July 27, 2008
12:56 am | Last updated: July 30, 2008 at: 2:19 am

If you’ve recently visited Google.com, you may have noticed a link under privacy “In Memoriam: Randy Pausch (1960-2008)” —”Randy Pausch, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and a good friend of Google, passed away last night. In addition to being recognized as a pioneer in virtual reality research, he became widely known as a gifted teacher and a mentor to many. Millions of people saw his inspiring “Last Lecture” on YouTube. [Google Blog]

Read more about Randy and his contributions on Research Blog, there's also a transcript.

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    DG says#2 | July 30th, 2008 at 2:21 am

    The screenshot was absolutely correct. Google had the link while making this post, now they've removed the link.

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    Craig Huffstetler says#1 | July 29th, 2008 at 11:49 am

    There is nothing in the screen shot under "Privacy" or even that indicates the memorial...

    Did you post the wrong screenshot?

    Sincerely,

    Craig Huffstetler

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