Jerry Pournelle has passed away.

Boo, I like the Janissaries books... Neat to see different historical armies wail on each other...

He worked on Project Thor, was on the early space councils, and was a big reason the DC-X got funding. Did more military advising for the govt than most people usually think..

We also need to thank Pournelle for ballistic missile defense. He was instrumental in those projects being pushed forward.


Everyone should read The Strategy of Technology. Sill relevant today. Dunno why it is no longer required reading for various service academies.

I used to love his column in Byte. Told me about shitty hardware to avoid, even when the manufacturer was a major advertiser.

>>35111524
Is this YA reading? Illustrations are for literal children.

>>35111983
yeah, his byte stuff was awesome. One of the first dudes to name his computers


he was also the first person to actually get kicked off the internet. ARPANET, 1985. The OG shitposter

>>35112005
>he doesn't know about Janissaries
go read it you pleb

>>35112028

He was truly mah nigga.

>He is sometimes quoted as describing his politics as "somewhere to the right of Genghis Khan."

F

>>35112028
>he was also the first person to actually get kicked off the internet. ARPANET, 1985. The OG shitposter

How Jerry Pournelle got kicked off of ARPANET:
http://www.stormtiger.org/bob/humor/pournell/story.html

>>35111524
Too damn bad. I got a lot of enjoyment from many if his books.