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Most of what I know him for was coming on TWiT, driving Leo Laporte nuts, and making claims that ended up not coming true. He was a hilarious curmudgeon. He wi

by donatj 3mo ago

Most of what I know him for was coming on TWiT, driving Leo Laporte nuts, and making claims that ended up not coming true. He was a hilarious curmudgeon. He will be missed.

ghaff 3mo ago
He was a very readable columnist for PC Mag among other places. He was also more focused on being interesting and at least a bit provocative than being correct. >He was a hilarious curmudgeon. Agreed.
- duzer65657 3mo ago
  >> He was also more focused on being interesting and at least a bit provocative than being correct. So exactly like everyone today, but also interesting?
  - smackeyacky 3mo ago
    He set the style of being confidently incorrect. At least he was entertaining.
    - smoyer 3mo ago
      He would make a great AI!
  - ghaff 3mo ago
    Probably. With some exceptions, he wasn't flat out wrong. But he did push the boundaries from time to time.
acomjean 3mo ago
Curmudgeon is the perfect term to describe. He was a great part of TWIT. I liked his obscure software references (lotus Jazz was one I think). He also found this new thing is like that old thing. His non positive takes were a great addition to the show.
- rbanffy 3mo ago
  > lotus Jazz I actually remember that.
- donatj 3mo ago
  When Leo banned him is actually when I stopped listening to TWiT. Apparently he came back a few years later, but I never did.
  - pazimzadeh 3mo ago
    Apparently Dvorak was against net neutrality. He had the worst takes https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=d0e55f3197099944345708652&id=031c00b6d3&e=53f8136959 https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=d0e55f319709994434570865...
    - 0o_MrPatrick_o0 3mo ago
      The tech world needs good heels! His worst takes were some of his best!
    - jjayjay 3mo ago
      I listened to his many pontifications about net-neutrality at that time. His concern was not the theory and practice of "net-neutrality". It was that "net-neutrality" was being used by various industry lobbyists and politicians at that time to justify the creation of a definition of "lawful traffic". By their definition, only "lawful traffic" would be subject to neutrality. Traffic that was not deemed "lawful traffic" would not be treated the same and could be shaped and blocked. It was at the time that Pirate Bay was under constant legal attack (2015) and BitTorrent was the "unlawful traffic". IMO this was a good take that not many journalists paid attention to.
      - drewnick 3mo ago
        Thank you for giving us this nuance.
  - atlanta90210 3mo ago
rasz 3mo ago
Praising IBM PS/2 modularity and ease of service on Computer Chronicles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAH1aHmwR0&t=637s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAH1aHmwR0&t=637s He pulled one apart and couldnt put it back together for the rest of the episode :-)
VCFundedGenYer 3mo ago
He was the original "uncle who still runs Windows <3.1/95/98/XP> long after support ended because 'Nothing newer is better'" guy.

by donatj 3mo ago

Most of what I know him for was coming on TWiT, driving Leo Laporte nuts, and making claims that ended up not coming true. He was a hilarious curmudgeon. He will be missed.

ghaff 3mo ago

He was a very readable columnist for PC Mag among other places. He was also more focused on being interesting and at least a bit provocative than being correct. >He was a hilarious curmudgeon. Agreed.

duzer65657 3mo ago
>> He was also more focused on being interesting and at least a bit provocative than being correct. So exactly like everyone today, but also interesting?
- smackeyacky 3mo ago
  He set the style of being confidently incorrect. At least he was entertaining.
  - smoyer 3mo ago
    He would make a great AI!
- ghaff 3mo ago
  Probably. With some exceptions, he wasn't flat out wrong. But he did push the boundaries from time to time.

acomjean 3mo ago

Curmudgeon is the perfect term to describe. He was a great part of TWIT. I liked his obscure software references (lotus Jazz was one I think). He also found this new thing is like that old thing. His non positive takes were a great addition to the show.

rbanffy 3mo ago
> lotus Jazz I actually remember that.
donatj 3mo ago
When Leo banned him is actually when I stopped listening to TWiT. Apparently he came back a few years later, but I never did.
- pazimzadeh 3mo ago
  Apparently Dvorak was against net neutrality. He had the worst takes https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=d0e55f3197099944345708652&id=031c00b6d3&e=53f8136959 https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=d0e55f319709994434570865...
  - 0o_MrPatrick_o0 3mo ago
    The tech world needs good heels! His worst takes were some of his best!
  - jjayjay 3mo ago
    I listened to his many pontifications about net-neutrality at that time. His concern was not the theory and practice of "net-neutrality". It was that "net-neutrality" was being used by various industry lobbyists and politicians at that time to justify the creation of a definition of "lawful traffic". By their definition, only "lawful traffic" would be subject to neutrality. Traffic that was not deemed "lawful traffic" would not be treated the same and could be shaped and blocked. It was at the time that Pirate Bay was under constant legal attack (2015) and BitTorrent was the "unlawful traffic". IMO this was a good take that not many journalists paid attention to.
    - drewnick 3mo ago
      Thank you for giving us this nuance.
- atlanta90210 3mo ago

rasz 3mo ago

Praising IBM PS/2 modularity and ease of service on Computer Chronicles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAH1aHmwR0&t=637s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAH1aHmwR0&t=637s He pulled one apart and couldnt put it back together for the rest of the episode :-)

VCFundedGenYer 3mo ago

He was the original "uncle who still runs Windows <3.1/95/98/XP> long after support ended because 'Nothing newer is better'" guy.