From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11AF521BB0 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:04:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00C354269F; Sun, 21 Jan 2024 15:04:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mailout2.ceti.pl (mailout2.ceti.pl [62.121.128.42]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C08842208 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2024 15:04:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout2.ceti.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D74F39A4D for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:03:57 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mailout.ceti.pl Received: from mailout2.ceti.pl ([62.121.128.42]) by localhost (mailout.ceti.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ESddtAY7uI6m for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:03:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from tau1.ceti.pl (tau.ceti.pl [62.121.128.11]) by mailout2.ceti.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34F3439A4A for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:03:57 +0100 (CET) Received: by tau1.ceti.pl (Postfix, from userid 3727) id 0C195957A; Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:03:56 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:03:56 +0100 From: Tomasz Rola To: Computer Old Farts Followers Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: Message-ID-Hash: 7AO5GVTQWKDEKM6WP6POUOIL5YTHDGXF X-Message-ID-Hash: 7AO5GVTQWKDEKM6WP6POUOIL5YTHDGXF X-MailFrom: rtomek@tau1.ceti.pl X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: (Off topic) Dave Mills (fwd) List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 07:48:46AM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote: > Seen on TUHS... >=20 > -- Dave >=20 > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:27:41 +1000 > From: George Michaelson > To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society > Subject: [TUHS] (Off topic) Dave Mills >=20 > 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.=A0 >=20 > 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=3D39051246 --=20 Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_rola@bigfoot.com **