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Ward Christensen by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/13/2024, 7:18pm PDT
Ward Christensen, co-creator of the dial up BBS, passed away on October 11th, 2024.

My father brought home a modem in 1989 and we got it working so that I could call bulletin boards around Rochester, NY. Over time, I made friends, dear friends I still have today. I started my own BBS within a year. The technology to just communicate with people you could drive to, anonymously if you wanted - it changed my life.

I was late getting on the Internet proper because I loved BBSs so much. I still wish we had modems as part of every computer for the local angle to all of this. I wouldn't be on this site without his work. By all accounts he seemed like a kind, decent, humble man who just happened to have created, along with Randy Suess, one of the most important pieces of technology in my life.

RIP, King.
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    My enemies NT by HBomberguy 03/05/2024, 11:40am PST NEW
        if you believe that post by laudablepuss 03/05/2024, 11:51am PST NEW
            Which post, this is in reference to "chatter" NT by HBomb the conqueror 03/05/2024, 12:01pm PST NEW
                I see. The "chatter" is about this by laudablepuss 03/05/2024, 12:07pm PST NEW
                    Re: I see. The "chatter" is about this by Mysterio 03/27/2024, 12:23pm PDT NEW
            Update, his addition to this thread may be premature by laudablepuss 03/10/2024, 10:55am PDT NEW
    Akira Toriyama NT by Mysterio 03/23/2024, 3:27pm PDT NEW
    Certain FDA tweets NT by laudablepuss 03/26/2024, 5:44pm PDT NEW
        I generally put in a link by laudablepuss 03/26/2024, 10:17pm PDT NEW
            Not as many people croaking at the same rate this year NT by gay theatre kid musicals (unrelated 03/27/2024, 11:49am PDT NEW
    Toby Keith NT by gay theatre kid musicals (unrelated 03/27/2024, 11:32am PDT NEW
    Joe Liberman NT by gay theatre kid candidate 03/27/2024, 3:40pm PDT NEW
        Good Riddance. Hope he takes "No Labels" with him. NT by Mischief Maker 03/27/2024, 5:35pm PDT NEW
            Is there anybody you won't shit on after they die by Mysterio 03/27/2024, 6:38pm PDT NEW
                No, fuck him by Mysterio 03/27/2024, 8:09pm PDT NEW
                All the other names in this thread? NT by Mischief Maker 03/27/2024, 8:14pm PDT NEW
                All the dead people I've shit on in the 2023 thread: by Mischief Maker 03/27/2024, 8:29pm PDT NEW
                    Also, MM did not shit on Matthew Perry last year. by Gaige Grosskreutz 03/27/2024, 8:43pm PDT NEW
                    Did Hitchens ever recant supporting the Iraq war? NT by just curious 05/05/2024, 3:03am PDT NEW
                        Dont think so. Crazy how easily the Atheist horsemen became crusade cheerleaders NT by Mischief Maker 05/05/2024, 9:52am PDT NEW
                Why don't we talk games! Post mortem civility! by You spineless bootlicker 03/27/2024, 11:10pm PDT NEW
        Today America lost a man NT by it never really needed 03/27/2024, 5:38pm PDT NEW
            He honestly doesn't seem that different than the other old Democrats by blackwater 03/28/2024, 1:54am PDT NEW
                Well one campaigned against Obama and the other was his VP NT by jfc dude 03/28/2024, 7:03am PDT NEW
                    So he's kind of like your Mitt Romney. by blackwater 03/28/2024, 5:03pm PDT NEW
                        Re: So he's kind of like your Mitt Romney. by Niles 03/28/2024, 6:37pm PDT NEW
    Louis Gossett Jr. NT by laudablepuss 03/29/2024, 8:35am PDT NEW
    Magical elves killed OJ Simpson by laudablepuss 04/11/2024, 3:37pm PDT NEW
        NOBODY SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HIM! NT by trumpee piss babies 04/11/2024, 9:02pm PDT NEW
            Haha NT by Geryk 04/12/2024, 6:56am PDT NEW
    Terry Anderson. NT by Mysterio 04/23/2024, 4:44pm PDT NEW
    Bill Tobin. "Who in the hell is Mel Kiper anyway?!" guy. NT by Mysterio 04/23/2024, 4:46pm PDT NEW
