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This really needs a better source. There's no citation provided, and Wikipedia can't keep any details of his death up without one. Basically, I have a spoonful
by estel 15y ago
This really needs a better source. There's no citation provided, and Wikipedia can't keep any details of his death up without one.
Basically, I have a spoonful of salt to hand.
- damienfir 15y agoYes, there isn't any news about this. This might be a good way to make people read about this kind of person.
- redthrowaway 15y agoAgreed. I did a quick Google News search and turned up nothing. Could be legit, or vandalism, but there's really no way to know until we have confirmation. - --EDIT-- Since I wrote this, I've seen one source appear, in Portuguese[1]. It's still unclear whether this story is legitimate, or if they simply copied wikipedia / the buzz surrounding the story. - --EDIT 2-- Globo is apparently the largest media conglomerate in South America[2] and thus unlikely to publish unsourced stories, so this looks (sadly) to be true. [1] http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2011/10/morre-john-mccarthy-pioneiro-da-inteligencia-artificial.html http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2011/10/morre-john-mc... [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizações_Globo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizações_Globo
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- vasco 15y ago*Portuguese
- redthrowaway 15y agoFixed, much obliged.
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- kogus 15y agoThis news site supports the claim (if you translate it): http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2011/10/morre-john-mccarthy-pioneiro-da-inteligencia-artificial.html http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2011/10/morre-john-mc...
- asolove 15y agoOk, come on. Both here and on Wikipedia people are posting links to blog posts or minor news sites that supposedly "support" the claim. But these are clearly instigated by the original Wikipedia edit itself, so that they don't provide any additional proof.
- rglullis 15y agoThey also provide no source, and they published after it was published here. Not reliable.
- eccp 15y ago"Não há detalhes sobre a causa de sua morte" = "There are no details about the cause of death".
- karlzt 15y agohttp://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/creator-of-lisp-john-mccarthy-dead-at-84/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/creator-of-lisp-john-mccart...
- estel 15y agoWhich cites... this thread. Hello TC!