Stories - the "suicide" by Sir Clive Sinclair.
Sir Clive Sinclair
or
The Living and the Dead:)
(C) Wlodek Black
New Russian humor
... What happened, or tried to happen? Why this sudden
anxiety and panic inducing press all the buttons in a row, wipe
up holes mouse pad and put on ears phlegmatic Mr. and Miss Old
World?
"Is that a new Russian humor?" - So Mr. reacted
Harry Lancaster, a message Mr. Dennis Groening about
that
in Russia
in a Russian newspaper
in Russian
with reference to the British "Times"
published
Message
suicide
Sir Clive Sinclair:
[Start Quote]:
(C) "The Times, London
June 24, 1998
Ore from the mind
British branch of the international community "Mensa",
uniting people with high IQ " (It has globally 100,000 people,
of which the share of the British branch accounts for 35
thousand), facing one scandal after another. The last of them
ended on a days of dismissal of the President 45-year old Julie
Baxter accused of intrigues and sklochnichestve. Her predecessor
Clive Sinclair has committed suicide after a failed attempt to
extradite strange invention of his own. Prior to that, several
union leaders were forced to prematurely leave their posts
after accusations of fraud, impropriety and abuse of official
position for personal gain.
Reprints (R) "24", number 35/199. June 24, 1998
[End quote].
Yes, damn it, this Julia Baxter ... Dropped by passing a few
words about another man - man! - Stunned and staggering. And do
not care whether Sir Clive was trying to give someone else's
invention or not trying to ... Burned one: Is it no longer
exists ?!...
In Russia, now the sea to their problems, it is well known.
Death English genius could pass the attention of national media
also understandable. Geniuses are many, and they die from time
to time ... Even in the UK ... And in Russia, killing them -
even non-payment poverty wages, closing the research topics and
entire institutions, turning out the lights and heat have not
yet closed ... Kill morally vyprovazhivaya of the temples of
science on the market - selling imported rags. Physically kill
- those who should have been built prosperous country into the
world to come - those who are denied the right to be born into
the light at the end of this century their starving mothers.
No, in Russia at the end you will not find ...
Alarmed at the same time instilled hope one: Is a
June 24 (!) So far no one has ever anywhere in the world,
Spectrum is not mention of the tragedy, whether it is discord
... ugh, if she really? But at the same time, the "smoke
without fire." If you do not find out what really happened (and
what not occurred), cited above, A brief note is not yet
will soon cease to haunt the souls and minds, from time to time
getting on the eye ehah, archives, newspapers, etc.
Search for "unceremoniously" - [sir] [clive] [sinclair]
[suicide] - has not given nothing, except for the adventures of
a literary or kinogeroya-namesake. Spectrum sites around the
world were filled with routine news, but in the biography of
Sir Clive on "Planet Sinclair eloquently stated:" 1940 - ",
without a "second" date. Apparently, the alarm was false. But
answer is "probably alive" can not accept spektrumista! It is
necessary, That it was "just living!". Although it was already
clear at 99.9%. Could not is a world of six months remain in
the dark ...
At this stage I'm not going to write letters to anyone
was finding it necessary to squeeze everything possible from
http://www, Alta-Vist-s and so on.
Persistently desire to still follow the path of "dezy" led
me first thing in the place of "incidents" - the British branch
of the "international community of intellectuals."
British Mensa
British Mensa - founder of the international community of
highly intellectual people, uniting in the global scale of 100
thousands of people. UK leader in the community, members of
Mensa in which there are 38 thousand people.
What is MENSA?
The word "Mensa" is Latin - the "table". Mensa - Society
people 'round table where everyone is equal.
Mensa was founded in 1946 in England by Roland Berrill,
lawyer, and Dr. Lance Ware, a scientist-attorney. Their idea
was to create a society of outstanding personalities, the sole
criterion for membership in which was supposed to be a high
index of intellectual ability (IQ). Since its inception to the
present day of Mensa - the organization out of politics,
regardless of ethnic and religious relations. Mensa member can
become a person of any kind occupations, by level of IQ is in
the highest on this indicator 2 percent of their citizens. IQ
is determined by a special technique and a numerical
expression. For example, for the British IQ must be equal to at
least 148. By the way, including British citizens - members of
Mensa for 38 thousand 2.5 thousands - of young people under the
age of 16 years.
