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2020-09-30 Thread Christopher Nielsen
Thank you for letting us know, Dan. I never had the chance to meet Andrey, but I always respected his coding and knowledge. He will be missed greatly. Deepest condolences to his family and those that knew him better. On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 11:35 AM Dan Cross wrote: > > I just got word that

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2020-09-30 Thread Sergey Zhilkin
Dumn news. :( :( :( R.I.P. Condolences to all. вт, 29 сент. 2020 г. в 14:57, : > Oh no. Condolences to family and friends. > *9fans * / 9fans / see discussions > + participants >

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2020-09-29 Thread Steve Simon
 Oh hell, Andrey was a great guy, we had some long chats on IRC back in the day. I regret losing contact in recent years. All my best to his family. -Steve > On 28 Sep 2020, at 9:39 pm, Don Bailey wrote: > >  > --89bce305b064cfb9 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >

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2020-09-29 Thread Francisco Ballesteros
Sorry to know that. What a year. R.I.P. He will be missed. > On 28 Sep 2020, at 20:32, Dan Cross wrote: > > I just got word that Andrey has passed away. :-( > > I'm sorry, I don't have any further details right now, but wanted to let > folks know. > > - Dan C. > > 9fans / 9fans /

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2020-09-28 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
Oh wow! That's a terrible loss, and a very sad day for 9fans, especially those who had a chance to meet him in person. He was a genuinely good person. -Skip On Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 11:36 AM Dan Cross wrote: > I just got word that Andrey has passed away. :-( > > I'm sorry, I don't have any

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2020-09-28 Thread Don Bailey
<3 On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 1:33 PM Federico Benavento wrote: > Damn, I’m really sad to hear this, I never met him personally, but he was > always fine guy to talk to. > My condolences to his family and friends. :( > > On 28 Sep 2020, at 15:32, Dan Cross wrote: > > I just got word that Andrey

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2020-09-28 Thread Federico Benavento
Damn, I’m really sad to hear this, I never met him personally, but he was always fine guy to talk to. My condolences to his family and friends. :( > On 28 Sep 2020, at 15:32, Dan Cross wrote: > > I just got word that Andrey has passed away. :-( > > I'm sorry, I don't have any further details

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2020-09-28 Thread Gabriel Díaz López De La Llave via 9fans
Rest in peace. Very sad news indeed. ;( ;( El 28 de septiembre de 2020 20:54:19 CEST, Gorka Guardiola escribió: >Yes, very sad. Condolences to the family. > > >On Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 20:33 Dan Cross wrote: > >> I just got word that Andrey has passed away. :-( >> >> I'm sorry, I don't have

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2020-09-28 Thread Gorka Guardiola
Yes, very sad. Condolences to the family. On Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 20:33 Dan Cross wrote: > I just got word that Andrey has passed away. :-( > > I'm sorry, I don't have any further details right now, but wanted to let > folks know. > > - Dan C. >

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2020-09-28 Thread Dan Cross
I just got word that Andrey has passed away. :-( I'm sorry, I don't have any further details right now, but wanted to let folks know. - Dan C. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink:

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2011-11-10 Thread Wes Kussmaul
On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 10:43 +0100, Peter A. Cejchan wrote: Sorry, I didn't manage to record my own version of this song, restn in peace, Sir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5LNTTGDKYo This video contains content from Sony ATV Publishing, who has blocked it in your country on copyright

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2011-11-10 Thread Wes Kussmaul
On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 10:43 +0100, Peter A. Cejchan wrote: Sorry, I didn't manage to record my own version of this song, restn in peace, Sir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5LNTTGDKYo This video contains content from Sony ATV Publishing, who has blocked it in your country on copyright

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2011-10-24 Thread Akshat Kumar
Why a mathematician, in particular? I'd hack off... well, nevermind. Here's what snopes had to say about it: http://www.snopes.com/science/nobel.asp In this case, I'd rewrite the penultimate line: Whenever a man's motivations for a course of action aren't clear, attributing them to something

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2011-10-13 Thread Peter A. Cejchan
Rest in peace, dear Sir, ad thank you for C... ++pac

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2011-10-13 Thread comeauat9f...@gmail.com
C and UNIX were each very significant turning points in my life for various reasons. Two thoughts: printf(Thank you DMR!\n); return EXIT_SUCCESS;

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2011-10-13 Thread dexen deVries
C and linux got me into the great adventure of computing. big thanks to dmr (Unix uid 7) who made it all possible. -- dexen deVries [[[↓][→]]]

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2011-10-13 Thread Digby Tarvin
It is so sad that the people most responsible for the key software technologies are almost unheard of by the general public, and most credit seems to be given to people that jump on the bandwagon much later.. If there was a Nobel prize for software, dmr would have been one of the top on my list.

