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Xref: sserve soc.net-people:2708 comp.org.usenix:3431 comp.unix.wizards:29680 comp.unix.bsd:12071 misc.writing:7376 Newsgroups: ba.general,soc.net-people,comp.org.usenix,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.bsd,misc.writing Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!wilbur.nas.nasa.gov!eugene From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) Subject: Re: Jim Joyce Message-ID: <C82rpr.10n@nas.nasa.gov> Followup-To: soc.net-people,comp.org.usenix Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: wilbur.nas.nasa.gov Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California References: <Jun.3.16.11.31.1993.18466@net.bio.net> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1993 02:17:51 GMT Lines: 38 In article <Jun.3.16.11.31.1993.18466@net.bio.net> mcb@net.bio.net (Michael C. Berch) writes: >I am very sorry to bring the news to the net community that Jim Joyce, >well-known and long-time member of the UNIX and Usenet community, >passed away in San Francisco last week (May 27).... >Some personal notes: >I first met Jim as a sophomore at Berkeley in 1975, when I took his >Computing for the Humanities class, which was done with punch-cards, >FORTRAN, and a CDC 6400. Towards the end of the course he began ... >couple of years later introduced me to Prof. Brendan O Hehir of the >English department, for whom I did my first real programming work >(with Jim's help) on his _Polyglossary to Finnegans Wake_. > >Sometime in the late '70s Jim presented me with an "Official >Card-Carrying UNIX Hacker" card, which I accepted somewhat awkwardly. I, too still have my card. Jim was prized for his application of computers to non-numeric problems. His literary analysis of Hemmingway's "The Sun Also Rises" using the style and diction programs at a time when most people never even heard of word processing and personal computers or even thought of spell checking. He was typically one with cool head and even disposition. A 60s-icon. I first meet Jim at one of the Santa Monica meetings BEFORE it was called Usenix. I wish we in NASA could have used his services in early Unix wars. I am honored to have known this man. The computer world is a little sadder place for its loss of Jim. He will be missed. Follow ups to appropriate groups. --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov Resident Cynic, Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene Second Favorite email message: Returned mail: Cannot send message for 3 days A Ref: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, vol. 1, G. Polya