Sir Clive Sinclair's IQ is 159; is higher than the same
coefficient representative of television, Carol Vorderman, whose
IQ "only" 154. This allowed Sir Clive to become Chairman of
Mensa.
The Company has its own print media - monthly magazine
"Mensa Magazine", an annual re-issued book "Mensa Yearbook"
with a list of its members, as well as local and regional
publications. Special attention is given to the publication of
literature for young people.
One of the priorities of Mensa is the search for gifted
children and all assistance in their intellectual development -
in the direction of their study in prestigious educational
institutions in the financing of prestigious schools.
Mensa has a website -
ttp: / / www.mensa.org.uk/mensa/, where, in fact,
These are drawn so interesting information. ;-)
Sir Clive to leave a lot of "memories" in British
Mensa - and 50-th anniversary of the organization, and to
celebrate a half-century anniversary of the first electronic
computer "Mark-1, which achieve the best maker of household
computers had highlighted. Information about the "death" of the
hero - of course, no. However, and the reasons for his
departure from Mensa - too. Julie Baxter on election October
29, 1997 article was found, but ... nothing interesting (for
us).
Klyunuv an invitation "to any questions, please contact such
a man, I'm as delicately as possible, and politely asked the
secretariat to Mensa: say, do not help a Russian citizen
inquisitive to find out about the departure of Sir Clive as
Chairman? .. In response to my email address roof caved in
advertising spam in English, but with an indication of how to
unsubscribe from it. Response on the merits as there was, and
is not. So that the secretariat Mensa - Bo olshoy hi ... ;)
Planet Sinclair "
Believing that disturb certain people personal letters
still early, I took a trip around the world on sinklerovskim
and Spectrum sites of the world, they do not benefit so much -
300. It's really a bit if traveling, sitting on the highway,
not on some modem to 33600;)).
On his return from a voyage:) in front of me lay spisochek
persons that I was ready to tickle nerves netmeylom ... Oh, how
is it inconvenient, unseemly, and in general! :) Oh well, let's
start sir. ... With some difficulty giving birth English
polkilobayta text I sent him to one single location - "Planet
Sinclair, as the most powerful, like, Spectrum site in the
world.
I had a response from
WORLD'S BIGGEST SINCLAIR WEB ARCHIVE: webmaster and keep
http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair To this site misto
RA Chris Owen. The
response has been cited my letter and short phrase that can be
translated as: "However, alive !!!". But, you see, not only in
Russian "smoke without fire" and that some began to spin-spin
itself in a distant Norway on the planet "Sinclair", and the
next day instead of another spam ;-)) I have learned from their
mailbox ns.91.ru sincere greetings from the banks already
"Albion" from a man who does not just "entered" into the
situation, but it helped so that the whole story of the
notorious "Suicide" has been possible to put a fat, indelible
point.
Mr. Chris Young
Here on this
address (URL) can-* Unsatisfactory Software *
but to find a site http://www.unsatisfactory.freeserve.co.uk/
Mr. Chris Yang ------------------------------------------ ha.
"Unsatisfac-Chris Young - webmaster of the site and holder,
tory "takes-the project manager Xia as "unsatisfactory-" Your
Sinclair: A Celebration ", instrumental, "programmer" Amigo "
Therefore, in order not
cause misunderstanding, the owner of the site immediately
provides an explanation: the name was invented by the most
advanced method - "spear" in the Dictionary. Especially
because, according to the author's knowledge of him and his
friends in the Amiga emulator "Advanced Lawntower Simulator"
(ALS) At that time (1996) corresponded to the value of the word.
Now "Unsatisfactory Software" - one of the largest sites,
on the Spectrum: theme dedicated to the Amiga Emulator
Spectrum ALS, and the project YSAC - "Your Sinclair: A
Celebration". Russian spektrumistam celebrated since 1984 and
over the next ten years, the journal "Your Sinclair" is also
quite sign, although it was not published in Russian.
