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Roland Piquepaille Dies

Posted by kdawson on from the in-memoriam dept.

overheardinpdx writes "I'm sad to report that longtime HPC technology pundit Roland Piquepaille (rpiquepa) died this past Tuesday. Many of you may know of him through his blog, his submissions to Slashdot, and his many years of software visualization work at SGI and Cray Research. I worked with Roland 20 years ago at Cray, where we both wrote tech stories for the company newsletter. With his focus on how new technologies modify our way of life, Roland was really doing Slashdot-type reporting before there was a World Wide Web. Rest in peace, Roland. You will be missed." The notice of Roland's passing was posted on the Cray Research alumni group on Linked-In by Matthias Fouquet-Lapar. There will be a ceremony on Monday Jan. 12, at 10:30 am Paris time, at Père Lachaise.

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  1. No Need for Insult by dsginter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Roland was really doing Slashdot-type reporting before there was a World Wide Web.

    Now, Now... there's no need to insult the guy at this point.

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    1. Re:No Need for Insult by gad_zuki! · · Score: 5, Funny

      Its pretty sad I came here just to post that exact joke. Ronald's passing has opened my eyes on how unoriginal I am. Thank you sir, that is the greatest gift of all.

    2. Re:No Need for Insult by ryanvm · · Score: 5, Funny

      Who the fuck is Ronald?

  2. Hmmm by brian0918 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well you know what they say... you never know how much you miss something until it's gone. For me, I find that is definitely the case here - I will truly miss the use of ohnoitsroland, boycottroland, and dierolanddie tags!

  3. Re:Rest in peace by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mere death won't stop him from posting

  4. Well, this proves... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently its not just his blog links that resulted in a DEAD END.
     
    Too soon?

  5. Re:In memoriam by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Prophetic, nothin'! I am SOOOO tagging this article 'diekdawsondie'!

    (It's a joke. It's funny. Laugh.)

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  6. Re:Rest in Peace, rpiquepa by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can only suspect St. Peter will give YOU a -1 when you show up before the pearly gates

    I don't know about that, but on Roland's approach St. Peter was heard to say "oh no, it's Roland".

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  7. Re:Know your limits by Rei · · Score: 4, Funny

    In honor of him, we should flood news sites with releases for this subject that redirect readers to a blog.

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  8. Jon Katz by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is breathing a sigh of relief that he escaped Slashdot alive.

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  9. Re:Rest in Peace, rpiquepa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    If you want to get technical, Hitler was one of 'Us' too.

    And I'll miss Roland less.

  10. Re:What happens to... by smellsofbikes · · Score: 2, Funny

    >The actual Roland's account, as mentioned in the story, was "rpiquepa".

    You expect /.ers to RTFA?
    You must be new here.

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  11. In a truly ironic twist of fate... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    All the advertising I usually see on a /. story is coming up with a "404 - Not Found".

    RIP, Roland.

  12. Re:In memoriam by CptNerd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Life is the leading cause of death...

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  13. Re:Oi. by gclef · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which means that if you do something awesome, you should never try do anything else, ever.

  14. Re:Rest in Peace, rpiquepa by forkazoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know about that, but on Roland's approach St. Peter was heard to say "oh no, it's Roland".

    No, actually St. Peter has no idea that Roland is coming. He was using an extension to block everything related to him.

  15. Re:Wait a second by BlueParrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kdawson made the phone calls to confirm this before posting it.

    Ok now THAT makes me doubt this is real.

  16. Re:Rest in peace by Surt · · Score: 5, Funny

    When you see death walking up the path to your door, start typing fast.

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  17. Re:Rest in Peace, rpiquepa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    tagged ohnoitwasroland

  18. Truly by argStyopa · · Score: 4, Funny

    He'll be missed.

    But honestly, his death should have been reported via a link to his blog that would THEN link to the page discussing his death.

    Only a fitting tribute.

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  19. Re:Rest in peace by Roland+Piquepaille · · Score: 5, Funny

    You got that right!

  20. Oh no it's Roland by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fetch the holy water and call an exorcist! This time, he's going to stay dead.

  21. Re:Wait a second by pbhj · · Score: 4, Funny

    Kdawson made the phone calls to confirm this before posting it.

    What is netcrafts phone number?

  22. It must be true... by Cruciform · · Score: 3, Funny

    I checked to see who submitted and it wasn't Roland. I would think that this being Slashdot he would have set up a dead-man-switch to make that submission himself.

    It would be only fitting.

    RIP Roland.

  23. Re:Yeah... bout that UID. by MagusSlurpy · · Score: 2, Funny

    God - I totally read your title as "Yeah. . . bout that IUD." It's been a long day. . .

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  24. Re:Know your limits by Dun+Malg · · Score: 1, Funny

    Even so, his stories were far better than anything submitted by Twitter The Troll. Twitter The Troll repeated stories such as "Teh M$ sux0rs"

    Granted, but simply being better than Twitter is no claim to fame. That's like saying "more nutritious than sand".

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  25. Re:And I _still_ don't know... by grub · · Score: 2, Funny


    ..how to pronounce his name.

    "Oe-Noe-itz-roe-land"

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  26. Re:Rest in Peace, rpiquepa by grub · · Score: 1, Funny

    Thanks for the reminder. I can finally delete the "NoRoland" Greasemonkey script in Firefox.

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  27. Re:Slashdot by lgw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Moral bankruptcy was so 2008 - fiscal bankruptcy is all the rage in 2009!

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  28. Re:A taste of Slashdot by stinerman · · Score: 4, Funny

    On slashdot?

    I'd actually be very pleased if my death made it to the front page.

  29. Re:A taste of Slashdot by TheLink · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unless it happened to be a "darwin award" type of death.

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  30. Re:Rest in peace by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    I checked his grave, and there was just a link to a different grave with someone else's corpse.

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  31. Re:A taste of Slashdot by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah... but posted by kdawson?

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