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Who are your heroes?

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  • F Forogar

    Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

    - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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    my two sons... :-\

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    • F Forogar

      Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

      - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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      Chris C B
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      Simples. The Medici family of Florence, who funded the greatest advances in art, science and humanism ever seen, that ultimately led to Western civilisation.

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      • F Forogar

        Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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        GKP1992
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        Reading the title of the post, Dr. Stephen Hawking comes to mind. Another despite being a legend is Atlas the titan. His endurance inspires me to get through tough times.

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          "They have us surrounded - those poor bastards". Is that from them? Not sure if even a real quote, but it's been around for a long, long time.

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          den2k88
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          No, that should be from the Easy Company, 101st Airbourne Division, IIRC. Ariete (and Folgore) companies are quite famous between people fond of Italian armed forces because they fought bravely and valiantly despite the terrible situation of the army and the desperate numerical inferiority they were in. Both of these companies got commendation from the Allies for the valor AND for the problems they caused, sometimes holding a position only with guts and grit until they were completely wiped out, buying precious time for the Axis forces (whebn they were our allies) to evacuate or reinforce. For many people they are a symbol of courage and determination, not linked to any political connotation (as it is for me, I don't have any nazi or fascist sympathy).

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          • F Forogar

            Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

            - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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            Daniel Pfeffer
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            Historical figures: Julius Caesar, Winston Churchill Biblical figures: Abraham, Moses, Daniel Scientists: Galileo, Newton, Marie Curie, Richard Feynman Engineers: The anonymous engineers who invented the [Greek steam engines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile), [Isambard Kingdom Brunel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard\_Kingdom\_Brunel)

            Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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            • F Forogar

              Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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              Jorgen Andersson
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              Hans Rosling. Factfulness (the book)[^] “One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates There are quite some people that needs to read this book.

              Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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              • F Forogar

                Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

                - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                Wozniak is cool and he actually stood against what iCrap nowadays is. Example: Back then, he fought for expansion slots unlike nowadays "Just buy the more expensive option".

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                • F Forogar

                  Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

                  - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                  CPallini
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                  Carlo & The Klingons. :laugh:

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                  • F Forogar

                    Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

                    - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                    Rear Admiral Grace Hopper - one of the greats of the early days of computing. Famed for her work on COBOL and CODASYL. Also well known for carrying a nanosecond in her handbag (a piece of wire about 12" long) to demonstrate the physical limits of computing as its length is the maximum distance that electromagnetic energy (e.g. light) can travel in a second.

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                    • F Forogar

                      Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

                      - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                      I have many heroes. Here are my top 5 Johannes Gutenberg - Without him a book was un-affordable.:thumbsup: Aaron Swartz - A genius and hacktivist. Murdered by the US government. You will be missed.:rose: Alan Turing - A great mind and treated so wrong by the UK government. :(( Steven Hawking - The genius of all mankind and a great sense of humor. Big Bang Theory is not as funny without you. :-D Unknown - The inventor of the number zero, the basis of all computer code.:java:

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                      • F Forogar

                        Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

                        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                        My mate Harry. :)

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                          I have many heroes. Here are my top 5 Johannes Gutenberg - Without him a book was un-affordable.:thumbsup: Aaron Swartz - A genius and hacktivist. Murdered by the US government. You will be missed.:rose: Alan Turing - A great mind and treated so wrong by the UK government. :(( Steven Hawking - The genius of all mankind and a great sense of humor. Big Bang Theory is not as funny without you. :-D Unknown - The inventor of the number zero, the basis of all computer code.:java:

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                          Member 12837564 wrote:

                          Unknown - The inventor of the number zero, the basis of all computer code.[Coffee]

                          Aryabhata.

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                            My mate Harry. :)

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                            GKP1992
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                            Like in Potter? ;P

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                              Like in Potter? ;P

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                              Munchies_Matt
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                              As in a good friend of mine who has done so much crazy stuff in his life it should be in a book. :)

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                                As in a good friend of mine who has done so much crazy stuff in his life it should be in a book. :)

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                                GKP1992
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                                :-D Don't all out mates deserve that.

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                                  :-D Don't all out mates deserve that.

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                                  Munchies_Matt
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                                  If they had all climbed the highest mountain in the world outside the Himalyas, on their own, with a paralysed left arm, from a bike crash, yes!

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                                    If they had all climbed the highest mountain in the world outside the Himalyas, on their own, with a paralysed left arm, from a bike crash, yes!

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                                    GKP1992
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                                    Your pride is well placed. :thumbsup:

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                                      Your pride is well placed. :thumbsup:

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                                      Munchies_Matt
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                                      He has also driven Triumph Bonnevilles around most of the known world. Some of his stories are incredible, really, he should write a book.

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                                      • F Forogar

                                        Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

                                        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                        His name was Hawking

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                                        • F Forogar

                                          Excluding politics, sports and Albert Einstein, who are your biggest heroes? One of mine is the late, great Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak. Note: I would have said Winston Churchill but politicians are excluded.

                                          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                          lbesteban
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                                          Those who helped to develop humanity such as Guttenberg, Alan Kay, Alan Turing, Marie Curie, Isaac Fleming, Arquimedes, Antonio Meucci, all arpanet researches, .... And on the other side Thanos, he plays in another hero league

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