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Computer Pioneer Bob Bemer Dies

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the riderless-horse dept.

tpconcannon writes "Bob Bemer, the man who helped introduce the backslash as well as the escape key to computing, has passed away at his home at the age of 78. He also helped develop ASCII during the 60's at IBM. More interesting is that he predicted the Y2K bug all the way back in 1971!"

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  1. Re:His Exact words on Y2K !! by radd0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm here to warn you of the dangers that lie ahead for Y10K.

  2. I'm ahead of my time by badansible · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And so I... predict the Y10K bug! Sadly enough, I'd bet we'll have the same problem in year 10000... (but it will come handy to push the economy)