[gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Alan McKinnon]

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.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Daniel Pielmeier]

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.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

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 :(
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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Florian Philipp]

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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.
|
|

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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.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Neil Bothwick]

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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.


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Where the system is concerned, you're not allowed to ask `Why?'

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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> 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
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[gentoo-user] Re: Uwe Thiem

[»Q«]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:35 +0200
Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> 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.

I'm saddened to read this.  I've benefited greatly from his posts here
as well as his work with KDE, as have a lot of others.

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     Kleeneness is next to Gödelness.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Dale]

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

:-)  :-) 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Neil Bothwick]

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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.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Dale]

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

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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Daniel Iliev]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:35 +0200
Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> 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.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Chris Walters]

Daniel Iliev wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:35 +0200
> Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> 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.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Philip Webb]

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".

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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Steven Lembark]

>   Uwe Thiem [Gentoo User 080119] : "He hit the nail on the finger".

Suggest adding that to fortune.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Mick]

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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.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

[Steven Lembark]

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.

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