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Submission + - Robet Anton Wilson, R.I.P.

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a.ferrier

on Friday January 12, 2007 @03:57AM

a.ferrier writes: "Robert Anton Wilson — philosopher, author, visionary, Discordian, and Fortean, — died early this morning. From his final blog post on January 6: "Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying. Please pardon my levity, I don't see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd.""

101 Dumbest Dot-Com Moments 143

Posted by Hemos on Thursday April 12, 2001 @12:44PM from the a-stroll-down-memory-lane dept.

brennan73 writes "eCompany.com has posted an article called "Boo! And the 100 Other Dumbest Moments in e-Business History". There's some pretty good stuff in there, but I particularly enjoyed revisiting the predictions of how sites like BBQ.com were going to change the world. My personal favorite quote, from Henry Blodget of CIBC Oppenheimer: 'Unlike with other famous bubbles ... the Internet bubble is riding on rock-solid fundamentals, perhaps stronger than any the market has seen before.' Um..."

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