Umberto Eco has died
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Umberto Eco has died
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#2I trust that dang et al will replace the link with one in English when it becomes available.
(Which he/they have, transporting/merging the comments with this story... that was kind of weird)
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#3- This story claims it's a hoax:
http://en.mediamass.net/people/umberto-eco/deathhoax.html
"On Friday (February 19) the author's reps officially confirmed that Umberto Eco is not dead. “He joins the long list of celebrities who have been victimized by this hoax. He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet,” they said."
- Wikipedia reverted the notice of his death, saying it was a false rumor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Umberto_Eco&actio...
Edit: Now Wikipedia is saying that he's dead.
Edit2: Now the BBC is reporting his death: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11137855
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#4- This story claims it's a hoax: http://en.mediamass.net/people/umberto-eco/deathhoax.html "On Friday (February 19) the author's reps officially confirmed that Umberto Eco is not dead. “He joins the long list of celebrities who have been victimized by this hoax. He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet,” they said." - Wikipedia reverted the notice of his death, saying it was a false rumo…
From: http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2016/02/20/news/morto_lo_sc...
> La conferma della scomparsa dell'autore de "Il nome della Rosa" e de "Il pendolo di Focault" è stata data dalla famiglia a Repubblica. La morte è avvenuta alle 22.30 di ieri sera nella sua abitazione.
Which says that his family has confirmed it to La Repubblica, which is a respected Italian newspaper.
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#5- This story claims it's a hoax: http://en.mediamass.net/people/umberto-eco/deathhoax.html "On Friday (February 19) the author's reps officially confirmed that Umberto Eco is not dead. “He joins the long list of celebrities who have been victimized by this hoax. He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet,” they said." - Wikipedia reverted the notice of his death, saying it was a false rumo…
From: http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2016/02/20/news/morto_lo_sc... > La conferma della scomparsa dell'autore de "Il nome della Rosa" e de "Il pendolo di Focault" è stata data dalla famiglia a Repubblica. La morte è avvenuta alle 22.30 di ieri sera nella sua abitazione. Which says that his family has confirmed it to La Repubblica, which is a respected Italian newspaper.
I almost feel how this is how he would have wanted to go - with conflicting reports from contemporary sources.
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#6I trust that dang et al will replace the link with one in English when it becomes available. (Which he/they have, transporting/merging the comments with this story... that was kind of weird)
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#7I'm going to re-read The Name of the Rose this weekend and raise a glass in thanks to all the pleasure that this wonderful writer has added to my life.
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#8It's 1:45 am here in Italy and this news is a true shock.
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#9I liked the book, The Name of the Rose. Got me hooked on historical fiction books after such as Sarum among others.
Not a bad film too with Sean Connery and Christian Slater.
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#10Umberto Eco on operating systems and religion, in 1994:
The fact is that the world is divided between users of the Macintosh computer and users of MS-DOS compatible computers. I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and has been influenced by the "ratio studiorum" of the Jesuits. It is cheerful, friendly, conciliatory, it tells the faithful how they must proceed step by step to reach - if not the Kingdom of Heaven - the moment in which their document is printed. It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation.
DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that not all can reach salvation. To make the system work you need to interpret the program yourself: a long way from the baroque community of revelers, the user is closed within the loneliness of his own inner torment.
You may object that, with the passage to Windows, the DOS universe has come to resemble more closely the counterreformist tolerance of the Macintosh. It's true: Windows represents an Anglican-style schism, big ceremonies in the cathedral, but there is always the possibility of a return to DOS to change things in accordance with bizarre decisions.....
And machine code, which lies beneath both systems (or environments, if you prefer)? Ah, that is to do with the Old Testament, and is Talmudic and cabalistic.
(from here: http://jowett.web.cern.ch/jowett/EcoMACDOS.htm )