Who are your heroes?
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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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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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I'm surprised nobody has said Chris Maunder & co. As tongue in check as that sounds, my life as a software developer has been significantly, and in positive ways, influenced by the existence of Code Project. While that can be said of many people (99% of them are dead), there's something to be said about a hero that is relevant.
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Add my vote to yours. Chris & Co. have performed an amazing job on a web site for a particularly unruly herd of cats.
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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.
Any combat veteran.
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They are the same person arent they? :)
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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.
My dad, Elon Musk, Gene Simmons and Jesus and if sports weren't excluded... Vince Lombardi
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I'm surprised nobody has said Chris Maunder & co. As tongue in check as that sounds, my life as a software developer has been significantly, and in positive ways, influenced by the existence of Code Project. While that can be said of many people (99% of them are dead), there's something to be said about a hero that is relevant.
Latest Article - A Concise Overview of Threads Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Trump. (Not really. I'm just testing the latest upgrade of Godwin's law)
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Don't do heroes but admiration for SH and SW
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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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.
Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, George Harrison, Pete Townsend Otis Redding, Oliver "Who shot the La La" Morgan, Lee Dorsey, Fats Domino, Irma Thomas My Dad, My wife and all of the other Nurses of her generation. Not in any particular order.
Live music kicks recorded music's ass every time.
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SO you thin kit is impossible to plan and build a new town?
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They are the same person arent they? :)
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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.
In general, my heroes are obscure individuals who have sacrificed personal gain for the betterment of others: my college professors who never achieved world renown, who stayed at a tiny college because teaching a few students was more important than good money or any chance of fame. Most have have passed away now, and I do miss them.
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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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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.
For me it is Cuck Peddle, father of the 6502 and HDTV. Chuck has received a raw deal in as far as the history of Electronics goes, but he was immensely important to bringing personnel computers the average people around the world.
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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.
If your'e not too pround of being an adult to read children's books, and you can get hold of Stig Ericson: Hjältejakten ("Chasing the Hero", or something like that) in a language you master, it is most certainly worth your time. And if you have kids of the right age, 9+, ready to read books that are not just entertainment and fun, but serious stuff, it will be worth their time as well. (You can use "I want to know what my kids are reading" as an excuse for reading the book yourself :-)) The story takes place in the Wild West shortly after the Civil War. The main character, 15 years old, runs away from home to follow his journalist father to the frontier, to bring back stories about the great heroes of the West. They do find, and make friends with, one of those considered among the greatest of them, but the young boy soon learns the true realities behind that proud "hero" image. Briefly stated: He ends up rather disillusioned. After reading "Hjältejakten" you won't be as eager for heroes anymore...
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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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Good question, for me it's Isaac Newton, Bob Dylan, and my 7th grade math teacher Mrs. Thyme.
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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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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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No, that should be from the Easy Company, 101st Airbourne Division, IIRC.
Is it? I must've watched HBO's Band of Brothers (whose story is centered around the 101st) at least half a dozen times, and I can't recollect anyone saying that in the series. Or maybe I've read it in Stephen Ambrose's book (on which the series is based).
