From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PqgU-00064U-00 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:57:22 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id gBLKvKOp011334 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:57:20 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id gBLKvJLJ011332 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:57:19 -0500 Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:57:18 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting Message-ID: <20021221205718.GY6759@rednote.net> References: <20021221160207.GD6759@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.20 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, and I think he was fully aware of the price he was paying. I would be surprised if he wasn't. Very strange, but not unprecedented. Some people have such profound dedication to the cause they hold dear that they really will put their lives on the line. Of course, soldiers do that, as do police and fire fighters. Here we have it in science. I believe Madam Currie is another example. I'm not sure that it was a consequence she was aware of, however, as radium was the thing she discovered. Charles Crawford writes: > From: ccrawford@acb.org > > I did not know that. How wierd. > > - charlie Crawford. > > > On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Dave Hunt writes: > > > > > > I have heard that DEC founder (Ken Olsen) was the model for dectalk. > > > Truth or yet another urban legend?:) > > > > > The DEC Talk's inventor was Dr. Dennis Klatt. He would place radioactive > > pellets in the back of his moth and X-|ray himself speaking in order to > > better understand the formation of speech. From this he was able to > > model a synthesizer. > > > > > > Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, it cost him his life from throat > > cancer. > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175