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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.c, comp.os.cpm |
| Subject | Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 |
| Date | 2012-11-10 17:48 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <ag6bnhF60btU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <k6c6db$tp4$1@dont-email.me> <k7k5sn$5mm$1@speranza.aioe.org> <qv8r98tbg9quqerus2fidpg0huivts91ef@4ax.com> <ag5u4dF3ftoU1@mid.individual.net> <k7ks70$moi$3@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
"Les Cargill" <lcargill99@comcast.com> wrote in message news:k7ks70$moi$3@dont-email.me... > Rod Speed wrote: >> >> >> "Bruce Morgen" <editor@juno.com> wrote in message >> news:qv8r98tbg9quqerus2fidpg0huivts91ef@4ax.com... >>> "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> wrote: >>> >>>> "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote in message >>>> news:k6c6db$tp4$1@dont-email.me... >>>>> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He >>>>> used >>>>> to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and >>>>> comp.lang.c. >>>>> He had a long and involved history with computers and programming. He >>>>> was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in >>>>> Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most everyone here >>>>> remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many accomplishments >>>>> was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing >>>>> floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor. >>>>> >>>>> His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of >>>>> his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the >>>>> ClassicCmp >>>>> website: >>>>> >>>>> [link] >>>>> >>>>> His obituary is at: >>>>> >>>>> [link] >>>>> >>>>> I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on >>>>> Usenet. I'm >>>>> sure many here will mourn his passing. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Every truly great man needs a quote on his tombstone which truly >>>> captures >>>> the essence of the man, what he stood for, his achievements in life, >>>> and >>>> most importantly, what, if anything, humanity will remember him for: >>>> >>>> *PLONK* >>>> >>>> As you treated others in life, so too shall you be treated in death. >>>> >>> Yeah, but in death you won't >>> give a flyin' fahootch. :-) >> >> Depends on whether there is a hell or not and whether you end up there. > > > The good news is: when you end up in Hell, you can then rent our Texas. I have my own much better than texas that I don't even need to rent back here before I end up in hell.
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C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2012-10-25 15:11 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 philo <" philo"@privacy.net> - 2012-10-25 15:57 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> - 2012-10-25 14:09 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-25 15:20 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Bruce Morgen <editor@juno.com> - 2012-10-25 21:27 -0400
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-10-25 20:00 -0600
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2012-10-26 08:02 +0100
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Peter Flass <Peter_Flass@Yahoo.com> - 2012-10-26 07:58 -0400
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-10-26 07:54 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2012-10-26 12:58 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2012-10-27 12:07 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "dott.Piergiorgio" <chiedetelo@ask.me> - 2012-10-26 15:24 +0200
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2012-10-27 22:21 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-10-26 20:25 -0400
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-26 20:55 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-27 06:00 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Bernd Felsche <berfel@innovative.iinet.net.au> - 2012-10-29 11:22 +0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-10-29 07:50 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-29 22:01 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2012-10-31 18:16 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Nick Spalding <spalding@iol.ie> - 2012-10-31 18:29 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-10-31 17:14 -0400
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-01 19:19 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> - 2012-11-03 08:18 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-11-09 19:12 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Bruce Morgen <editor@juno.com> - 2012-11-09 19:47 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-11-10 13:56 +1100
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-11-10 00:28 -0600
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-11-10 17:48 +1100
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 hormelfree@gmail.com - 2012-11-09 17:27 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2012-11-10 23:42 -0600
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 hormelfree@gmail.com - 2012-11-11 06:45 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-11-11 11:17 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-12 12:58 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-11-13 05:02 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 hormelfree@gmail.com - 2012-11-13 06:57 -0800
Plonking (was Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012) Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-11-13 20:46 +0000
Re: Plonking (was Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-13 20:13 -0500
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-14 02:17 +0000
Re: Plonking BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-24 11:19 -0700
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-24 21:18 +0000
Re: Plonking James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-24 20:25 -0500
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-25 02:23 +0000
Re: Plonking James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-24 23:02 -0500
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-25 13:11 +0000
Re: Plonking gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-11-25 14:24 +0000
Re: Plonking Greg Martin <greg@softsprocket.com> - 2012-11-25 09:15 -0800
[OT] Re: Plonking Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-11-25 12:32 -0500
Re: Plonking James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-25 17:42 -0500
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-25 23:17 +0000
Re: Plonking "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2012-11-25 20:23 -0500
Re: Plonking Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-11-26 03:38 -0800
Re: Plonking BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-26 07:18 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-17 07:03 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2012-11-21 18:45 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-25 05:31 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2012-11-25 20:14 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-11 10:43 -0500
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