Inactive Terry A. Davis / Terrence Andrew Davis - Creator of TempleOS (formerly LoseThos/sparrowOS)

[Kosher Dill]

I swear to fucking god, if this is all one gigantic death hoax by The Temple and he's been stealing from Terry, I hope he gets fucking doxed and has his life ruined. You don't fuck around when it comes to God's high priest.

20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord.

24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

 

[repentance]

If he was killed by the train, police had already identified him by the time that article went to print and it said the name release was "pending notification of next of kin" which meant it likely took some time to track his family down and whatnot since he didn't live in the area.

Unfortunately, him not living in the area means that neither the local media nor the police have any reason to make a public statement confirming the identity of the dead man. Even when Chloe Sagal died, the only reason she was identified in media reports is because her friends contacted the media in the hope of making her death "loud and political" - and she *was* local to the area where she died.

The donate button on Terry's website has been replaced with this.

They're large, well known organisations and the links go where they should.

Old archive showing donate button.

http://archive.is/ltjBH

New archive

http://archive.is/M8Iut

 

[AnOminous]

Unfortunately, him not living in the area means that neither the local media nor the police have any reason to make a public statement confirming the identity of the dead man. Even when Chloe Sagal died, the only reason she was identified in media reports is because her friends contacted the media in the hope of making her death "loud and political" - and she *was* local to the area where she died.

She also committed suicide in such a spectacular and unusual manner that it was notable just for that alone. As sad as it may be, jumping in front of a train, either as deliberate suicide or otherwise, is not that unusual.

 

[AF 802]

I just mirrored the TempleOS download directory for you guys. I can't guarantee it'll stay up, I'm just testing out mirroring various things relating to lolcows. It's hosted on a dedicated server in Germany, so DMCA stuff shouldn't be an issue.

Here's the mirror URL:
http://mirror.lolcow.club/TempleOS/

I'll probably put an index.html listing details on it in a little bit.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

I hope somebody has archived all the stuff on his website.

 

[Eryngium]

Unfortunately, him not living in the area means that neither the local media nor the police have any reason to make a public statement confirming the identity of the dead man. Even when Chloe Sagal died, the only reason she was identified in media reports is because her friends contacted the media in the hope of making her death "loud and political" - and she *was* local to the area where she died.

The donate button on Terry's website has been replaced with this.

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They're large, well known organisations and the links go where they should.

Old archive showing donate button.

http://archive.is/ltjBH

New archive

http://archive.is/M8Iut

Fuuuuck that sounds like confirmation.
What are the chances of “The temple” being able to pull that off?

 

[AF 802]

I hope somebody has archived all the stuff on his website.

I gotchu, fam.

 

[repentance]

Fuuuuck that sounds like confirmation.
What are the chances of “The temple” being able to pull that off?

No-one seems to be clear on who had access to Terry's website, only that someone has had access to it for some time. That's what started the concern about whether or not donations were reaching Terry, although there seems to be no evidence that they weren't or that whoever was managing the site was doing so without Terry's knowledge.

My guess is that whoever was controlling the site realised that removing the donate button would be a wise move given the blame game playing out on the chans at the moment.

 

[CIA Nigger]

I just mirrored the TempleOS download directory for you guys. I can't guarantee it'll stay up, I'm just testing out mirroring various things relating to lolcows. It's hosted on a dedicated server in Germany, so DMCA stuff shouldn't be an issue.

Here's the mirror URL:
http://mirror.lolcow.club/TempleOS/

I'll probably put an index.html listing details on it in a little bit.

I'd use this archive as well as it's a full backup of the old site pre deletion, complete with the documentation of the OS.

 

[He Who Points And Laughs]

I hope somebody has archived all the stuff on his website.

wget --recursive --no-parent http://www.templeos.org/Downloads/

I'd use this archive as well as it's a full backup of the old site pre deletion, complete with the documentation of the OS.

wget --recursive --no-parent https://archive.org/download/TempleOS_Website_Archive

 

[Janny Jewsh]

"Terry isn't the suicidal type. He was happy in last vid: https://youtu.be/oH41gGBVpkE?t=122. And Bible says suicide is sin. Terry is obsessed with Bible. A guy called Cptnicky called library and got told that Terry was last seen 1 week ago. Therefore, Terry can't be the train victim from the 11th August. Since the videos were removed after Saturday (11th) it could mean he was not the person who died by the train which is like 90% of what people say is his cause of death"

 

[repentance]

"Terry isn't the suicidal type. He was happy in last vid: https://youtu.be/oH41gGBVpkE?t=122. And Bible says suicide is sin. Terry is obsessed with Bible. A guy called Cptnicky called library and got told that Terry was last seen 1 week ago. Therefore, Terry can't be the train victim from the 11th August. Since the videos were removed after Saturday (11th) it could mean he was not the person who died by the train which is like 90% of what people say is his cause of death"
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I don't know why people assume that if Terry got hit by a train it must have been suicide. He was clearly not very with it in his last video and his perception of danger was likely impaired. People get accidentally killed by trains often.

