On 2011-10-18 14:21 , Chris Malcolm wrote:

> In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Irwell<hook_at_yahoo.com>  wrote:

>> On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:07:30 -0400, Bowser wrote:

>

>>> On 10/15/2011 8:57 PM, Rich wrote:

>>>> The underpinning of our computer world rides on this fellow's and his

>>>> colleague's efforts, not Apple adult toys.

>>>>

>>>> http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/tech/innovation/dennis-ritchie-obit-bell-

>>>> labs/index.html

>>>>

>>>

>>> No question, Ritchie's contributions have changed everything. But he

>>> worked in a different world and at a different level than Jobs.

>>> comparing the two is like comparing Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain to

>>> Kilby and Noyce. Everyone builds on the accomplishments of those that

>>> came before. That'll never change.

>

>> "If I have seen a little farther it is because I have

>> stood on the shoulders of giants"

>> Sir Isaac Newton, the giants were Copernicus and Galileo.

>

> And he most definitely meant to rudely exclude his hated enemy, the

> Astronomer Royal, who was a dwarf.

And Leibniz, who wasn't.

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