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Clive Robinson •
@ Bruce,
“he “spent some of his youth busking on the streets of Germany with his bagpipes.” Those were good stories.”
It is never easy writing a memorial.
What to put in what to leave out, the reality is a lifetime of work and interaction can never be squeezed into a small space or even encyclopedic sized volumes.
Not that long ago a friend who I’d gone to school with who I later worked with off and on, as well as sharing a social life in the entertainment and other sectors all of his adult life.
I was chatting to his Mum just a month ago and I pulled up from memory a story of how an oil-drum, some bags of pilfered fertilizer, and a shot gun cartridge and mechanical contrivance gave rise to what the Victorians would have called an “infernal machine” and a new “duck pond” in a farmer’s field. I thought she knew about it, but it was news to her, as was how the pair of us gave rise to a story about poltergeists by using tennis rackets and thumb sized pebbles.
As I said to her “there are a lot more stories where those came from”. And she has promised to ‘grill me’ when we next meet up.
And that is the point to life, not the “Good and the Great” we do, most know those, but it’s the little stories that define who we were and stood as the lights that built the person into who they became.
In Native American and other cultural faiths there is a belief that you live on in the memories of others, not for your achievements, but the person you truly were.
Thus it’s the little memories, the funny stories that bring the person to life in others minds, and hold them there.
Daniel Popescu •
Clive said it better than me: I have been living and working in Ireland for a long time now, and all my friends and family are back home in Romania. Every time we meet( not very often), it’s the little stories, funny or sad, that bring us back together. Thanks Bruce.
jelo 117 •
it would be interesting to learn more about Ross Anderson’s work on classical models for quantum mechanics.
Daniel •
Upon starting my first security role 10 years ago my manager bought me Security Engineering. I used to commute daily on public transport with the mammoth book on my lap! Reading through and soaking it up. I emailed Ross once back then to ask his advice on something, and he replied promptly and helpfully, I felt honoured. His humanity shone through his work. Sad to hear of his passing, one of the good ones.
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