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November 28th, 2001, 11:15 PM
#1
Computer Heroes
I have an essay in my literature class due tomorrow. It's supposed to be about a modern hero and what defines his(or her) heroic characteristics. I was thinking of doing someone in the computer world but I don't know who. Any Ideas?
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November 28th, 2001, 11:20 PM
#2
Senior Member
That's easy...
Linus Torvalds
Carolyn Meinel
JP
or anyone against above mentioned if you are in that category. I happen to like the work done by all of the above, but some people don't. It all boils down to "Who do you admire?"
Good luck
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November 28th, 2001, 11:38 PM
#3
Member
how about jobs and wozniak, mcnealy (i would also mention gates but gates is evil), the lab people who developed ENIAC, and charles babbage?
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November 28th, 2001, 11:46 PM
#4
Member
That guy that threw a pie in the face of Bill Gates
http://www.zpub.com/un/bill/billpie.jpg
edit: and a slightly more serious answer - John Carmack, where would we be without Doom and Quake?
Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune
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November 28th, 2001, 11:46 PM
#5
Senior Member
Ken Thompson
Brian Kernighan
Dennis Ritchie
Andrew Tanenbaum (wrote Minix)
Larry Wall
Just a few more names to mention.
Happy Hacking
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Warfare is the Way of deception.
-Sun Tzu \"The Art of War\"
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November 29th, 2001, 02:10 AM
#6
Thanks guys. I think I'm gonna use Linus.
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November 29th, 2001, 02:28 AM
#7
Member
Q: Why do ducks have big flat feet?
A: To stamp out forest fires
Q: Why do elephants have big flat feet?
A: To stamp out flaming ducks
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November 29th, 2001, 02:56 AM
#8
Junior Member
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November 29th, 2001, 06:22 PM
#9
Linus Torvalds would be an excellent choice considering the amount of info available on the guy.
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November 29th, 2001, 06:41 PM
#10
LINUS
I'd take Linus.. But then again, who am I?
and ther is this guy, I don't remember his name... helped on (wrote) MSDOS 1.0 and got by Bill Gates.....
Anyone know who that was???
Can't remember..
ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI.
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