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In addition to the mouse and a variety of other computer-related items, Engelbart is also known for presenting what came to be called the
Mother of All Demos , an effort still worth watching 45 years later:
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Toshi Seeger , wife of Pete Seeger.
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'Europe's first lady of jazz', still active Dutch singer
Rita Reys (88) died earlier today of a stroke in Breukelen, The Netherlands.
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David Frost , respected TV personality and interviewer, who became famous for his interview of Richard M. Nixon.
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Famed science fiction writer
Frederik Pohl . I read his story
Starburst about 25 years ago and it has stuck with me since.
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Bill Lowe , IBM lab manager responsible for designing the IBM Model 5350 Personal Comuter, the first IBM PC.
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Nelson Mandela , one of the (few) truly great politicians and a truly great man.
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Nelson Mandela , one of the (few) truly great politicians and a truly great man.
And let all the world say AMEN.
"All you've got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you'll find people who are eager to fill your head with information" --Walt Disney
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And let all the world say AMEN.
AMEN.
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Bye, bye, love!
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button. In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Indeed. Those close harmonies were wonderful.
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Pete Seeger , a giant of folk music and a man with a conscience.
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Amen. "I woke up this mornin' and you were on my mind ..." (Sylvia Tyson, not Pete Seeger — but nonetheless ...) Not an auspicious start to the day. The New York Times obit nicely portrays the political swamp of the 1950s and 1960s, especially HUAC. The only bright lights were wonderful folk groups like the Weavers and for a short time 'Camelot'. I marched with Pete Seeger on the UN – effete organization that it was and still is – in the fall of 1960. Ugly (cold, rainy) weather. Time to go listen to my old Weavers LPs in tribute. [By the bye, Jon, isn't Beacon in your bailiwick? How'd you like to buy 17 acres on the Hudson for $100/acre these days?]
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You're right; Beacon isn't too far away. The price for land these days is probably closer to $100 per square foot.
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Poster: alternaut Subject: Re: Ad astra: another passing. In addition to the mouse and a variety of other computer-related items, Engelbart is also known for presenting what came to be called the Mother of All Demos, an effort still worth watching 45 years later:
This is stunning. I am truly speechless and grateful to alternaut for posting.
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Shirley Temple . My late cousin George had a crush on her when he was a child. My father, an inveterate prankster, phoned nephew George when he was about 5 and, without disguising his voice, claimed to be Shirley Temple. "Shirley" then admonished George to drink his milk.
Years later, when George was grown and had a family, my dad finally 'fessed up about this and George claimed that he had always wondered if the phone call was for real. Ah, memories...
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Maybe I'll have a Shirley Temple tonight in her honor. Hmmm... nah.
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