On 11-5-2010 21:40, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> Again, Jane Goodall probably fits that bill.  If we counted people 
>>>> who have lived in our lifetimes, Carl Sagan.  Vint Cerf, Sir Tim 
>>>> Berners-Lee, both of whom I previously mentioned, are also quite 
>>>> well known.
>>>
>>> I would refute that... Perhaps I need to do a straw poll when I go 
>>> down the pub tonight? (Although I can't *pronounce* most of those 
>>> names, so...)
>>
>> Ah, this would be the perfect time to mention Dijkstra.
> 
> Oh I am *so* not pronouncing that! :-P
> 
> I would also suggest that he is famous only to computer experts.

I am afraid so. Though he could (and possibly should) have been a 
celebrity for the common man also.

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