Steve Kordek who, among other things, invented the multiball function in pinball machines, has died aged 100.
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Scientists, Inventors And Techno Wizards From Bright Ideas to Oh Dears
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 10:54 AM
His funeral should be fun. I wonder how many gravestones his coffin will hit before he gets in the hole? 
Derby Dead Pool showrunner...
"We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."
David Bowie - We Are The Dead (1974)
"We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."
David Bowie - We Are The Dead (1974)
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:32 AM
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Posted 03 March 2012 - 06:14 AM
American political scientist James Q. Wilson, who was the co-author of the broken windows theory, has died of leukemia at age 80.
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2013 DDP: 5/20
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Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Ronnie Biggs, Ryan Buell, George H. W. Bush, Harold Camping, Mary Carlisle, Fidel Castro, Henry Cecil, Hugo Chavez, Van Cliburn, Doris Day, Olivia de Havilland, Kirk Douglas, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joan Fontaine, Bonnie Franklin, Annette Funicello, Zsa Zsa Gabor, George Gaynes, Vo Nguyen Giap, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Billy Graham, Nicki Hunter, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Jack Kyle, Carla Laemmle, Nelson Mandela, Penny Marshall, Rochus Misch, Robert Mugabe, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Maureen O'Hara, Eleanor Parker, Isabel Peron, Prince Phillip, Reg Presley, Ray Price, Luise Rainer, Mark "Chopper" Read, Diana Ross, Helmut Schmidt, Ariel Sharon, Rise Stevens, Margaret Thatcher, Abigail Van Buren, Gough Whitlam, Michael Winner, Nicholas Winton, Chuck Yeager & Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
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Actor Derek Chinnery has died at 85.he played the part of the scientist Gharman who invenetd the daleks in Genesis of the Daleks ! http://www.doctorwho...-1926-2012.html
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Posted 03 March 2012 - 01:47 PM
Guest, on 03 March 2012 - 10:21 AM, said:
Actor Derek Chinnery has died at 85.he played the part of the scientist Gharman who invenetd the daleks in Genesis of the Daleks ! http://www.doctorwho...-1926-2012.html
Exterminated.
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 09:58 AM
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2013 DDP Theme Team 2: Roger Alton, Roger Angell, Sir Roger Bannister, Roger Cook, Roger Corman, Roger Daltrey,Roger Ebert, Roger Etchegaray, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Roger Penrose(Joker), Roger Protz, Roger Sainsbury, Roger Sloman, Roger Smith, Roger Spottiswood, Roger Squires, Roger Staubach, Roger Taylor, Roger Whitaker
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Deathrace 2013 Team: Glen Campbell, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz (Joker), Fidel Castro, Stan Lee, Helmut Schmidt, Nelson Mandela, Jerry Lewis, Sidney Poitier, Maximilian Schell, Fats Domino, BB King,
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 10:49 PM
If I gave you a quarter to four scenario which involved your favorite beverage appearing on your desk in a snap which one would it be, time? Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Iced latte with extra splenda .. not for me.
Creators seem to be a prime category which is producing at a consistent rate but it seems the mind behind the product isn't actually famous until he is dead and won't be until then. It would be a bright idea for a theme team if one could be comprised in the future.
Creators seem to be a prime category which is producing at a consistent rate but it seems the mind behind the product isn't actually famous until he is dead and won't be until then. It would be a bright idea for a theme team if one could be comprised in the future.
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Posted 18 March 2012 - 12:14 AM
Banshees Scream, on 17 March 2012 - 10:49 PM, said:
If I gave you a quarter to four scenario which involved your favorite beverage appearing on your desk in a snap which one would it be, time? Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Iced latte with extra splenda .. not for me.
Creators seem to be a prime category which is producing at a consistent rate but it seems the mind behind the product isn't actually famous until he is dead and won't be until then. It would be a bright idea for a theme team if one could be comprised in the future.
Creators seem to be a prime category which is producing at a consistent rate but it seems the mind behind the product isn't actually famous until he is dead and won't be until then. It would be a bright idea for a theme team if one could be comprised in the future.
I'm not familiar with the term "a quarter to four scenario", but of the beverages listed I'd choose none of the above. if its an open choice, then, depending on what I was doing at the time, a black coffee, no sugar, a pint of decent real ale, or (worst case scenario) a Coke Zero.
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2013 DDP Theme Team 2: Roger Alton, Roger Angell, Sir Roger Bannister, Roger Cook, Roger Corman, Roger Daltrey,Roger Ebert, Roger Etchegaray, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Roger Penrose(Joker), Roger Protz, Roger Sainsbury, Roger Sloman, Roger Smith, Roger Spottiswood, Roger Squires, Roger Staubach, Roger Taylor, Roger Whitaker
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2013 Hartlepool Deadlypool Team: George HW Bush,Jiroemon Kimura, Carl Reiner, Vera Lynn, Kirk Douglas, Patty Andrews, Al Molinaro, BB King, Eydie Gorme, Efrem Zimbalist Jr..