Letter from Mr. Chris Young was truly overwhelming. I would
gladly published the letter, so everyone can feel
sincere warmth of the words of its author, but the letter still
private ... In response to my question as Mr Chris reported
that he sent requests in all conceivable news groups, raised on
legs (IMHO, put in the ears ;-))) all my friends sinkleristov to
nasobirat all possible information which could only be for
the past six months, unless it was in general. He even tried to
self poshurovat site "Times" newspaper, but ... found that the
search engine on the site does not work. Yes, if and worked,
then use it can only be registered users ... Still, Mr. Chris
Young worried, I understand I his letter, otherwise he is ready
to transfer about pohlopotat (!)...
In the letter which I sent to Mr. Chris after reading
his messages, I did not ask! I just thank, in
the full measure of his command of English;)!
The next day I received a letter with a familiar return
address with the domain "unsatisfactory", with an annex lay
neatly zazipovannaya:) ill-fated article from August 24 - in
the original. Well, read the translation and see yourself, you
can Does the word "withdrawal" translated as "suicide" ...
Incidentally, the first of my interlocutor - Mr Chris Owen -
it's a message that in the Mensa at that time there was a case
of suicide, but only ... Secretary of the President. Perhaps
this incident has caused the departure of Sir Clive from his
job - do not know ...
[Start quote:]
UK News Electronic Telegraph, June 24, 1998
lava Mensa dismissed from the post of Chairman of the Board
(C) Sally Pook
The first woman chairman of Mensa was fired after making her
the unanimous confidence in the Board of Directors of the
organization. Less than a week before she was to stand up for
reelection.
Julia Baxter, 45, lost his post for alleged
that she knew about the secret campaign, whose objective was
the removal two directors of Mensa, but did not stop her. As
mentioned, the removal of directors had to go in her favor, as
it was side directors who do not agree with the existing methods
management company. Mrs. Baxter, who has replaced Sir Clive
Sinclair as President of the company last October, initially
refused to external investigation and was removed from his post
on Sunday, but remained a member of the Board.
This episode, the most recent in a long line of
confrontations, to the division of the company, discovered a
deep political conflict in the higher strata of society highly
intellectual men whom Britain has more than 35,000. Mrs.
Baxter, asserting that he knew nothing about this campaign,
said yesterday: "I am discouraged. I tried to work with people
of the Board of Directors of Mensa. I was exhausted, trying to
force the company to work better as a society. It seems to me
that they no longer glad to see an organization steeped in
useless, vicious political struggle and the endless waste of
money than see it adhere to the rules and generally accepted
standards of decency. "
The episode is based on unsubstantiated allegations that
officials Mensa formed in an attempt to remove two directors
for association staff after the departure of [the departure]
Sir Clive. Argue that the information was transferred to the
Tribune, a journal on External Affairs Mensa, which published
an article with the assumption that both the director, Steve
Sutton and Neil Golder, were not form, to consist of the Board
and not re-elected. Article was of great importance, since it
was released a few weeks before the August election in Mensa
last year. One of the members of Mensa, who declined to give
his name, stated that article was illegally distributed more
than 2 thousand members Mensa its former chairman, at a cost of
£ 300 for through the organization. He said: "They did
everything they could to not to give Mr Sutton and Mr Golder be
re-elected after a campaign of disinformation. Julia Baxter
knew that senior members of management were plotted against
those two directors, but said this committee. "And the lord
Sutton and Mr. Golder had been re-elected, though were later
forced to resign. In the end, the plot Chairman was exposed, he
was dismissed, but it did not happen before they learned about
the involvement of Mrs. Baxter to the plot. She said: "He told
me in Mensa, I knew about it, forgive it and was the driving
force behind this. This is a complete lie and baseless
arguments. In truth, I was not particularly happy with the way
Mr. Sutton and Mr. Golder behaved the last two years. But I do
not want these two men left the board. In There was not any
personal benefit for me. "Mrs. Baxter stated that it was
removed from his post as leader because insisted that the
government has adopted a legal ruling before you begin an
external investigation. She said: "For Recently, against me
were made false and unsubstantiated allegations. The Board has
demonstrated blatant incompetence in their investigation of the
facts that surround one issue on which I own, and drew
attention many months ago.
Links to other articles:
August 21, 1996: "Yes, IQ is there, but only where this
chain position itself Mensa? "
July 12, 1996: "Hairy men, usually in the majority
his intellectual "
June 28, 1996: "unknown factor is the key to erudition"
December 19, 1995: "The head of Mensa was enriched by a
mysterious scheme for the intellect."
