[ih] Dave Mills has passed away

[Dave Taht]

Some discussion on hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39051246

I did not know he invented the 16-pulse "tactical Loran-C" during the
Vietnam War.

And, to the Jim Croce tune

If I could save time in a protocol
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'Til eternity passes away

Just to spend them with you

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 6:37 AM "Patrik Fältström" via
Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
> On 19 Jan 2024, at 2:35, vinton cerf via Internet-history wrote:
>
> > His daughter, Leigh, just sent me the news that Dave passed away peacefully on January 17, 2024. He was such an iconic element of the early Internet.
> > Network Time Protocol, the Fuzzball routers of the early NSFNET, INARG taskforce lead, COMSAT Labs and University of Delaware and so much more.
> >
> > R.I.P.
>
> Indeed... :-(
>
> Patrik
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