Scientists, Inventors And Techno Wizards

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12 hours ago, Leon Brittan said:

Eccentric inventor buissnessman and self proclaimed king of infomercials Ron Popeil has signed off at 86. https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/ron-popeil-dead-dies-infomercial/

But wait, there's no more! 

 

He never made the "and its goodnight" team as I never realised until earlier this year that he was the Ron of Ronco.

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On 28/07/2021 at 01:10, YoungWillz said:

Reports filtering through that Albert Bandura, an apparent giant in the field of psychology and DDP Pick 2021, has died at the age of 95: 

 

Third hit for my B-team..... which was actually just me trying to get as many unique picks as I could, and has ended up being exactly as (un)successful as my A team.

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Still can't find a link as confirmation for Bandura, even though literally thousands of ppl have paid tribute on social media. Very strange.

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1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Still can't find a link as confirmation for Bandura, even though literally thousands of ppl have paid tribute on social media. Very strange.

Strange, I agree. Seemingly no real announcements or obituaries. It’s particularly odd that neither Stanford University nor the American Psychological Association have acknowledged anything as of yet. 

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18 minutes ago, HDS said:

Strange, I agree. Seemingly no real announcements or obituaries. It’s particularly odd that neither Stanford University nor the American Psychological Association have acknowledged anything as of yet. 

And just like that, Albert Bandura NYT obit…

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/science/albert-bandura-dead.html

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Phew!

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Guaranteed a QO now then.

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British inventor of the pornstar martini cocktail, Douglas Ankrah, dead.

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The Corby trouser press is dead. Seen them many times but never used one. Heard they were good for keeping toast warm.  Peter Corby, inventor of the famous electric trouser press that became a fixture in hotel rooms across the globe – obituary (msn.com)

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5 hours ago, Bentrovato said:

The Corby trouser press is dead. Seen them many times but never used one. Heard they were good for keeping toast warm.  Peter Corby, inventor of the famous electric trouser press that became a fixture in hotel rooms across the globe – obituary (msn.com)

I used one once, not overly impressed with the results but that may have been* operator error.

I don’t know why, but I’d always thought they were named after the town.

 

*almost certainly was

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53 minutes ago, time said:

I don’t know why, but I’d always thought they were named after the town.

 

 

Me too.

 

Always imagined some news report....

Andrew Smith - BBC business news

There's absolutely nothing remarkable about the town of Corby in Northamptonshire, but they do have some sharp creases in their trousers in that part of the world so they look good in meetings even if nobody knows what the meetings are about since nothing is made in Corby.

 

*I also found them useless and for the same reason - this'd be fine if my trousers already had a crease because then I wouldn't have to spent 30 minutes trying to line them up correctly to put a crease where there isn't quite one, and not end up with wonky looking legs.

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2 hours ago, time said:

I used one once, not overly impressed with the results but that may have been* operator error.

I don’t know why, but I’d always thought they were named after the town.

 

*almost certainly was

To set your thoughts at rest young time. QI | What, beginning with C, was invented in Corby? - YouTube

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Andrzej Schinzel, Polish mathematician known for Schinzel's hypothesis H and Davenport–Schinzel sequence with Harold Davenport (1907-1969) has died at the age of 84.

https://dzieje.pl/edukacja/zmarl-prof-andrzej-schinzel-matematyk-zajmujacy-sie-teoria-liczb

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Austrian weapons manufacturer Gaston Glock seems to be in good health and really close to his daughter (who has a gun in about every second instagram post):

Edit: No, that's actually his current wife, Kathrin Glock.

 

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Obit (in German) for Jack D. Dunitz (wiki), Scottish chemist, aged 98.

 

Fellow of the Royal Society so QO obit chances… 50/50?

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https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/reuben-klamer-game-of-life-creator-dies-age-99/

Reuben Klamer, creator of The Game of Life has completed his game of life at the age of 99.

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On 02/05/2017 at 22:25, gcreptile said:

Daily Mail article from last month with everything you need to know about the two women in the recent life of Sir Clive Sinclair and how he battled life-threatening illnesses last year and is now not really in control of his own life:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4394324/How-Sir-Clive-Sinclair-s-wife-pole-axed.html

Sir Clive Sinclair dead, appropriately enough at age 81

 

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1 hour ago, time said:

Sir Clive Sinclair dead, appropriately enough at age 81

 

Sad news. Was he picked by anyone in the Derby Dead Pool?

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17 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Sad news. Was he picked by anyone in the Derby Dead Pool?

 

Picked by Coffin Fit and Trojan Hearse (2 teams).

 

Sad news. I genuinely thought he'd age gracefully into becoming a DL mainstay one day.

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I'd heard rumours that he was seriously ill -  hence I had him in my shortlist for next year's DDP.

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The National Enquirer has exclusive shots of Clive's funeral cortege. It's expected to reach the cemetery in 3 weeks time, barring breakdowns.

 

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Mortimer Mishkin, US winner of the National Medal Of Science in Behaviour and Social Science for work on cognitive and behavioral memory, reportedly dead aged 94: 

 

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https://www.joyk.com/dig/detail/1634518612863856

Roger Hui, Canadian computer scientist and co-developer of programming language J (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_(programming_language)) dead aged 67 or 68.

He created it with Kenneth E. Iverson (1920-2004) in the 90s

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Harry Robertson, founder of Robertson Fuel Systems who was known as the “father of crashworthy systems” and was the inventor of the self-sealing “Robbie Tank”, credited with saving thousands of lives, has died. He was 87.

 

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-11-01/harry-robertson-father-crashworthy-systems-dies-87

 

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https://www.is.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000008379318.html

Antti-Jussi Tiitola, creator of the Titan hockey stick used by Wayne Gretzky has died at the age of 84 from cancer.