Comments on: RIP, Gary Gygax, and the nature of roleplaying http://www.wordyard.com/2008/03/10/gygax-dungeons-and-dragons/ Technology, politics, culture Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:39:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gary Gygax tra noi | Fed’s Bolsoblog http://www.wordyard.com/2008/03/10/gygax-dungeons-and-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2305 Gary Gygax tra noi | Fed’s Bolsoblog Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:28:15 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/2008/03/10/gygax-dungeons-and-dragons/#comment-2305 [...] Vorrei accodarmi anch’io con qualche giorno di ritardo all’ultimo saluto a Gary Gygax. Ne hanno parlato in molti e si è scatenata in rete una rilettura dell’impatto del gioco di ruolo nella cultura geek e internettiana (si vedano i post citati da Scott Rosemberg). [...] [...] Vorrei accodarmi anch’io con qualche giorno di ritardo all’ultimo saluto a Gary Gygax. Ne hanno parlato in molti e si è scatenata in rete una rilettura dell’impatto del gioco di ruolo nella cultura geek e internettiana (si vedano i post citati da Scott Rosemberg). [...]

]]> By: Amos Anan http://www.wordyard.com/2008/03/10/gygax-dungeons-and-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-2278 Amos Anan Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:38:20 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/2008/03/10/gygax-dungeons-and-dragons/#comment-2278 This is somewhat off-topic, completely unrelated other than in terms of icons of their fields having passed away recently. I should probably try to post with Andrew Leonard who I believe is a cycling fan. Sheldon Brown died recently. I'm a regular cyclist and an occasional peruser of the cycling newsgroups. Any newsgroup post with the slightest sense of lack of deference to the gods of the forums gets mob flamed. Asking how a tire should be filled with air can generate a hundred responses on how only a low grade moron would use a hand pump approaching from the left side. In this cauldron of discourse Sheldon Brown was both respected and admired by all (or at least almost all with none daring express dissent). And not because he was a champion of rapier wit. Quite the contrary (not though, in the sense of lacking wit), because he was an expert and an expert without condescension. How to fix the old $20 kid's bike? You'd get an answer, not a sneer. But Brown was also a pioneer of the Internet and the free and open distribution of information. He, with the help of his employer Harris Cyclery, set up a web site on the repair of bicycles. It is the definitive site on bicycle repair. Brown's death has been met with mournful notices in cycling forums, blogs, web sites and major newspapers throughout the world. His was the magic of a great and good teacher, amplified by the Internet, a tool he recognized the value of as much as any wrench in his tool box. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3469993.ece This is somewhat off-topic, completely unrelated other than in terms of icons of their fields having passed away recently. I should probably try to post with Andrew Leonard who I believe is a cycling fan. Sheldon Brown died recently. I’m a regular cyclist and an occasional peruser of the cycling newsgroups. Any newsgroup post with the slightest sense of lack of deference to the gods of the forums gets mob flamed. Asking how a tire should be filled with air can generate a hundred responses on how only a low grade moron would use a hand pump approaching from the left side. In this cauldron of discourse Sheldon Brown was both respected and admired by all (or at least almost all with none daring express dissent). And not because he was a champion of rapier wit. Quite the contrary (not though, in the sense of lacking wit), because he was an expert and an expert without condescension. How to fix the old $20 kid’s bike? You’d get an answer, not a sneer. But Brown was also a pioneer of the Internet and the free and open distribution of information. He, with the help of his employer Harris Cyclery, set up a web site on the repair of bicycles. It is the definitive site on bicycle repair. Brown’s death has been met with mournful notices in cycling forums, blogs, web sites and major newspapers throughout the world. His was the magic of a great and good teacher, amplified by the Internet, a tool he recognized the value of as much as any wrench in his tool box.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3469993.ece

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