While I often found his stories and comments to be far reaching, overstated, overly optimistic & sometimes bordered on religious zealotry [wiktionary.org], I will miss his contributions and wish his family and friends well. I hope they know that Roland was a man committed to the proliferation of technology and advancements has done great things for both our community & society.
It is also comforting to see a soul survive and prosper in a technological field and end up where they want to live blogging peaceful
I too agree that it is sad to see the passing of a Great One. He certainly contributed greatly and built a mighty pedestal. Unfortunately he also chose to dilute his high quality work with quite a lot of trite, enough to earn his own derogatory tag.
While it is important to speak when you have something useful to say, it is as important to Shut The Fuck Up when you haven't.
We have lost a bright spark in our community, and you compare him to an irritating pest. He might share the passion of Twitter, but in the way he interacted with and respected the community he was his antithesis. Roland learned from his mistakes, listened to his often vile and obnoxious critics and improved the quality of his submissions. He should be on his pedestal like GGP said as exactly the kind of people we want at this site. He was passionate about our passions, and tempered his tone for the sake of
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
-- Quentin Crisp
Rest in Peace, rpiquepa (Score:5, Insightful)
It is also comforting to see a soul survive and prosper in a technological field and end up where they want to live blogging peaceful
Know your limits (Score:2, Insightful)
While it is important to speak when you have something useful to say, it is as important to Shut The Fuck Up when you haven't.
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Even so, his stories were far better than anything submitted by Twitter The Troll. Twitter The Troll repeated stories such as "Teh M$ sux0rs"
Re:Know your limits (Score:2, Funny)
Even so, his stories were far better than anything submitted by Twitter The Troll. Twitter The Troll repeated stories such as "Teh M$ sux0rs"
Granted, but simply being better than Twitter is no claim to fame. That's like saying "more nutritious than sand".
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We have lost a bright spark in our community, and you compare him to an irritating pest. He might share the passion of Twitter, but in the way he interacted with and respected the community he was his antithesis. Roland learned from his mistakes, listened to his often vile and obnoxious critics and improved the quality of his submissions. He should be on his pedestal like GGP said as exactly the kind of people we want at this site. He was passionate about our passions, and tempered his tone for the sake of