http://faerye.net/post/falling-stars 2003-09-17T12:18:07+00:00 http://faerye.net/post/falling-stars#comment-552 2003-09-17T12:18:07+00:00 2003-09-17T12:18:07+00:00 <p>I do not laugh. I know he is Important to you. <br /> <br /> I have not attempted yet to fit music into my temporal-star-passing theory. Or TV, really. TV has an odd mentaltimestamp. I know I go, &#8220;What the heck? Buffy was born in 1981? But she&#8217;s in high school!&#8221; when I watch 2nd season or so Buffy&#8230;</p> felicity http://faerye.net/post/falling-stars#comment-549 2003-09-17T09:38:51+00:00 2003-09-17T09:38:51+00:00 <p>I tend to agree with you, faeryenetfaerye, about authors v. stars of stage and screen. My exception is Mr. Rogers. And I dread Bob Dylan&#8217;s passing the same way you dread Lloyd Alexander&#8217;s. Don&#8217;t laugh! :)</p> sister sledge http://faerye.net/post/falling-stars#comment-539 2003-09-15T20:06:17+00:00 2003-09-15T20:06:17+00:00 <p>I remember clearly when Roald Dahl passed away&#8230; to say nothing of Dr. Seuss.</p> bedrick http://faerye.net/post/falling-stars#comment-536 2003-09-12T16:45:34+00:00 2003-09-12T16:45:34+00:00 <p>I don&#8217;t really feel a connection to movie people or musicians. I like movies, but I don&#8217;t share wonko&#8217;s deep appreciation for them. I feel about the same about music. <br /> <br /> Books are somehow more personal. To hear of the passing of a favorite author saddens me, because he will never write again.<br /> <br /> More than anything though, I feel the passing of great men of science. Slightly more than a year ago, <a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/">Edsger W. Dijkstra</a> died. Those of you who don&#8217;t have a strong CS background have probably never heard of him, but he was instrimental to making computers what they are today. Every time you get driving directions from mapquest, the magic that happens is his. Every time you use a multithreaded application, you owe a little something to Dijkstra. <br /> <br /> The name of Johnny Cash will live on for decades at least in popular culture. Not many people could tell you who invented the shortest-path algorithm or pioneered the theory behind multithreading. The Johnny Cashs and Isaac Asimovs of the world are mourned by multitudes. Men and women of science, some of whose work has more impact on our daily lives than that of a hundred pop figures, pass silently.</p> Mithrandir