[Tfug] Rob Levin died..

[Anthony Hess]

I think you didn't look hard enough:

http://faculty.concord.edu/chrisz/hobby/Courtesy/74-SWSticker.html

Seriously though any drunk idiot behind any vehicle can easily kill a
cyclist (Im guessing the guy was drunk or otherwise shouldn't have been
driving by the fact that it was a hit and run).

--
Anthony Hess
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work: anthony_d_hess at raytheon.com

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 bigj at flatwan.net wrote:

> I agree we need change. I however get 18.6 mpg with my '05 Nissan Titan
> 5.6 liter V8 on mostly highway driving to and from work. The room I have
> in that 4 door truck cannot be found in any economical car.
>
> I also own a '01 Ford Escape which gets better gas mileage and I can
> barely fit myself, 2 kids in car seats and their associated baby
> paraphenelia.
>
> --
> Jon
>
> > I think the auto makers can do a better job.  We can still have a roomie,
> > more efficient, and smaller vehicle.
> >
> > I think you will agree we do need a change.  If you are driving one of
> > those 10mpg SUV's you pay over $7.00 one way.  That's $75.00/week just to
> > get to work and back home.  Ouch!
> >
> >
> >
> > bigj at flatwan.net wrote: I don't consider myself a fat ass because I work
> > 30 miles from home and my
> > kids can't fit on the back of my bike. I'm 6'8" and little ricers ain't
> > going to cut it for me and my family so I'm forced to buy something large.
> >
> > I do agree with you that this situation blows more than Nicole Richie. I
> > hope they catch the POS.
> >
> > --
> > Jon
> >
> >>
> >> I can't believe it.  I've chatted with lilo a few times on freenode a
> >> long
> >> time ago.  This is terrible news.  Freenode just won't be the same
> >> without
> >> lilo...  :'(  I always cringe when I find out about bicycle accidents.
> >> My
> >> uncle died from a very similar circumstance.  I cycle a decent amount
> >> myself, and I'm always worried about being run over.  I seriously doubt
> >> a
> >> helmet will help me much in such an incident but it has to be better
> >> than
> >> nothing so I never ride without it.  It's just not fair, we're the
> >> better
> >> people in these times for not polluting and getting exercise, while some
> >> fat
> >> ass is driving an SUV.  I voted yes on issues 1 and 2 on May 16th
> >> because
> >> part of the plan is the add many miles of bike lanes, among other
> >> reasons.
> >>
> >>>From: "Bowie J. Poag"
> >>>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> >>>To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> >>>Subject: [Tfug] Rob Levin died..
> >>>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:09:33 -0700
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Seen Slashdot tonight?
> >>>
> >>>One of the last pieces of the old-school altruistic Linux community is
> >>>apparently gone.
> >>>
> >>>I didn't know him all that well, but Rob and I kept in touch over the
> >>>years. Even helped him out a bit when things were tight. Anyway, seems
> >>>Rob was in a hit-and-run on the 11th while riding his bicycle. Alot of
> >>>you guys probably have never heard of him, but Rob Levin was probably
> >>>one of the most sorely underappreciated behind-the-scenes guys in the
> >>>Linux community. Anyone who has anything even remotely serious to do w/
> >>>regard to OSS development meets on Freenode, and Freenode would have
> >>>been anarchy without Rob. He never made a dime off of running it, and
> >>>didn't want to.
> >>>
> >>>Saddest part is, practically no one knew him, and even fewer people
> >>> cared.
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>Bowie
> >>>
> >>>
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