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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. In memoriam by hansamurai · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://slashdot.org/tags/ohnoitsroland

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    Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
  2. slashdot^2 by FonkiE · · Score: 4, Interesting

    i'll miss his blog. biotech, computers, physics ... it was slashdot^2 ... to bad he had to close down comments a few years ago due to abuse.

    he was thinking ahead of his time. i would like to be that anticipating at that age.

  3. Roland Piquepaille - Mod Him Way Up, IMHO by mfh · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I liked his whit, and charming methods of describing things to the readers of this website. He truly embodied what can best be described one of the pioneers of the Slashdot effect. Some people trolled him pretty hard, but he was and will always be remembered as interesting, insightful, funny and underrated.

    Roland, may the god(s) of whatever religion you believed in, forever mod you up.

    RIP, bro.

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    The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
  4. Re:I think I speak for all of us when... by 5pp000 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You certainly don't speak for me, Anonymous Coward.

    R.I.P. Roland.

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    Your god may be dead, but mine aren't!
  5. Re:Rest in peace by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Don't bother bringing truth or reason to Slashdot. There's a large contingent of users on this site who seem to have the same amount of religious fervor as your average born-again evangelical, just for a different set of causes.

    I'm not sure if I respect loving Jesus or hate Roland less.

  6. Yeah... bout that UID. by mfh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sorry to disappoint you, but -- inb4 "He Bought it on Ebay."

    I first visited Slashdot when UIDs were in the low 1000's, so I have a lot of time invested in this website. I've read plenty of Rolly's posts and while I didn't agree with all of them, I always enjoyed his perspective.

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    The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
  7. Re:Rest in Peace, rpiquepa by backslashdot · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Agreed.

    I was one of those folks who said bad stuff about his posts. If he read it I hope he didn't take it personally. He was a good guy and there's true bad things out there to have gotten riled up about instead. I am saddened by this news.