[Tfug] Rob Levin died..

[bigj at flatwan.net]

Haha. Well if I ever start wearing leather chaps and hanging out in
"alternative night clubs" I'll consider buying this awesome dude magnet.
Haha.

Oh I'm sure he/she was intoxicated/unlicensed/uninsured/talking on their
cell phone when they hit him.

--
Jon


> 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
> personal: runenfool at gmail.com
> 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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