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Early UNIX Contributor Robert Morris Dead at 78

Posted by timothy on from the elder-statesman dept.

dtmos writes "Robert Morris, a major contributor to the Unix password and security features while at Bell Labs, has passed at the age of 78. His interesting life was made even more interesting by his son, Robert Tappan Morris, who invented the computer worm."

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  1. What are the burial plans? by jameskojiro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Conventional Burial?
    Cremation?
    Crygenic Preservation?
    .
    . /dev/null ?

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    Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
    1. Re:What are the burial plans? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 4, Funny

      It would be only fitting for the dates on his headstone to be in seconds relative to the Unix epoch.

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      "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
    2. Re:What are the burial plans? by MaxBooger · · Score: 3, Funny

      Conventional Burial? Cremation? Crygenic Preservation? . . /dev/null ?

      Buried in a crypt, of course.

  2. command line death by jbeaupre · · Score: 3, Funny

    God@heaven /usr/earth/RobertTappanMorris sudo mv soul.bin /heaven
    password:
    God@heaven /usr/earth/RobertTappanMorris rm -f *
    God@heaven /usr/earth/RobertTappanMorris cd ..
    God@heaven /usr/earth/ chmod 777 RobertTappanMorris

    (later other users will move his empty directory to /usr/earth/cemetery)

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    1. Re:command line death by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      That is his son you've just killed.

    2. Re:command line death by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      God@heaven /usr/earth/RobertTappanMorris sudo mv soul.bin /heaven

      Except he was an atheist.

      God@heaven /usr/earth cd /heaven
      God@heaven /heaven mv soul.bin /hell
      God@heaven /heaven cd /hell
      God@heaven /hell ./torture soul.bin -t fire