Christopher Kelty wrote, [on 11/25/2009 11:11 PM]: >>> I know udhay and various others were on RRE. >> >> I wonder if Chris Kelty has more info. Chris? > > it's a sad story, and one that I don't know all the details of. But > basically, Phil has progressively withdrawn, no doubt there is a > medical condition involved. UCLA and the IS department have done > everything they can to help him, but there's only so much they can do > without phil or his family's consent (only his sister has taken an > interest, she filed the missing persons report). Given Phil's > committment to privacy, he was also very effective at keeping his > private life private and his friends and work separate, so there are > few people who were/are really close to him.
It appears Phil has been located. All seems very hush-hush at this point. No doubt there will be more on this in the near future. <http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2010/01/missing_internet_pioneer_phil.html> Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