2013 DDP Theme Team 1: Ronald Atkins, Ron Braunstein, Ron Brown, Ronald Chesney, Ronald Coase, Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Ronnie Dawson, Ronald Baron Fearn, Ron Flowers, Ronnie Gilbert, Ronald Harwood, Ronald Hines, Ron Isley, Ronnie Masterson, Ronnie Moore, Ronald Pellar, Ronnie Ronalde, Ron Smith, Ronald Stevenson, Ron Suart (Joker)
2013 DDP Theme Team 2: Roger Alton, Roger Angell, Sir Roger Bannister, Roger Cook, Roger Corman, Roger Daltrey,
Deathrace 2013 Team: Glen Campbell, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz (Joker), Fidel Castro, Stan Lee, Helmut Schmidt, Nelson Mandela, Jerry Lewis, Sidney Poitier, Maximilian Schell, Fats Domino, BB King,
2013 Hartlepool Deadlypool Team: George HW Bush,
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 05:58 AM
Samuel Glazer, the inventor of every kitchen counters "Drip coffee machine" has dropped. I prefer drip over the ahem somewhat inexpensive Keurig coffee on most days, but it depends.
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 08:22 AM
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The inventor of the kicktail skateboard has died aged 81. This was the skateboard "which made most of today's skateboarding tricks possible and essentially revolutionized the sport".
The inventor of the kicktail skateboard has died aged 81. This was the skateboard "which made most of today's skateboarding tricks possible and essentially revolutionized the sport".
Oh, Mickey! What's EGREGIOUS?!
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 08:44 PM
Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International and Atari Corp, has died aged 83.
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2013 DDP Theme Team 1: Ronald Atkins, Ron Braunstein, Ron Brown, Ronald Chesney, Ronald Coase, Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Ronnie Dawson, Ronald Baron Fearn, Ron Flowers, Ronnie Gilbert, Ronald Harwood, Ronald Hines, Ron Isley, Ronnie Masterson, Ronnie Moore, Ronald Pellar, Ronnie Ronalde, Ron Smith, Ronald Stevenson, Ron Suart (Joker)
2013 DDP Theme Team 2: Roger Alton, Roger Angell, Sir Roger Bannister, Roger Cook, Roger Corman, Roger Daltrey,Roger Ebert, Roger Etchegaray, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Roger Penrose(Joker), Roger Protz, Roger Sainsbury, Roger Sloman, Roger Smith, Roger Spottiswood, Roger Squires, Roger Staubach, Roger Taylor, Roger Whitaker
Deathrace 2013 Team: Glen Campbell, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz (Joker), Fidel Castro, Stan Lee, Helmut Schmidt, Nelson Mandela, Jerry Lewis, Sidney Poitier, Maximilian Schell, Fats Domino, BB King,Ray Harryhausen, Pierre Cardin, Jiroemon Kimura .
2013 Hartlepool Deadlypool Team: George HW Bush,Jiroemon Kimura, Carl Reiner, Vera Lynn, Kirk Douglas, Patty Andrews, Al Molinaro, BB King, Eydie Gorme, Efrem Zimbalist Jr..
2013 DDP Theme Team 1: Ronald Atkins, Ron Braunstein, Ron Brown, Ronald Chesney, Ronald Coase, Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Ronnie Dawson, Ronald Baron Fearn, Ron Flowers, Ronnie Gilbert, Ronald Harwood, Ronald Hines, Ron Isley, Ronnie Masterson, Ronnie Moore, Ronald Pellar, Ronnie Ronalde, Ron Smith, Ronald Stevenson, Ron Suart (Joker)
2013 DDP Theme Team 2: Roger Alton, Roger Angell, Sir Roger Bannister, Roger Cook, Roger Corman, Roger Daltrey,
Deathrace 2013 Team: Glen Campbell, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz (Joker), Fidel Castro, Stan Lee, Helmut Schmidt, Nelson Mandela, Jerry Lewis, Sidney Poitier, Maximilian Schell, Fats Domino, BB King,
2013 Hartlepool Deadlypool Team: George HW Bush,
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Posted 07 August 2012 - 08:35 PM
Martin Fleischmann
The British scientist, who in March 1989 along with Stanley Pons "ignited the scientific world with claims of discovering cold fusion" has died aged 85.
The British scientist, who in March 1989 along with Stanley Pons "ignited the scientific world with claims of discovering cold fusion" has died aged 85.
Oh, Mickey! What's EGREGIOUS?!
