[Sussex] NOW: So, who are the all-time greats? WAS Hello all
Nik Butler
nik at wired4life.org
Tue Feb 11 23:50:01 UTC 2003
> - Alan Turing - Broke Enigma
slap around the head for the man who doesnot recognise that the breaking
of enigma involved the stolen machine ? see social hacking way before
its time.. and read Simon Singh ( that goes for you G-man )
> - Joseph Van Neumman - Sounds like an 80's electronic music star
> - Dennis Ritchie - Hmm... rings a bell. Sommat related to Apple?
C I said he would not geddit.
> - Ken Thompson - Mayor of London? or is that Livingston....
> - Don Knuth - Pass...
> - Tony Hoare - There was someone that worked at Gatwick called that...
> - Edsger Dijkstra - Bless you...
> - Mitch Kapor - Wasn't he on Baywatch?
> - John Perry Barlow - Someone in Corination Street.
> - Richard Stallman - GNU bloke
> - Linus Torvalds - Invented that linux thing...
> - Larry Lessig - grr.. know the name... what he did escapes me atm though :/
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