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LeoMA to Linux and Tech NewsEnglish • 2 years ago

Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

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LeoMA to Linux and Tech NewsEnglish • 2 years ago
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Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985.
  • LanternEverywhere
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    They coulda picked a better picture. Institutional cinderblock hallway, prominent fire extinguisher, florescent lighting, etc.

    • athos77
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      It’s from Wikipedia. It’s nice to see he was still working in 2005 - I suspect this was taken at University of Delaware.

    • AeronMelon
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      The best people in history are the ones who don’t want to stop working just to get their picture taken.

      One of my favorite pictures of a person ever is Albert Einstein just working at his desk, oblivious to everything around him.

      • LanternEverywhere
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        I’m sure better pictures of him exist

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        Like this one, which is the first image search result

        https://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2012/dec/mills-research-computer-120711.html

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