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Posted 12 September 2012 - 10:12 PM
"Data Artist and TED fellow" Salvatore Iaconesi, has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Unusually, he has chosen to publish his medical records online, so anybody can check on his progress..
I don't think he's exactly A list, but the BBC did report on one of his inventions a couple of months ago. I felt a little out of touch with modern society after reading that article and am still a little unclear as to what a "TED fellow" actually is.
I don't think he's exactly A list, but the BBC did report on one of his inventions a couple of months ago. I felt a little out of touch with modern society after reading that article and am still a little unclear as to what a "TED fellow" actually is.
What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow;
What are brief? Today and tomorrow;
What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth;
What are deep? The ocean and truth.
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What are deep? The ocean and truth.
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Posted 12 September 2012 - 11:45 PM
DevonDeathTrip, on 12 September 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:
"Data Artist and TED fellow" Salvatore Iaconesi, has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Unusually, he has chosen to publish his medical records online, so anybody can check on his progress..
I don't think he's exactly A list, but the BBC did report on one of his inventions a couple of months ago. I felt a little out of touch with modern society after reading that article and am still a little unclear as to what a "TED fellow" actually is.
I don't think he's exactly A list, but the BBC did report on one of his inventions a couple of months ago. I felt a little out of touch with modern society after reading that article and am still a little unclear as to what a "TED fellow" actually is.
A TED fellow is someone who often gives speeches at TED talks I believe.
Fascinating videos.
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Better Them Than Us!:
Stefano Borgonovo,Jo Bryant, Ryan Buell, Sir Henry Cecil, Hugo Chavez, Van Cliburn, Katherine Crowe, Bonnie Franklin , Francis George, Ron Hynes, Salvatore Iaconesi, Clive James, Sandy Jardine, Colm Murray 
, Jack Pardee, Brian Shivers, Anne Williams, Michael Winner, Tito Vilanova, Masao Yoshida
I Will Survive! [Theme: Last Living]
Patty Andrews, Errie Ball, Jimmy Cobb , Abdul "Duke" Fakir , Maurice Faure, Benjamin Ferencz, Barry Gibb, Clint Hill, Jean Kennedy Smith, Jozef Kowalski, Madeleine LeBeau , George Lowe, Rochus Misch , Shirley Mitchell, Tommy Ramone, John Stephenson , Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schenzin, Janet Waldo, Betty White
ShadowList 2013: Eli Wallach, Rev. Billy Graham, Stan Lee, Nelson Mandela,Patty Andrews, Olivia de Havilland, Kirk Douglas, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Margaret Thatcher, Beverly Cleary, George H.W. Bush, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Joan Fontaine, John Glenn, Prince Philip, Luise Rainer, Christopher Lee, Ray Harryhausen, Fidel Castro, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Nancy Reagan, Muhammad Ali, Carol Channing, Bob Dole, Al Molinaro, Don Pardo, I.M. Pei, Pete Seeger, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Chuck Yeager, Doris Day, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Stan Musial, John Paul Stevens, Don Rickles, Vera Lynn, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Carter, Richard Attenborough, B.B. King, Prof. Irwin Corey, Ed Koch, Richard Adams, Stephen Hawking, Gough Whitlam, Jonathan Winters, Noel Neill, Lauren Bacall, Yogi Berra
Better Them Than Us!:
Stefano Borgonovo,
, Francis George, Ron Hynes, Salvatore Iaconesi, Clive James, Sandy Jardine, Colm Murray , I Will Survive! [Theme: Last Living]
, Abdul "Duke" Fakir , Maurice Faure, Benjamin Ferencz, Barry Gibb, Clint Hill, Jean Kennedy Smith, Jozef Kowalski, Madeleine LeBeau , , Shirley Mitchell, Tommy Ramone, John Stephenson , Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, ShadowList 2013: Eli Wallach, Rev. Billy Graham, Stan Lee, Nelson Mandela,
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 07:06 PM
If he's a TED Fellow, he'll get a Comment Is Free obit.
My favourite TED talk is the one about how masturbating to internet pornography is rewriting your brain.
My favourite TED talk is the one about how masturbating to internet pornography is rewriting your brain.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 10:24 AM
Fascinating indeed.
I rather liked Dan Dennet's talk on The illusion of consciousness.
Normally I don't care much about philosophy and philosophers, but Dennet has a good point. I've been thinking occasionally about a somewhat related question ever since a bar discussion: "Is what I call I the driver or rather a passenger of my life?" My answer is both, of course. However, it seems we don't do much driving and if what Dennet describes is correct, we do most of that driving inside our minds, rather than in the outside world.
regards,
Hein
I rather liked Dan Dennet's talk on The illusion of consciousness.
