Farewell Dennis Ritchie

Just found out Dennis Ritchie died earlier this week....

He was a co-creator in two software codes that play a part in many people daily lives.... C, the predecessor of C++ and Unix OS (which was written in C), of which Mac OS X and Linux are based on.....in OS X's case it is the backbone of that OS behind all the fancy GUI.......

Back when I was a scientist, Unix was the first operating system I became conversant in........and although I came from a Fortran background, C was a language I was getting to know very well......
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Michele Bachman and her 'gaffes' aka 'she does lie like r#$$'

Was just watching on MSNBC, the Jansing and Co. show, and Chris Jansing was speaking about some of the inaccuracies said by different candidates in the October 11th 2011 Republican Candidate debate......once again Michele Bachmann was not left out in her efforts to 'bend' the truth...

Let's stop calling them gaffes....she is lying....she must know she is lying. if she isn't she needs to just resign and stop talking.

It happens so often, and yet she continues... one would think she has learned by now that Google etc exists and people can do their own research......

Just the last debate she lied about the HPV vaccination causing mental retardation....

you can also read Bachmann vs. the truth

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US News

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the old truth-0-meter



Fortunately she has as much chance as I do of becoming the next president in the USA.

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And some never learnt anything from 9/11

As Mitch Romney, who clearly can see the future somehow and already knows that he will win the Republican nomination for the 2012 election (all sarcasm intended), said today:




I think some Americans still don't get why they are so hated in parts of the world.... unbelievable....all the goodwill that may have come with the four years of Obama could easily be wiped away with this Republican version of the Al Gore Robot Template.


As wacky as he is, at least Ron Paul gets it:




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He made a huge difference in the world we live in....

Sadly, I just heard that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple computer died of pancreatic cancer.......I am very saddened... Of course it wasn't entirely unexpected.... But still very sad sad news for me.... Anyone who knows me, even in some of the earlier posts of this same blog, you can tell that although I do use some Microsoft OS devices in my daily life, it was never a love affair, and my love affair with computers, my feverish love affair with computers are all tied with Apple and their products......

Yes he was infamous for his tempers etc, but he also stood for excellence..... and was an extraordinary visionary....
Mac, iPod, iPhone,iTunes and iPad...and Pixar

Our world will not be the same without him.

Apple's page of tribute to Steve



I also want to share this video:


rip steve
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