer, but I will raise a glass of the local brew to him and his memory. -- Neil Bothwick Where the system is concerned, you're not allowed to ask `Why?' Neil, Thanks for letting us know. That's really terrible news. He was a great contributor and always pleasant in his communication. I will miss him. Cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem
Alan McKinnon wrote: It's a sad day for me today. Uwe Thiem, who has been on this list longer than I have, passed away on Friday. My friend Alastair put up a little tribute here: http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2574 What that page doesn't say is how much Uwe loved gentoo. A long-time subscriber around here, his posts must number in the 100s if not 1000s. I'm gonna miss him, even though he lived only 1000km away (a trivial distance in Africa) I never did get to collect that pitcher of Namibia's finest he owed me. I guess now I never will. Does anybody know what the cause of death was? Did he have cancer, heart attack or something? Thanks Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
