Once in a lifetime talents

[CastletonSnob 2,937]

What athletes, musicians or entertainers do you consider once in a lifetime talents, that we'll never see again?

Michael Jackson and Jim Henson for me.

[Megas 26,364]

Among only those that have passed? Eddie Guererro, Stan Lee and Lemmy Kilmister come to mind

[J.J 914]

Walt Disney and Kurt Cobain lol, it's not as deep of a trove when talking about idols that are already deceased...

BTW great choice with Henson, Dark Crystal is like my favorite shit ever

Edited September 10, 2022 by KingCorvus

[ZiggWheelsManning 4,648]

34 minutes ago, KingCorvus said:

Walt Disney and Kurt Cobain lol, it's not as deep of a trove when talking about idols that are already deceased...

BTW great choice with Henson, Dark Crystal is like my favorite shit ever

Layne Staley, Scott Weiland and Chris Cornell have to be mentioned here too  

[EpicEnergy 21,643]

Michael Phelps and Tom Brady. Those two are the ones I'm most familiar with, and they've set several records.

[ZiggWheelsManning 4,648]

8 minutes ago, EpicEnergy said:

Michael Phelps and Tom Brady. Those two are the ones I'm most familiar with, and they've set several records.

But you also forgot about Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson  

[zerox 963]

Sean Connery, Elvis Presley. Those 2 popped up in my mind.

[Splashee 28,497]

List of programmers:

• Bill Gates
• John Carmack
• Dave Cutler
• Yuji Naka

[zerox 963]

35 minutes ago, Splashee said:

List of programmers:

• Bill Gates
• John Carmack
• Dave Cutler
• Yuji Naka

Without even looking up that on Google or wiki I know that Cutler designed the NT kernel. Which serves as the foundation for every Windows OS since XP. NT 3.5, 4.0, 2000 were also NT based Oses.

Edited September 11, 2022 by zerox

[Splashee 28,497]

45 minutes ago, zerox said:

Without even looking up that on Google or wiki I know that Cutler designed the NT kernel. Which serves as the foundation for every Windows OS since XP. NT 3.5, 4.0, 2000 were also NT based Oses.

Awesome that you knew! What more do you know? Why aren't we friends? Oh we are.... Why haven't I said Happy Birthday to you? Oh, because forum was broken earlier....

I have read the book Showstopper! and also follow the development of Windows, OS/2, and NT quite heavily. I am even making a parody Windows XP with Starlight Glimmer in it, in the Dev Jam we have here at the forum.

[zerox 963]

24 minutes ago, Splashee said:

Awesome that you knew! What more do you know? Why aren't we friends? Oh we are.... Why haven't I said Happy Birthday to you? Oh, because forum was broken earlier....

 

What more do I know? You mean about computers and tech in general? I got my first PC in the year 1997 an AMD K5 PR133, my first OS was Windows 3.1x, I went thru the following OSes: 95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10 and now I'm on Win 11 on my main computer. I know how to use the command prompt, have assembled PC for myself and others, fixed / troubleshooted computers, setup routers and similar stuff, etc.

[Splashee 28,497]

On 2022-09-10 at 3:30 AM, CastletonSnob said:

that we'll never see again?

Are we talking about people that has passed away? I kinda missed that point