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Interestingly, he was a victim of the Unabomber. From Wikipedia: In 1993, Gelernter was critically injured opening a mailbomb sent by Theodore Kaczynski, who
by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Interestingly, he was a victim of the Unabomber.
From Wikipedia:
In 1993, Gelernter was critically injured opening a mailbomb sent by Theodore Kaczynski, who at that time was an unidentified but violent opponent of technology, dubbed by the press as "the Unabomber".[2] He recovered from his injuries but his right hand and eye were permanently damaged. He chronicled the ordeal in his 1997 book Drawing Life: Surviving the Unabomber.
- evo_9 16y agoStupid tiny iPhone arrows... Sorry I downvoted you when I was trying opposite. I upvoted 2 other post to rectify.
- sasvari 16y agoyeah, that was also my first association when I read Gelernter. remembered him from the movie Das Netz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Netz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Netz
- tav 16y agoHe has also made some significant contributions to computer science — linda/tuple spaces in particular have been extremely influential in distributed computing. Not to mention his sci-fi works.