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PaulK
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Message 677 of 1341 (841465)
10-13-2018 10:42 AM


Greg Stafford 70
While less well-known than many listed, Greg Stafford was a major figure in the RPG hobby. The creator of Glorantha, a founder of Chaosium, publisher of Runequest, creator of King Arthur Pendragon and much more.
His legacy lives on, with the newly revived Chaosium and their new edition of Runequest.

  
Tanypteryx
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Message 678 of 1341 (841586)
10-15-2018 9:37 PM


Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 — October 15, 2018)

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy
The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq

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ramoss
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Message 679 of 1341 (841587)
10-15-2018 9:39 PM
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10-15-2018 9:37 PM


Re: Paul Allen
He didn't have any children, and he is leaving the bulk of his 43 billion dollar estate to charity.

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Diomedes
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Message 680 of 1341 (841598)
10-16-2018 9:37 AM
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10-15-2018 9:37 PM


Re: Paul Allen
For those that know the legendary story of how Microsoft got to prominence, it was actually Paul Allen that suggested they buy that operating system from a developer in Seattle for $50k. And then Gates licensed and sold it to IBM for millions. And eventually billions. And so, DOS was born.
Edited by Diomedes, : Fixed typo

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Percy
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Message 681 of 1341 (841600)
10-16-2018 9:54 AM
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10-16-2018 9:37 AM


Re: Paul Allen
A little MS-DOS history can be found here, and here.
--Percy

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xongsmith
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Message 682 of 1341 (842560)
11-02-2018 6:50 PM


Willie McCovey, 80
I remember him! Great player.
Willie Lee McCovey (January 10, 1938 — October 31, 2018), nicknamed "Mac", "Big Mac", and "Stretch", was an American professional baseball first baseman.

- xongsmith, 5.7d

  
xongsmith
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Message 683 of 1341 (843057)
11-12-2018 2:22 PM


Stan Lee, 95
The Marvel Comics genius who created so many action figures.
He even appeared on Big Bang Theory later in life.

- xongsmith, 5.7d

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Larni
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Message 684 of 1341 (843082)
11-13-2018 4:31 AM
Reply to: Message 683 by xongsmith
11-12-2018 2:22 PM


Re: Stan Lee, 95
Such a creative guy.
My younger self looked up and wanted to be just like his best creation Spider-man.
As such he’s in some small way responsible for my moral compass, love of quips and overcoming my childhood fear of spiders.
Nuff said.

The above ontological example models the zero premise to BB theory. It does so by applying the relative uniformity assumption that the alleged zero event eventually ontologically progressed from the compressed alleged sub-microscopic chaos to bloom/expand into all of the present observable order, more than it models the Biblical record evidence for the existence of Jehovah, the maximal Biblical god designer.
-Attributed to Buzsaw Message 53
The explain to them any scientific investigation that explains the existence of things qualifies as science and as an explanation
-Attributed to Dawn Bertot Message 286
Does a query (thats a question Stile) that uses this physical reality, to look for an answer to its existence and properties become theoretical, considering its deductive conclusions are based against objective verifiable realities.
-Attributed to Dawn Bertot Message 134

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ringo
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Message 685 of 1341 (843122)
11-13-2018 11:24 AM
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11-12-2018 2:22 PM


Re: Stan Lee, 95
He even appeared on Big Bang Theory later in life.
I never heard of him until Big Bang Theory - but I recognized him in his cameos in the movies based on his characters.
He went out on top.

And our geese will blot out the sun.

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DrJones*
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Message 686 of 1341 (844149)
11-25-2018 5:33 PM


Ricky Jay, June 26, 1946 — November 24, 2018

  
ramoss
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Message 687 of 1341 (844150)
11-25-2018 6:06 PM
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11-13-2018 4:31 AM


Re: Stan Lee, 95
Stan Lee wrote the forward to my brother in law's book.

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Larni
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Message 688 of 1341 (844152)
11-26-2018 2:48 AM
Reply to: Message 687 by ramoss
11-25-2018 6:06 PM


Re: Stan Lee, 95
That’s awesome.
What was the book about?

The above ontological example models the zero premise to BB theory. It does so by applying the relative uniformity assumption that the alleged zero event eventually ontologically progressed from the compressed alleged sub-microscopic chaos to bloom/expand into all of the present observable order, more than it models the Biblical record evidence for the existence of Jehovah, the maximal Biblical god designer.
-Attributed to Buzsaw Message 53
The explain to them any scientific investigation that explains the existence of things qualifies as science and as an explanation
-Attributed to Dawn Bertot Message 286
Does a query (thats a question Stile) that uses this physical reality, to look for an answer to its existence and properties become theoretical, considering its deductive conclusions are based against objective verifiable realities.
-Attributed to Dawn Bertot Message 134

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xongsmith
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Message 689 of 1341 (847016)
01-15-2019 4:20 PM


Carol Channing, 97
Farewell, Dolly.

- xongsmith, 5.7d

  
ramoss
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Message 690 of 1341 (847070)
01-17-2019 11:42 AM
Reply to: Message 688 by Larni
11-26-2018 2:48 AM


Re: Stan Lee, 95
It was a collection of my brother in laws comic strips that he did for marvel/dc and independent.
The Nearly Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus
Edited by ramoss, : No reason given.

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JonF
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Message 691 of 1341 (848016)
01-30-2019 3:10 PM


Jacqueline Steiner
Co-author of "M T A", the saga of the hapless Charlie's tribulations on the Boston subway . Which she expected to be quickly forgotten. When the T is converted to electronic fares, the cards were officially "Charlie cards".
Jacqueline Steiner

  
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