Scientists, Inventors And Techno Wizards

[msc 18,546]

7 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

James Lovelock was interviewed on the Today programme this morning.  He was talking about impending environmental Armageddon but was sounding coherent and chipper for a 99 year old.

 

One of only two living people born before 1920 that I'm surprised has never snuck on a Deathlist before.

 

The other being Diana Athill.

[Sean 6,368]

6 minutes ago, msc said:

 

One of only two living people born before 1920 that I'm surprised has never snuck on a Deathlist before.

 

The other being Diana Athill.

Sheila Mercier June Spencer William Coors Yasuhiro Nakasone Morton Sobell and Earl Cameron all strike me as Deathlist worthy too.

[msc 18,546]

33 minutes ago, Sean said:

Sheila Mercier June Spencer William Coors Yasuhiro Nakasone Morton Sobell and Earl Cameron all strike me as Deathlist worthy too.

 

I suspect we have different standards for Deathlist-y.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

1 hour ago, msc said:

 

I suspect we have different standards for Deathlist-y.

No kidding.   He's off his rocker.

[drol 12,148]

5 hours ago, Sean said:

Sheila Mercier June Spencer William Coors Yasuhiro Nakasone Morton Sobell and Earl Cameron all strike me as Deathlist worthy too.

BTW, Earl Cameron turns 101 today! 

[Phantom 2,552]

Phyllis Litherland inventor of Dairy Queen's Dilly Bar has died at the age of 90.

[En Passant 3,755]

42 minutes ago, Phantom said:

inventor of Dairy Queen's Dilly Bar has died at the age of 90.

I'd imagine.

Oh wait, that's not what I think it might be is it?

[runebomme 377]

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dilly-bar

[En Passant 3,755]

I didn't realise how close I was, anatomically speaking.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

5 hours ago, Phantom said:

Phyllis Litherland inventor of Dairy Queen's Dilly Bar has died at the age of 90.

 

[alt obits guy 3,386]

Terry A. Davis, the creator of TempleOS,  a biblical-themed lightweight computer operating system, has died.  He was 48.

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/templeos-creator-terry-davis-dies-during-his-great-western-adventure.65752/

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS

[gcreptile 11,079]

Erik Hauri, discoverer of water on the moon, dead at 52:

https://daddyhood.net/geochemist-erik-hauri-who-discovered-water-on-the-moon-passes-away-at-52-408.html

 

Interesting source....

[gcreptile 11,079]

Ruth Gates, coral scientist with Netflix appearance, dead at 56:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/optimist-who-believed-saving-corals/574240/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gates

[gcreptile 11,079]

Evelyn Berezin, "Word processor pioneer", (computers with special functions) dead at 93:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46539934

[charon 4,943]

Tim May aged 67.

 

In at the start of the Cyberpunk movement, he prophesied the birth of Bitcoin.

 

https://icoexaminer.com/ico-news/timothy-may-the-crypto-anarchist-who-prophesised-bitcoin-dies-at-67/

 

[drol 12,148]

Martin Cooper turns 90 today! 

[Bibliogryphon 9,648]

One person who should be on our radar is Yuri Organessian who is the only living scientist to have an element named after him. UK Obits would be guaranteed. No specific health information but he is 85 now.

[drol 12,148]

17 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

One person who should be on our radar is Yuri Oganessian who is the only living scientist to have an element named after him. UK Obits would be guaranteed. No specific health information but he is 85 now.

FTFY. Yes, when I was young the 118th element was ununoctium, then they really synthesized it and now it is Oganesson.

[time 8,677]

The inventor of the HANS device, as used in motor sport, Dr Robert Hubbard has died aged 81. Credited with saving many lives.

[Whitehouse 874]

A Canadian Bitcoin trader who managed the QuadrigaCX fund died on a trip in India. He died of Crohn's disease. Sad, can happen. But he happened to be the only one with password access to the fund. No one has succeeded in breaking the codes and it is now feared that a fortune of 127 million Euro is gone!

[Sir Creep 7,071]

28 minutes ago, Whitehouse said:

A Canadian Bitcoin trader who managed the QuadrigaCX fund died on a trip in India. He died of Crohn's disease. Sad, can happen. But he happened to be the only one with password access to the fund. No one has succeeded in breaking the codes and it is now feared that a fortune of 127 million Euro is gone!

Third or fourth time now?  4 day old news.

[gcreptile 11,079]

Mars Rover Opportunity is dead at 15, RIP:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/13/nasa-makes-final-attempt-to-communicate-with-mars-rover-opportunity

[gcreptile 11,079]

On 13/02/2019 at 20:26, gcreptile said:

Mars Rover Opportunity is dead at 15, RIP:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/13/nasa-makes-final-attempt-to-communicate-with-mars-rover-opportunity

Made it to Wikipedia's "Deaths of 2019" page 

 

Edit: removed again, who of you people did it?

[charon 4,943]

Wallace Smith Bloecker aged 87.

 

Coined the term "Global Warming" back in '75.

 

It is unsure yet if he died of heatstroke.

 

https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190218/news/302189914/

 

[Sir Creep 7,071]

12 hours ago, charon said:

Wallace Smith Bloecker aged 87.

 

Coined the term "Global Warming" back in '75.

 

It is unsure yet if he died of heatstroke.

 

https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190218/news/302189914/

 

He will decompose faster than 20 years ago.

 

He is actually a POS because knuckle-dragging Neanderthal uneducated right-wingers (present company excepted ) honestly believe that ‘climate change’ has fuckall to do with the outside temperature.  Dumbasses.  ‘Oh it’s cold today no such thing as global warming’. Brilliant muthafukkas right there.  

 

So, rot in hell you garbage Wallace Bloecker.

SC