From owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Wed Jun 30 02:51:44 2004 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) id i5U0piN3013663 for sc22wg5-domo; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 02:51:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk) X-Authentication-Warning: ptah.dkuug.dk: majordom set sender to owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav142.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.172]) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) with ESMTP id i5U0pVE7013657 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 02:51:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lpmeissner@msn.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:19:51 -0700 Received: from 64.171.13.22 by bay4-dav142.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:19:51 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [64.171.13.22] X-Originating-Email: [lpmeissner@msn.com] X-Sender: lpmeissner@msn.com From: "Loren P Meissner" To: , Subject: Bob Bemer died Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:19:48 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcReNV401wopEoLCRsi7Mi/osnXXRgAAWh/A In-Reply-To: <200406292343.i5TNhVCx012439@dkuug.dk> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Jun 2004 00:19:51.0266 (UTC) FILETIME=[F5C38420:01C45E37] X-Spam-Score: 0.1 () MISSING_OUTLOOK_NAME Sender: owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Precedence: bulk Computer pioneer Bob Bemer died "last Tuesday" (22 Jun 2004?) at age 84. His obit quoted from Washington Post was reprinted prominently in the San Jose Mercury News. He "invented" ASCII, and he warned about the Y2K problem (and its relatives - specifically, the false economy of a 2-digit year code) at least as early as 1971. = Loren P Meissner