    Dickey Betts, 80, American Hall of Fame musician (The Allman Brothers Band) NT by Mysterio 04/23/2024, 4:47pm PDT NEW
        An all-man band? Sounds PROBLEMATIC. NT by Not a Boomer 04/24/2024, 12:24am PDT NEW
            You're fooling no one with that Boomer-ass pun! by Mischief Maker 04/24/2024, 5:26am PDT NEW
                Gah! I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids NT by Old Man Withers 04/28/2024, 1:12pm PDT NEW
    Paul Neary by Mysterio 04/25/2024, 1:58pm PDT NEW
    Boeing Whistleblowers NT by Geryk 05/02/2024, 9:14pm PDT NEW
        This one died of MRSA though. No conspiracies please! NT by Lars 05/02/2024, 10:16pm PDT NEW
            He died of MRSA alright by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/03/2024, 9:10am PDT NEW
        Much like great moments in wikipedia writing history you FAGGOTS are ruining NT by this thread with your reddit memes 05/05/2024, 1:56pm PDT NEW
            Haha, yeah by Geryk 05/06/2024, 11:01am PDT NEW
    Bernard "King Theoden" Hill NT by Mysterio 05/05/2024, 1:57pm PDT NEW
    Roger Corman :( NT by laudablepuss 05/13/2024, 9:14am PDT NEW
        Dude lived a great healthy life all the way up to the end doing what he loved NT by we should all be so lucky 05/13/2024, 6:58pm PDT NEW
            Absolutely NT by laudablepuss 05/13/2024, 7:15pm PDT NEW
            Yeah no he was great NT by Paul Schrader 05/24/2024, 12:40pm PDT NEW
    David Sanborn by Fuck you Michael Brecker 05/13/2024, 9:01pm PDT NEW
    Morgan Spurlock - the man who made documentaries a joke like Reality TV NT by See you in Hell you lying S.O.B. 05/24/2024, 12:38pm PDT NEW
    Dabney Coleman by ghosted 05/24/2024, 9:14pm PDT NEW
        Cloak and Dagger was a huge movie to me as a kid NT by laudablepuss 05/24/2024, 9:26pm PDT NEW
            Fantastic film, same director as one of the Psycho sequels and FX/2 by Richard Franklin 05/25/2024, 12:02am PDT NEW
    Donald Sutherland NT by laudablepuss 06/20/2024, 2:50pm PDT NEW
    Shannen Doherty NT by MM 07/14/2024, 10:27am PDT NEW
    Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons NT by you guys suck at this 07/14/2024, 2:03pm PDT NEW
        Yeah were any OTHER important events happening that day? NT by Mysterio 07/19/2024, 11:34am PDT NEW
            Not really, no NT by Too scared to say 09/30/2024, 8:33pm PDT NEW
    Shelly Duval NT by laudablepuss 07/14/2024, 6:37pm PDT NEW
    Bob Newhart :( by laudablepuss 07/18/2024, 10:44pm PDT NEW
        RIP to both NT by They were good boys. 07/19/2024, 8:01am PDT NEW
    Lou Dobbs. Finally, some good news! NT by pinback 07/19/2024, 9:08am PDT NEW
        That's what I thought but I guess he was a good guy by kate galleth 07/19/2024, 10:04am PDT NEW
    Phil Donahue, reporter who was shitcanned for reporting the truth about Iraq war NT by Mischief Maker 08/19/2024, 4:43pm PDT NEW
        Also, talk show host by Really? 08/19/2024, 7:29pm PDT NEW
    Gena Rowlands, Alain Delon NT by Tom Chick 08/19/2024, 5:48pm PDT NEW
    Johnny Gaudreau NT by Zeke Pabski 08/31/2024, 9:53pm PDT NEW
    Andrew C. Greenberg, co-creator of Wizardry NT by Zeke Pabski 08/31/2024, 9:55pm PDT NEW
    James Earl Jones NT by ;( 09/09/2024, 2:02pm PDT NEW
        Way more disappointed about this than the equally elderly QOE :( by laudablepuss 09/09/2024, 2:36pm PDT NEW
        See you at the afterparty NT by MAGA 09/09/2024, 2:39pm PDT NEW
    Kris Kristofferson NT by laudablepuss 09/29/2024, 6:04pm PDT NEW
    Dikembe Mutombo by laudablepuss 09/30/2024, 4:54pm PDT NEW
        Charlie Hustle NT by Better Red than dead 09/30/2024, 6:40pm PDT NEW
            You fucked up. NT by Please repost to main thread 09/30/2024, 7:58pm PDT NEW
    Ward Christensen by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/13/2024, 7:18pm PDT NEW
    Cochise NT by Warriors, all 10/28/2024, 10:52am PDT NEW
    Teri Garr by Mischief Maker 10/29/2024, 11:05am PDT NEW
        No no no by laudablepuss 10/29/2024, 2:35pm PDT NEW
 
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