Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012

From	James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.c, comp.os.cpm
Subject	Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012
Date	2012-11-11 10:43 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<k7oh3j$6cn$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<k6c6db$tp4$1@dont-email.me> <k7k5sn$5mm$1@speranza.aioe.org> <k7ndsu$jp2$1@dont-email.me>

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On 11/11/2012 12:42 AM, Charles Richmond wrote:
> "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> wrote in message 
> news:k7k5sn$5mm$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote in message
>> news:k6c6db$tp4$1@dont-email.me...
>>> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away.
>>>
>>>    [snip...]                   [snip...]                  [snip...]
>>>
>> 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.
>>
> 
> Mr. C.B. Falconer treated people *justly* in his life, so I believe that he 
> will be treated fairly in death.  If Chuck *plonked* you in his life... you 
> must have *richly* deserved it, Mr. Pemberton.

The relevant message seems to be
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.c/HkbRqDl1Qvs/mwXe1awtQv0J>.
The plonk seems fairly well deserved to me. I get the same impression
from the other articles I've found written by Pemberton while looking
for that one.

Chuck had his faults - I must have missed the good times that many
people fondly remember - my strongest memory of him is that almost every
message he posted contained at least one error. However, plonking RP
doesn't seem to have been one of those errors.
-- 
James Kuyper

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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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