# A great guy and poster, Q.E.D. {RIP} **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121 "2009-10-08T23:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/21 "2009-10-09T00:35:55Z")
Christ, this is a shock! I didn’t have much interaction with the guy, but his name was always a big presence around here. I didn’t know that he had worked for Mythbusters. How on earth did this happen? Does anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/22 "2009-10-09T01:07:43Z")
How very sad. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/23 "2009-10-09T01:08:33Z")
I’m sorry to hear it. I liked his psots. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/24 "2009-10-09T01:26:06Z")
What a loss. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/25 "2009-10-09T01:26:41Z")
What dreadful news! Sincere condolences to his loved ones. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/26 "2009-10-09T01:27:24Z")
Back when I was lurking, I always thought **Q.E.D.**'s posts were always a pleasure to read. When I joined, I looked forward to actually interacting with him as a fellow poster. Such a shame that I won’t be able to have that chance. ☹ R.I.P., **Q.E.D.** I didn’t really know you, but that didn’t stop me from respecting you. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/27 "2009-10-09T01:29:13Z")
I actually exclaimed out loud when I saw this. ☹ Goodbye **Q.E.D.** , you will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/28 "2009-10-09T01:36:52Z")
Jesus Christ. 44? What happened?!?!?!? Take care, buddy. You’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/29 "2009-10-09T01:40:45Z")
Goodbye QED. May your memory endure for a blessing. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/30 "2009-10-09T01:41:10Z")
Holy shit, no way. We talked on IRC in #straightdope for quite a while. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/31 "2009-10-09T01:51:12Z")
How very sad. My condolences to his family. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/32 "2009-10-09T02:00:07Z")
I wouldn’t say that I knew him, but, when I saw this thread as the last commented on, on the main page, I had to stop my usual navigation to threads and reload. I thought to myself,\* he couldn’t have, did he? \* And well, in that moment I guess I can say that I knew him enough. I haven’t been around here much myself lately, but, I think his impact here will be missed, even if it was muted recently. perhaps I find the words hard, simply because they are. He will be missed here. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/33 "2009-10-09T02:09:55Z")
1. Too young. Sorry to hear about this. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/34 "2009-10-09T02:16:59Z")
It’s always a shock when we lose someone but this is just beyond that. When I saw **Q.E.D.** had posted, I knew it would be interesting. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/35 "2009-10-09T02:22:12Z")
Ah fuck, that’s terrible. I was sorry he didn’t feel welcome here after his suspension but I’d hoped to see him around again. My best wishes to his friends and family. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/36 "2009-10-09T02:28:57Z")
This is horrible. I’d missed him lately but never remotely thought of something like this. ☹ May he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/37 "2009-10-09T02:38:14Z")
Wow… I tend to be pretty bad at remember most Dopers as I usually don’t pay much attention to who the poster is while I’m reading a thread, but Q.E.D. is probably the first poster I think about when I think SDMB. He probably holds the record for most first responses to a new GQ thread, he could answer many different types of questions very quickly. And while it may have been a source of ridicule at times, he really was very good at Google-Fu 🙂 RIP QED ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/38 "2009-10-09T02:38:29Z")
Jesus, I thought this was a joke thread… Oh my word. That completely sucks. I thoroughly enjoyed his posts, even when he was getting a bit “big for his britches”. This is sad news. I hope we can find out what happened. 44 years old. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/39 "2009-10-09T03:26:16Z")
I thought it was a joke, too. I actually did a full on double-take as I did my usual scroll past the stickies! This is so shocking and sad ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121/40 "2009-10-09T03:30:01Z")
Wayyyy too young :(. Rest in peace, **Michael**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-guy-and-poster-q-e-d-rip/513121.md?page=3)