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Ad Block Plus Filter Maintainer "rick752" Dies At 56

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the guy-who-made-the-intertubez-liveable-again dept.

A user on Reddit pointed out that Richard "rick752" Petnel, maintainer of one of the most popular filter lists for Ad Block Plus, has passed away at age 56. In an article last year Petnel described a bit of what he was up against in the ad world. "'I'm playing against some pretty big players,' he said, explaining his reluctance to step forward. 'I don't want to be harassed. . . . I don't want to be bribed. I started it because I was frustrated with getting my computer infected from ads -- malware and spyware and all that stuff,' he said. 'I kind of went overboard with it. But you have to admit, it's pretty amazing, right?'" Update 15:05 GMT by SM: updated to reflect Rick's status as maintainer of the most popular Ad Block Plus filter as opposed to Ad Block Plus itself.

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  1. Ditch MS Windows and set up an IP filter list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There. That wasn't so overboard now, was it?

  2. first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Check out Discount Caskets for all your funeral needs!

  3. Re:What can you say. by Feanturi · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, thanks for adding pointless noise to the conversation. I have a question for you: Do you honestly believe that you have made a difference today? Do you honestly believe that the poster is now going to shape up and fly right thanks to your efforts? Really?

  4. Re:RIP by Jalfro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Except there's nothing shameful about AIDS of course.

  5. Re:What can you say. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But that doesn't preclude her from calling me daddy, now does it? ;)

    No, but I'm sure there are plenty of other things that would preclude this from happening.

  6. Re:What can you say. by Shadow-isoHunt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Who's yo daddy?" *smack smack*

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  7. Re:erm? by MyLongNickName · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The grandparent asked why it was marked troll. I simply gave an answer. If you don't like it, fine. However, I'd bet anything that that is the reason it got marked troll.

    And, assholishic comments aside, no one was asking anyone to mourn his loss. However, expressing sympathies when something like this happens is considered the socially correct thing to do, not kvetch about the product he is working on.

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  8. not effected by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    affected