you know him. he could be abrasive (he certainly is), he could be a bastard (no, not really; only if you were wrong, and stupid and pretentious enough to proselytise), but you know he was fucking right and he knew his shit. and with all that rogue, scoundrel attitude, he could be an amazing, enlightening explainer.
so, why did he go off line? what do without a reference frame anymore?