Not Lustig anymore…
Just found out, that Peter Lustig has died aged 78. I watched a lot of episodes of Loewenzahn when I was a kid. Loved that show that was able to explain things to kids in simple terms. Still remember the…
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Just found out, that Peter Lustig has died aged 78. I watched a lot of episodes of Loewenzahn when I was a kid. Loved that show that was able to explain things to kids in simple terms. Still remember the…
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Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night. Terry Pratchett‘s books influenced me heavily, made me laugh and think. I’m ever grateful for this.
There comes the day when every one of us has to take the last bow and exit the stage. However, we seem to have a hard accepting that for TV and movie legends that we grew up with! This Friday,…
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It’s always said when one of your childhood heroes dies: Neil Armstrong. I wonder, how many children he inspired dreaming about becoming an astronaut themselves. Still love the video of him punching the daylights out of one of the conspiracy…
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It shouldn’t have been a surprise, but then it did surprise nonetheless: Steve Jobs has died. I mean, he’s been sick for a long time now and signing off as CEO of Apple was an indicator. But he’s been around…
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Just found out that Benoît B. Mandelbrot has passed away. It is somehow sad, when people that inspired you so much at a younger age (I got into fractals while at high school; the domain name reflects my fascination with…
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Nope, I’m not talking about the movie (not that I’ve seen it!), but about Edward Lorenz, who died on Wednesday, aged 90. This is the man who came across the sensitive dependence on initial conditions while running some computer simulations…
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…and I only found out today! Even if people might not have heard of Joseph Weizenbaum, they may have heard of ELIZA. ELIZA was a fairly simple computer program that pretended to listen to what people said, like a therapist…
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Oh bugger… Hab gerade eine Rundmail erhalten, dass Sir Edmund Hillary heute morgen verstorben ist. Unsere Fahne weht fuer diese neuseelaendische Ikone nun auch auf Halbmast. Hier ist sogar ein Stipendium nach ihm benannt. Ich hoffe ja schwer, dass dies…
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