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  1. Sam Axe

    Sam Axe Active Member

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    Why was the death of Dennis Ritchie not given the same media attention in the media as the death of Steve Jobs?

    Don't get me wrong Steve Jobs was very important to computing and technology but so was Dennis Ritchie, maybe even more so. They died in the same month and year and yet Steve Jobs gets all the attention.

    Surely the man who created the C programming language and co created UNIX should be given the same attention???

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    Sam Axe, Nov 21, 2011
  2. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Probably because all the iFaggots.
     
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    Gambol, Nov 21, 2011
  3. Nazara

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    Maybe because Steve Jobs was ambitious?
     
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    Nazara, Nov 21, 2011
  4. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member

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    OMG! I totally care!

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    Erik, Nov 21, 2011
  5. Sam Axe

    Sam Axe Active Member

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    Creating C and Unix is not ambitious?
     
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    Sam Axe, Nov 21, 2011
  6. THe Mighty Huth Rocks

    THe Mighty Huth Rocks New Member

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    Perhaps it is because 1 looks like the older version of George Clooney & the other looks like an older version of Ricky Gervais ?
     
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    THe Mighty Huth Rocks, Nov 21, 2011
  7. Hash.

    Hash. pure daycent

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    **** the hipsters <grr>

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  8. Medro

    Medro Well-Known Member

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    Sounds like you had a crush on one of them.
     
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    Medro, Nov 21, 2011
  9. Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction

    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    <ok>
     
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    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction, Nov 21, 2011
  10. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    To be fair, if Dennis Ritchie hadn't invented C someone else would have invented it or something very like it. Also, C wasn't even the first high level programming language invented, it did however become the most popular and widely used for a time before C++ arrived.

    So, in summation, Steve Jobs was a cock.
     
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    Gambol, Nov 21, 2011

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    Jeremy Paxman was looking for someone to go on the Newsnight "Steve Jobs Special"...I think I may have found the very man!
     
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  12. Sam Axe

    Sam Axe Active Member

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    You could say the same about any invention though <ok>
     
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    Sam Axe, Nov 21, 2011
  13. Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction

    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    Now if he had created Java the world might have cared :)
     
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    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction, Nov 21, 2011
  14. THe Mighty Huth Rocks

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    No, sam did.
     
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    THe Mighty Huth Rocks, Nov 21, 2011
  15. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    I'll do it! I'd love the opportunity to punch that ****rag in the mooth.
     
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    Gambol, Nov 21, 2011
  16. The Raging Oxter

    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    And who remembers poor, old Grace Hopper?
     
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    The Raging Oxter, Nov 21, 2011
  17. ManDingo 20"/20"

    ManDingo 20"/20" MDMA Guru

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    Everyone knows who grace hopper.
     
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    ManDingo 20"/20", Nov 21, 2011
  18. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Java is alright. Has it's uses. But again, pcode based languages like it had been tried before, it wasn't new, although they had a lot of success with it.
     
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    Gambol, Nov 21, 2011
  19. Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction

    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    just a wee bit of success like ha ha
     
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    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction, Nov 21, 2011
  20. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Absolutely. Which is why Dennis Ritichie has his place in computing history but won't ever be lauded to the levels of arseholes like Jobs who was nothing more than a jumped up salesman. Blame it on the iFaggots who cream themselves over everything and anything Apple.
     
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    Gambol, Nov 21, 2011
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