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2011-10-13 Thread pera
Turing Award is something like a Nobel prize for computers. RIP dmr :'( On Oct 13, 10:18 am, dig...@acm.org (Digby Tarvin) wrote: It is so sad that the people most responsible for the key software technologies are almost unheard of by the general public, and most credit seems to be given to

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2011-10-13 Thread Digby Tarvin
Thats true. I hope the Turing award is more widely know in other parts of the world than it is here (a bit sad as I can walk to Bletchley Park from here). At least the general public know that winning a Nobel prize is something significant, although even that gets woefully little media attention

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2011-10-13 Thread tlaronde
On Oct 13, 10:18 am, dig...@acm.org (Digby Tarvin) wrote: If there was a Nobel prize for software, dmr would have been one of the top on my list. Culture is what is left when everything is forgotten. Eminent men are the ones remembered when fashionable ones vanished in the silence

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2011-10-13 Thread Lluís Batlle i Rossell
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 07:19:59PM +0200, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: And it's a chance that there is no Nobel for mathematics or computer science: no need to be deshonored by this mondaine crap. Or there are shameful Nobel prizes, like the economics, started by the Bank of Sweden taking profit

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2011-10-13 Thread Wes Kussmaul
On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 17:56 +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: I hope the Turing award is more widely know in other parts of the world than it is here (a bit sad as I can walk to Bletchley Park from here). Even Bletchley Park doesn't recognize its own. The real heavy lifting in Bletchley's WWII

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2011-10-13 Thread simon softnet
I loved Dennis Ritchie, along with all the folks from The labs, even though I wasn't even born at the time of their greatest breakthroughs. Greatest inspiration I ever had comes from the mentality of those people in Bell Labs. Rest in Peace, and all my respect. Simon. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at

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2011-10-13 Thread comeauat9f...@gmail.com
On Oct 13, 2011, at 3:19 PM, pera gomesbas...@gmail.com wrote: Turing Award is something like a Nobel prize for computers. Indeed and I'm certain recalling various IEEE etc awards. On that same note, I'm certain he knew his impact, and for many that's sufficient, and perhaps as it

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2011-10-13 Thread Digby Tarvin
I hope the Turing award is more widely know in other parts of the world than it is here (a bit sad as I can walk to Bletchley Park from here). Even Bletchley Park doesn't recognize its own. The real heavy lifting in Bletchley's WWII cryptanalysis was not the Enigma stuff but the

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2011-10-13 Thread Charles Forsyth
It just got some Lottery money. On 13 October 2011 19:24, Digby Tarvin dig...@acm.org wrote: Even the Enigma stuff seems under funded.

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2011-10-13 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Oct 13 13:23:01 EDT 2011, virik...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 07:19:59PM +0200, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: And it's a chance that there is no Nobel for mathematics or computer science: no need to be deshonored by this mondaine crap. Or there are shameful Nobel prizes,

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2011-10-13 Thread Wes Kussmaul
On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 15:30 -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: On Thu Oct 13 13:23:01 EDT 2011, virik...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 07:19:59PM +0200, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: And it's a chance that there is no Nobel for mathematics or computer science: no need to be deshonored

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2011-10-13 Thread Nick LaForge
It is so sad that the people most responsible for the key software technologies are almost unheard of by the general public, and most credit seems to be given to people that jump on the bandwagon much later.. If there was a Nobel prize for software, dmr would have been one of the top on my

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2011-10-13 Thread Thomas
I remember his giving a talk about 5 years ago at the time of his retirement from Bell Labs. He was delighted that he was now a contract employee and no longer had to fill out a certain form annually and answer a question something like: What have you done for Bell Labs this year? Free at

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2011-10-13 Thread Bruce Ellis
The form was colloquially known as the I Am Great report. brucee On 14 October 2011 09:57, Thomas twe...@verizon.net wrote: I remember his giving a talk about 5 years ago at the time of his retirement from Bell Labs. He was delighted that he was now  a contract employee and no longer had to

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2011-10-12 Thread Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
Hi, Here is a sad news: RIP Dennis Ritchie, 70, Author Of “C,” Co-Author Of UNIX Computer Language (2’19″) http://moviecitynews.com/2011/10/rip-dennis-ritchie-70-author-of-c-co-author-of-unix-computer-language-219/ Regards dharani

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2011-10-12 Thread Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
https://plus.google.com/u/0/101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP?hl=en On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan vdhar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Here is a sad news: RIP Dennis Ritchie, 70, Author Of “C,” Co-Author Of UNIX Computer Language (2’19″)