From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RFAGs-0003qM-KV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:51:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FBA821C29A; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:51:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C1C321C10A for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:50:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 15 Oct 2011 19:50:40 -0000 Received: from p5B085C58.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO pc.localnet) [91.8.92.88] by mail.gmx.net (mp070) with SMTP; 15 Oct 2011 21:50:40 +0200 X-Authenticated: #13997268 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18eMTl2LycemVIhIy69AsI7XLpRPJGtvAuBUsAJRf OcFJ3shzvJDvYc From: Michael Schreckenbauer To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dennis Ritchie Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:50:39 +0200 Message-ID: <2942886.0iUptptsJR@pc> User-Agent: KMail/4.7.2 (Linux/2.6.38-gentoo; KDE/4.7.2; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <20111015093304.7ad84101@acme7.acmenet> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 228ed13f51c1488c1066edebbec1c5e0 Hi Michael, On Saturday, 15. October 2011 08:10:13 Michael Mol wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 7:33 AM, luis jure wrote: > > hello boys [1], > > > > i know i don't participate much on this list, but this does not mean > > that > > i don't try to follow most of the threads (not all of them, i admit). > > > > i realized just now that no one has commented on the news of the recent > > death of dennis ritchie. considering that his contributions to the > > development of computational technologies were not only paramount, but > > affect all of us in a very direct way, i think we could somehow > > compensate for the lack of echo of these news in the media, by > > dedicating some time to celebrate his memory and express our gratitude. > > > > [1] sorry if there are any girls out there, but i think i have never > > seen > > any female names on this list... > > Well, if it helps, the reason I have a huge beard and long hair is welcome to the club, although my beard isn't huge most of the time :D My wife doesn't like it that much. I'm compensating this with the hair on my head (close to 1m now *g*) > because I idolized Thompson and Ritchie as far back as my early teen > years. > My very conservative grandparents were less than amused that I was > actively seeking a 60s Berkeley look. Sounds familiar too. Best, Michael