[Tfug] Rob Levin died..

[Tyler Kilian]

As if you were a "better person" for something like that.  I'd think 
that taking care of sick relatives, or charity work would qualify you 
as a "better person," but I am mistaken.  The person in a Civic Hybrid 
that cut me off an hour ago is obviously a "better person" than I. ;)



On Sep 17, 2006, at 8:44 AM, bigj at flatwan.net wrote:

> I don't consider myself a fat ass because I work 30 miles from home 
> and my
> kids can't fit on the back of my bike. I'm 6'8" and little ricers ain't
> going to cut it for me and my family so I'm forced to buy something 
> large.
>
> I do agree with you that this situation blows more than Nicole Richie. 
> I
> hope they catch the POS.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>>
>> I can't believe it.  I've chatted with lilo a few times on freenode a 
>> long
>> time ago.  This is terrible news.  Freenode just won't be the same 
>> without
>> lilo...  :'(  I always cringe when I find out about bicycle 
>> accidents.  My
>> uncle died from a very similar circumstance.  I cycle a decent amount
>> myself, and I'm always worried about being run over.  I seriously 
>> doubt a
>> helmet will help me much in such an incident but it has to be better 
>> than
>> nothing so I never ride without it.  It's just not fair, we're the 
>> better
>> people in these times for not polluting and getting exercise, while 
>> some
>> fat
>> ass is driving an SUV.  I voted yes on issues 1 and 2 on May 16th 
>> because
>> part of the plan is the add many miles of bike lanes, among other 
>> reasons.
>>
>>> From: "Bowie J. Poag" <bpoag at comcast.net>
>>> Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>>> To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>>> Subject: [Tfug] Rob Levin died..
>>> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:09:33 -0700
>>>
>>>
>>> Seen Slashdot tonight?
>>>
>>> One of the last pieces of the old-school altruistic Linux community 
>>> is
>>> apparently gone.
>>>
>>> I didn't know him all that well, but Rob and I kept in touch over the
>>> years. Even helped him out a bit when things were tight. Anyway, 
>>> seems
>>> Rob was in a hit-and-run on the 11th while riding his bicycle. Alot 
>>> of
>>> you guys probably have never heard of him, but Rob Levin was probably
>>> one of the most sorely underappreciated behind-the-scenes guys in the
>>> Linux community. Anyone who has anything even remotely serious to do 
>>> w/
>>> regard to OSS development meets on Freenode, and Freenode would have
>>> been anarchy without Rob. He never made a dime off of running it, and
>>> didn't want to.
>>>
>>> Saddest part is, practically no one knew him, and even fewer people
>>> cared.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bowie
>>>
>>>
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