This is very sad indeed. TCPA has been nice enough to prepare a page w/ information on the person's life.

http://tcpa.calc.org

Life is so simple. It only takes a little to take it away. :( I feel for all of his friends and family at the moment. I never knew him, but I had a friend die recently. It just well...sucks. Peace.

This is truly a sad thing. I'm sincerely sorry for his friends and relatives, and everyone who knew WORMHOLE. His work was greatly appreciated by many members of the TI community. I hope you may find peace in heaven.

I thank every TI site who posted this message. This makes you realize what life *really* is about. My day is ruïned at this point. However, we should still go on and use WORMHOLE knowledge. He did a great deal of research - this may not be lost -. Any programmer who can learn this much about Flash technology is *real good*.

My prayers and apologies for all people who knew them, and of course for WORMHOLE himself, though he might not be able to hear them.

Fare well. ;-(.

I go to a private christian school and every day, it seems, they tell us, "don't take life for granted, you haven't been promised your next day." Or something similar. I don't think anybody can truly understand that until it something like this happens to you. Me and WORMHOLE where very good friends. He was one of my only true friend, it seems. Not some one who would talk to you to get something out of you... He was such a great man. I can't emphasize that enough. I have decided to restart an old project up in dedication to him. We where working on that several months ago until I heard that another french programmer was making it. To him, I say I'm sorry for starting it again but, this is something that I feel is right to do. I will put more information about this project and WORMHOLE on http://littlbit.soundex.org once I get the time. I feel this is the least I could do for him. I pray to no end that WORMHOLE would msg me over ICQ and tell me it's all a joke but, as each minute goes by, I more and more come to realize that most likely, this isn't a joke. Bye WORMHOLE, you will be missed greatly by me. I wish your family and friends peace in this tragic moment.

Glenn Murphy (A.K.A. Eric Greening)

Is there any real proof he is dead? Thats all I am asking for. Please don't delete this message.

I would say the only proof that we have is TCPA, ticalc.org, etc. Whatever they tell us I guess. I'm willing to believe it because I don't think so many people would bother to joke about something like this unless they had a really good reason which I can't think of.

amicek

Must... Believe... Ticalc.org...
Must... Do... As... Told...

Seriously, no decent human (Or alien pretending to be human) would joke about death.

I hate to admit this, but I read the Stile project. (URL, above. not for the weak hearted or stomached)
About a year ago, he set it up so that his webcam had a picture of him hanging with a noose on his neck. There were no updates for about a week, and everyone was convinced that he was dead. I think there was even something on CNN about it.

Remember the Beatles when they pretended that Paul McCartney was dead... Turn the record backwards and you hear the words "Paul is dead, miss him... miss him.." or so the story told. But, that was not true and this, unfortunately, is. There is no doubt in my mind that he is dead (although, I'm never too confident of myself). I will greatly miss him.

Glenn Murphy

I know, I mean, if he died on the 26th, why are we finding out 2 Weeks Later! If he really died, would it take so long for the information to be relayed? Also, his friend's page isn't exactly a good funeral page. He doesn't list Wormhole's accomplishments, what he was like, or even his friend's real name! It's almost disrespectful the way the page is set up. A picture, a pseudonym, and some really vague commentary. "Died in a car crash", "You were a big man"? Nice way to remember your best friend. Even if the website's creator was mourning, then how come he managed to put up a web site in his grief. Wouldn't you want to remember your friend and make your best effort to preserving his memory?! If this is or isn't real, it's sad that there isn't anybody who cares enough anymore. If he is dead, farewell, and good fortune upon you as you transcend to the spiritual plane.

I first saw the page up there over a week ago; the seemingly odd tribute ("You were a big man") is due to cultural differences that cannot be expressed in the literal translation from French to English; I know that this person had access to his website. There is additional information that has me inclined to vouch for this actually occurring, and that would also explain why the information provided is so vague.

And even if it isn't real, this is not an appropriate subject to question. That's sick.

If your best friend dies, it is very hard to continue your normal tasks. We should be happy that there is at least *a* last tribute to WORMHOLE. If you think you can express the feelings of the one who wrote the page better than himself, go ahead and try. The message *shouldn't* be fake, because I think it has released some deep feelings in some people. Please do not try to upset these people.

I know it is difficult, but I've gone through a similar problem. I watched as my great grandmother died in a hospital when I was six and haven't forgotten it to this date. When I was thirteen, my other great grandmother died, once again in a hospital bed right before me. Both times I was saddened, but not to the point that would inhibit me from doing something in their memory. Personally, I want to die knowing that my relatives will be strong enough to get over my death and pay a reasonable amount of respect to me. I still bring flowers and a cookies to their graves, just like the cookies they baked for me. I remember my great grandmothers teaching me how to garden when I was very little. Death may be serious, but it shouldn't inflict heavy pain on others.

I heard of Wormhole once before this. And yet this is sad. Death is an absoulute, so if the social distance is less than absolute then it's impact can be felt. But I do not feel sorry for him, either the religious are right and he feels no pain or they are wrong and he is experiancing oblivion. I feel sorry for his family and friends more than anything. And as for you questioning it's reality: For all we know TI knocked him off because he knew too much about 68k. Seriously, for all we know he never existed. But does it matter? Either way we will never hear from him again. But his research will be continued by others. What I am trying to say is I am sad he died and that either way his input to the Community is gone.

I had the luck to chat quite a lot with him, and I did some Beta test for some of his projects. He was someone really nice, with plenty of ideas.
I hope he'll be happy wherever he is...
Bye guy, we'll miss you.

He was a good guy. In the ONE e-mail correspondence we had, he mentioned a growing distaste for france, and that he wanted to look at america. It is sad that he never got to do that. He will be genuinely missed...

Im sorry to hear this... WORMHOLE, may your calculator never run out of batteries, your ram never reset, and your memory reach out for infintey. Ya'll be missed

David

Great talent. Programming skills I can only wish I had. Lost too soon. It's the world's loss.

I didn't know you personally, Wormhole, but you will be missed.

-Ben Kalafut

Never new him personaly, but judging from some of his achievments that I've seen or heard about, the TI community will be at a great loss without him.


On a not-so serious note:
(don't read it if you think it's out of place)
<JUST A THOUGHT>
Could this have been a conspiracy? When TI learned that someone was hacking their rom's and what not, maybe they decided to take out the culprit...
</JUST A THOUGHT>

Watch the flames roll in...

When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke. I always found the "TI Conspiracy" really funny, because it seemed like so many people got so worked up about graphing calculators. But this is no joke, and I really don't think we should post about "TI Conspiracies." I'm not going to yell about this, I just don't want this to turn into a page of paranoid conspiracies.

Conspiricy stories are funny, sometimes we work too hard and need a break. But ticalc.org would NEVER joke about someone dying, and if wormhole is still alive then ticalc.org doesn't know it. And as to TI knocking him off... Lock your doors at night.

Maybe it wasn't TI, but French government officials........

Redemption is probably right. It IS kinda out of place. Someone please delete this thread.