John Horton Conway
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Re: John Horton Conway
You've probably heard of (or seen) today's New York Times sunday frontpage -- if not, here it is --; Conway made the list too. See if you can find him. And read about all the others too, because behind each name is a human being who was loved and is now lost.
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Re: John Horton Conway
I have not heard of that at all, actually, until now. That's very sad. And to think this is only from one country, one specific area of the world...Apple Bottom wrote: ↑May 24th, 2020, 4:16 amYou've probably heard of (or seen) today's New York Times sunday frontpage -- if not, here it is --; Conway made the list too. See if you can find him. And read about all the others too, because behind each name is a human being who was loved and is now lost.
If anyone just wants to see John Conway's name, it's in (scroll in the codebox to reveal)
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The rightmost column, the 9th or 8th name, depending on if you count the "II" at the start.
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Re: John Horton Conway
It can be found on Catagolue:Apple Bottom wrote: ↑April 13th, 2020, 4:33 pmxkcd also picked up on it:
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rip_john_conway.gif
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EDIT: Please move it to the sandbox if you find it unconstructive.
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Re: John Horton Conway
Today is John Horton Conway's birthday!