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Recursion

(56,582 posts)
Fri Jun 28, 2013, 08:36 PM Jun 2013

Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea

http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/06/28/2028220/unix-guru-evi-nemeth-missing-feared-lost-at-sea

Retired Colorado professor Evi Nemeth has been missing between New Zealand and Australia since June 4, along with six others on their racing yacht. Nemeth, 73, is known as the primary author of the definitive Unix systems administration guide and for other works on Unix and Linux system administration and cryptography.


Ugh. 6 others also feared lost in that boat.
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Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea (Original Post) Recursion Jun 2013 OP
Bummer. L0oniX Jun 2013 #1
Wow.. X_Digger Jun 2013 #2
Netcraft confirms death of slashdot imminent? (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #3
Nah, but me & most of my tech friends bailed on it a while back.. X_Digger Jun 2013 #4
Same here Recursion Jun 2013 #5

X_Digger

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4. Nah, but me & most of my tech friends bailed on it a while back..
Fri Jun 28, 2013, 09:43 PM
Jun 2013

.. for reasons that I don't quite recall.

I remember being pissed, but not sure why now, lol.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
5. Same here
Fri Jun 28, 2013, 11:24 PM
Jun 2013

It's in the default feeds for Liferea, though, which is where I noticed this.

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