(C) Telegraph Group Limited, 1998.
"Electronic Telegraph" and "The Daily Telegraph" are registered
trademarks of Telegraph Group Limited.
[End quote].
... And who said that the article was in the Times?
(Although, perhaps, there also was an article, but nobody found
it:)).
In-general, Sir Clive is alive and, despite the departure
from the club of intellectuals, continues to work with full
force of his extraordinary mind. His current project -
"Computer for Millenium".
How to thank Mr. Chris Yang? Between us thousands
kilometers ... sorry, miles:), and that I could give a
prosperous, probably gentleman, a resident of a stable and calm
the UK? Do not think of anything better, I said to Mr Chris I
would write about it in Nicron-e:). Fortunately, Mr Chris
modesty did not:), I knew right away:) when I saw the following
letter from him, with photographs, pinned to the envelope
brilliant clip:) with an exclamation point :-)). Well, actually
I asked him to share his portraits;).
I must say that during those days while I "dig" into this
damn story with "suicide", I came across a lot of pictures of
Sir Clive Sinclair, as has been seen previously, and less well
known, and the image of handsome middle-aged man in glasses and
a beard, had become in my mind in a certain stereotype is not
obtrusive, but not ephemeral. And so with that same stereotype
in your head I mean, I press Enter on the jpeg-e Mr Chris Young
...
Chris Young
... Painting by Ilya Repin, "Unexpected"! ;-)) ...
Or in translation ;-)) in English: "Hello, Chris!!!" :))).
In-general, here's to you man, which by the time the last
letter, I knew just what he - very good people, because only a
good man is capable of ac warmly respond to someone else
(actually, quite strange!) request to help and do so much of
what he was not even asked (in the best sense!)!
About Chris said (and asked to be mentioned in the
newspaper) about the following: "Do not think that I am already
an avid pianist (on photograph depicts a man playing the piano,
here it is seen worse;) - approx. WB) ... I am 19 years old,
but I know that do not look at so ... I now look differently at
all, since a couple of weeks back haircut:) ...".
Now we know!
Who else
I consider it my duty to thank everyone who was involved in
the "Process"!
Thank you
Chris Young - again:)! ;
Chris Owen, Harry Lancaster and Dennis Groening - for help in
information retrieval;
student 10 "B" class 91-th school Dmitry Pankov, the sister of
one of the participants ZXNet Inessa Kushnikovoy, an employee
of administration of the Institute of Languages and Culture.
H. L. Tolstoy - for help in translating texts into English;
and also:
Secretariat Mensa - a lot of interesting advertising. ;)
Laughing Skull
From one of TV "Brain Ring" I happened by chance
learn about the existence in the United States of a "club
buried alive", which includes people whose death was reported
during their lifetime. The emblem of this club is a laughing
skull. Well, a smile goes to everyone:)! And, they say,
prolongs life. What and only wish, Sir Clive Sinclair is no
joke.
Leafing through old calendar ...
Clive Marles Sinclair was born on July 30, 1940. In 1958,
graduated from high school. In 1961 he founded his first
venture - Sinclair Radionics, where the following year was
created mikrousilitel the size of a small coin. Then Clive
Sinclair became a member of Mensa.
Young Clive Sinclair
From 1972 to 1977 - the development of different
calculators. In In 1979 founded the company Sinclair Research.
Since 1980, opened the era of home computers, starting with the
ZX80, then the ZX81, a 1982 appeared the 16-Kbyte Spectrum,
soon brought to the 48K. In 1983 Spectrum sold for 12 thousand
a week. The merits of the inventor were assessed at the highest
level, and since long before the name of Clive Sinclair
appeared prefix "Sir". 128-Kbyte Spectrum in 1986, completed
the line of a Spectrum rights to manufacture computers for
Sinclair Research acquired firm Amstrad. But computers actually
have not been forgotten:
Sir Clive PC Z88
End: instead of pictures - a picture:
"Suicide by Sir Clive Sinclair. Caricature.
Has no relation to the "events".
And this is - the promised point:
This article draws from sites "Planet Sinclair and
"Unsatisfactory Software".
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