Normally I don't care much about philosophy and philosophers, but Dennet has a good point. I've been thinking occasionally about a somewhat related question ever since a bar discussion: "Is what I call I the driver or rather a passenger of my life?" My answer is both, of course. However, it seems we don't do much driving and if what Dennet describes is correct, we do most of that driving inside our minds, rather than in the outside world.
regards,
Hein
DDP 2013 team The Grey Horde:
Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud,Giulio Andreotti, Hugo Chávez, Jacques Chirac, Felix Dennis, Bonnie Franklin, Damon Harris, Clive James, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Jiroemon Kimura, Helmut Kohl, Manisha Koirala, Nelson Mandela, Bruno Metsu, Rochus Misch, Robert Mugabe, Julie Newmar, Chopper Read, Sister Wendy, Tito Vilanova
DDP 2013 theme team Minions of Xuleneb:
Theo Bos, Albert II of Belgium, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Corry Brokken, Dick Bruna, Raymond Ceulemans, Godfried Cardinal Danneels, Mark Eyskens, Fabiola of Belgium, John Fentener van Vlissingen, Gerard Helders, Jacky Ickx, Jan Janssen, Jean of Luxembourg, Piet de Jong, Kees Rijvers, Wim Ruska, "Toots" Thielemans, Martinus Veltman, Geert Wilders
Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud,
, DDP 2013 theme team Minions of Xuleneb:
, John Fentener van Vlissingen, #58
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 02:41 PM
InquilineKea, on 22 November 2010 - 02:36 AM, said:
wildstorm, on 14 November 2010 - 05:50 AM, said:
How about The 'inventor of the laser/maser', Charles H. Townes? No word on his health, but turns 96 next year. 
Among all the older Nobel laureates, I'd bet against him and Chen Ning Yang dying. The others probably have higher chances of dying.
Charles received the Golden Goose award recently. Although, he is much less active now, as his latest lecture was given more than 5 years ago, and he is turning 98 next year. Could potentially be a contender for DL 2013.
Chen Ning Yang, has recently had a celebration for his 90th birthday which is coming up in October, but seems to be doing well and is still highly active in his field. So you're most likely right about his longevity.
2013 Deathlist (My Nifty Fifty):
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Van Cliburn, Ryan Buell, Bonnie Franklin, Ray Price, Prince Phillip, Mike Porcaro, Jack Pardee, Ronnie Biggs, Hugo Chavez, Ian McKellen, Michael Winner, Bernie Nolan, John Turner, Muhammad Ali, Patty Andrews, Mary-Tyler Moore, Abe Vigoda, Rev. Billy Graham, Stephen Hawking, David Rockafeller, Margaret Thatcher, George H.W. Bush, Jean Beliveau, Lindsay Lohan, Gunter Grass, Robert Mugabe, Reg Presley, Nelson Mandela, Richard Adams, Ingvar Kamprad, Fidel Castro, Mickey Rooney, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hosni Mubarak, Jerry Lewis, I.M. Pei, Harold Camping, Stan Lee, Harper Lee, Clive James, Randy Travis, Gene Wilder, Dr. Henry Heimlich, Irwin Corey, Abdullah Al Saud, Gough Whitlam, Bob Barker, Penny Marshall, James Garner
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Van Cliburn, Ryan Buell, Bonnie Franklin, Ray Price, Prince Phillip, Mike Porcaro, Jack Pardee, Ronnie Biggs, Hugo Chavez, Ian McKellen, Michael Winner, Bernie Nolan, John Turner, Muhammad Ali, Patty Andrews, Mary-Tyler Moore, Abe Vigoda, Rev. Billy Graham, Stephen Hawking, David Rockafeller, Margaret Thatcher, George H.W. Bush, Jean Beliveau, Lindsay Lohan, Gunter Grass, Robert Mugabe, Reg Presley, Nelson Mandela, Richard Adams, Ingvar Kamprad, Fidel Castro, Mickey Rooney, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hosni Mubarak, Jerry Lewis, I.M. Pei, Harold Camping, Stan Lee, Harper Lee, Clive James, Randy Travis, Gene Wilder, Dr. Henry Heimlich, Irwin Corey, Abdullah Al Saud, Gough Whitlam, Bob Barker, Penny Marshall, James Garner
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Posted 22 October 2012 - 06:08 AM
Stanford Ovshinsky @ 89, was the inventor of the much loved N-Mh battery......
http://www.nytimes.c...PpdMZX4lWI4Huhw
http://www.nytimes.c...PpdMZX4lWI4Huhw
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Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 12:32 PM
John MacAfee, as in "the guy behind your antivirus software", is wanted for murder in Belize after a man was shot dead in an argument about dogs. Apparently his time in Belize was spent trying to discover "super perv powder".
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow
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