RIP Aaron Swartz
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Aaron Swartz, Precocious Programmer and Internet Activist, Dies at 26
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/1…
- detritus1
From: Tim Berners-Lee <>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:06:05 -0500
To: SW-forum Web <>, TAG List <>
Message-Id: <>Aaron is dead.
Wanderers in this crazy world,
we have lost a mentor, a wise elder.Hackers for right, we are one down,
we have lost one of our own.Nurtures, careers, listeners, feeders,
parents all,
we have lost a child.Let us all weep.
timbl
- zaq0
His post:
- "I ask that the contents of all my hard drives be made publicly available." So cool.********
- "I ask that the contents of all my hard drives be made publicly available." So cool.
- sea_sea0
I agree with sublocked, very sad. Rest in peace.
- ukit20
His website: http://www.aaronsw.com/
- lowimpakt0
such a shame.
- ernexbcn0
RIP, this guy was a genius and good man.
- dobre0
Shame he wasted it :( He coul've been great.
Sometimes I dont understand how can people get so weak. I know life hard for some but it'll end eventually so no need to fast forward.- Well said, I never looked at it like that. You should talk to depressed people, you're a genius. They need u********
- Well said, I never looked at it like that. You should talk to depressed people, you're a genius. They need u
- sea_sea0
interesting article. already the conspiracy theories.
"Visionary internet activist Aaron Swartz found dead; was this brilliant internet revolutionary 'taken out?'"
more: http://www.naturalnews.com/03865…
- plash0
also listed as co-founding reddit.
here's an interesting 2007 interview.
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2…
and his /user account. http://www.reddit.com/user/Aaron…
- ********0
Official Statement from the family and partner of Aaron Swartz
http://rememberaaronsw.tumblr.co…
- fredddddd0
Partner:
- monkeyshine0
Great post from Danah Boyd about Aaron.
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts…
- utopian0
Aaron Swartz, a 24-year-old programmer and online political activist, was indicted Tuesday in Boston on charges that he stole over four million documents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and JSTOR, an archive of scientific journals and academic papers.
The charges were filed by the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Carmen M. Ortiz, and could result in up to 35 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
In a press release, Ms. Ortiz's office said that Mr. Swartz broke into a restricted area of M.I.T. and entered a computer wiring closet. Mr. Swartz apparently then accessed the M.I.T. computer network and stole millions of documents from JSTOR.
- vaxorcist0
the Aaron Swartz / JSTOR and MIT story is far more complicated than that, especially as BOTH JSTOR and MIT have essentially forgiven Aaron once they researched it all.... but the vendetta of Ortiz is profound, and hopefully this will be seen as an example of how prosecuter overkill is exactly that....
- yes, way overreaching by govt. Read the Boyd post to understand what's happening here.monkeyshine
- uan0
MIT-sites hacked in tribute to Aaron Swartz.
http://particl3.com/news-mits-we…