From: Tomasz Rola <rtomek@ceti.pl>
To: Computer Old Farts Followers <coff@tuhs.org>
Subject: [COFF] Re: (Off topic) Dave Mills (fwd)
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:03:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZaylvBt1tDD43wAI@tau1.ceti.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2401210748270.2425@aneurin.horsfall.org>
On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 07:48:46AM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> Seen on TUHS...
>
> -- Dave
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:27:41 +1000
> From: George Michaelson <ggm@algebras.org>
> To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <TUHS@tuhs.org>
> Subject: [TUHS] (Off topic) Dave Mills
>
> Dave Mills, of fuzzball and ntp fame, one time U Delaware died on the 17th
> of January.
> He was an interesting, entertaining, prolific and rather idosyncratic
> emailer. Witty and informative.
>
> G
An article on Ars Technica with a bunch of links:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/inventor-of-ntp-protocol-that-keeps-time-on-billions-of-devices-dies-at-age-85/
and some reflections from HN users with some more tech-related links:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39051246
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Regards,
Tomasz Rola
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-20 20:48 [COFF] [TUHS] " Dave Horsfall
2024-01-20 22:33 ` [COFF] " Clem Cole
2024-01-21 0:50 ` [COFF] Re: (Off topic) Dave Mills steve jenkin
2024-01-21 5:03 ` Tomasz Rola [this message]
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