Re: One of the fathers of the ASCII code has passed away.
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:00:31 +0100, Rowe Rickenbacker <use...@templeofdreams.net> wrote: >Balaam's Miracle wrote: > >> Balaam's Miracle wrote: >> >>> Goodbye Bob, and thank you for ASCII... >> >> Either nobody cares about one of the people that helped creating the >> ASCII standard (remember, no ASCII standard, no ASCII art!), or i'm >> not getting all the posts. Might be the possibility that very few fully understand how important the standards and contributions set in 1963 from Bob Bemer`s work that allowed computers to communicate with each other at a later date via html, css, games, and many other codes that are written in ascii. A brief article from Mary Brandel on this importantance http://www.bobbemer.com/brandela.htm Just for speculation the wheel, fulcrum, screw are all still in use today. But all, were invented in ancient times ???bc. 1963 is ancient by todays standards in computer tech. Yes, Ascii is taken for granted just as the others. >> >> If i am getting all the posts, then i wonder how come that (besides >> the spam) there were only 2 posts in the NG? That sure was a whole >> lot different when i was here on a regular basis... > >Maybe it's because no one has a lot to say? > >When you go to a funeral... only a couple of people stand up to talk, >the rest generally think and maybe quietly talk among themselves, but >mainly reflect rather than make small talk. At least, that's what I do. I think it is what most folks do > >Rowe lgbeard
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