Creator of ASCII dies

[burpmitosis]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3838845.stm

Bob Bemer developed the Ascii coding system to standardise the way computers represent letters, numbers, punctuation marks and some control codes.

He also introduced the backslash and escape key to the world of computers and was one of the first to warn about the dangers of the millennium bug.

Mr Bemer died on 22 June at his home in Texas following a battle with cancer.

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[Regular John]

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EDIT- fuck

[burpmitosis]

for some reason the pics would work in preview but not when posted. Even tried "pre" tags. hmpff.

[Vermschneid Mehearties]

Thank fuck I spotted this, else I would have gone completely unaware of that event. So thanks.

I would write a kind farewell message in ASCII, but I just don't know how.

I wonder if http://www.steakandcheese.com still has a few of those classic ASCII pictures lying around?