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Black Bar please, it would be a great show of respect to the calm, stoic logician that many of the people who read HN can either respect and/or would cite as an
by sswaner 12y ago
Black Bar please, it would be a great show of respect to the calm, stoic logician that many of the people who read HN can either respect and/or would cite as an inspiration for our chosen career paths.
- Luc 12y agoApparently he was quite a powerful actor, because I bet you didn't become an artist like him... After downvotes, I feel compelled to add: nor a logician!
- sswaner 12y agoActually, I studied philosophy in college, with a focus on logic. But it is hard to find work as a philosopher, so I took that logic training and now apply it to computer systems. So, back to my original point - Spock the character and Nimoy the man were inspirational in my choice of career paths.
- Igglyboo 12y agoWhat do you mean by black bar? Never heard that phrase.
- pyre 12y agoSometimes HN does a black bar for deaths that hit close to the community (e.g. when Dennis Richie died).
- NickPollard 12y agoAt many previous times, on days when important, influential or otherwise respected persons have died, the site turns the header bar (normally orange) black, as a mark of respect.
- DanBC 12y agoMany? About three times, I think.
- raheemm 12y agoI remember the black bar for Dennis Richie and Steve Jobs only. It would be fitting for Leonard Nemoy too.
- wtbob 12y agoI dunno, I think Richie was appropriate, and maybe Jobs, simply because, like him or not he was a great notable. But an actor? That just doesn't seem right. The black bar should recognise significance in computing, I think. No offense to Nimoy of course; the guy was an iconic actor and personality. But, as Spock would note, his passing is irrelevant to computing.
- danellis 12y agoWhy does that matter? Many of the posts here are irrelevant to computing. It's not like that's the exclusive topic of this site.
- noblethrasher 12y agoJohn McCarthy and Doug Englebart got a black bars as well.
- tomjen3 12y agoAaron Swartz got one as well.
- estel 12y agoOn the passing of some individuals important to the community, HN occasionally adds a black bar to the top of the page as a sign of respect.
- staunch 12y agoIt's very possible I wouldn't be a programmer if not for Spock.
- DonHopkins 12y agoI would totally code in a programming language called Spock!
- msie 12y agoI don't see a black bar yet. Pity. There are not enough science/engineering roles/role-models on TV. His was one of the most famous and revered.
- mdisraeli 12y agoLeonard Nimoy gave many of us a role model to look up to, and his work inspired many future works of fiction that inspired even more. How many of us were called "Spock" by bullies, but actually found comfort in knowing that Spock was six shades of badass?