We don't know when Terry died. The train accident fits the timeline and the description of the victim fits Terry, but he could have died any time between uploading the video and the time people started mentioning his death on his sister's FB page. He could have died in a type of accident which isn't worth reporting.

Quite a few people have claimed to have contacted certain organisations or people for information. We have no way to verify those claims. Some of them are probably lying, some are probably telling the truth. It's bizarre to watch the internet throwing a tantrum about wanting proof and wanting it right now, dammit, while refusing to acknowledge that no-one (and certainly not Terry's family) is obliged to provide them with that proof.

Edit. TempleOS website page has changed yet again. Mention of Terry's death and links to mental health organisations have been removed.

Latest version.

http://archive.is/wZn90

 

[Janny Jewsh]

I don't know why people assume that if Terry got hit by a train it must have been suicide. He was clearly not very with it in his last video and his perception of danger was likely impaired. People get accidentally killed by trains often.

We don't know when Terry died. The train accident fits the timeline and the description of the victim fits Terry, but he could have died any time between uploading the video and the time people started mentioning his death on his sister's FB page. He could have died in a type of accident which isn't worth reporting.

Quite a few people have claimed to have contacted certain organisations or people for information. We have no way to verify those claims. Some of them are probably lying, some are probably telling the truth. It's bizarre to watch the internet throwing a tantrum about wanting proof and wanting it right now, dammit, while refusing to acknowledge that no-one (and certainly not Terry's family) is obliged to provide them with that proof.

https://webcache.googleusercontent....-reported-saturday/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
and witnesses “saw him straddle the rail”
straddling rail = sitting on tracks

 

[repentance]

https://webcache.googleusercontent....-reported-saturday/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
and witnesses “saw him straddle the rail”
straddling rail = sitting on tracks
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Mentally ill people and drunks do ridiculously dangerous stuff all the time. Most times it turns out OK, sometimes it doesn't. If it was Terry, it may never be known for sure whether or not it was suicide. People were certainly concerned about his mental state when the video was uploaded - that is obvious from the comments. And they were concerned about the possible implications of the video title.

I think everyone is too used to pop culture in which everything is neatly wrapped up in a nice logical bow and overlooking the fact that real life is messy and often ends with unanswered questions.

 

[deus et ursa]

People were certainly concerned about his mental state when the video was uploaded - that is obvious from the comments. And they were concerned about the possible implications of the video title.

In the context of his whole video oeuvre, I would say his August 11 video was about 4/10 on the 'concerning' scale.

 

[Doc Cassidy]

Has anyone considered that this whole thing is a massive long troll from Terry decades in the making? I believe that years ago he sold a patent to Microsoft that allowed him to quit his job and live comfortably for the rest of his life and he's just been pretending to be schizophrenic to troll the internet.

Every now and then he uploads a rambling video screaming about niggers then sits back and laughs his ass off at everyone's reaction. The whole time he's been "homeless" he's actually been living in the lap of luxury and making videos pretending to be a crazy person as a ruse cruise. He started working on TempleOS before he was "crazy" so he just began ranting about it being the third temple to fuck with people on internet forums.

This is just the grand finale. He convinced everyone he died and set up a massive conspiracy while he quietly retires to Costa Rica to live out the rest of his life on a beach with a Pina colada in his hand laughing his ass off. Well played Terry, well played.

 

[AmpleApricots]

Occams razor dictates that Terry is likely dead. His next of kin was informed because they were able to identify him, so it's probably possible to aquire information regarding this a few days down the road. All this fake accounts and fake screenshots and in general the whole trolling explanation doesn't make a lot of sense because it has neither motive nor endgame. Besides killing him the truth would come out anyways. If this was trolling, then the preperator was r.etarded because there's nothing really to be gained from it. Not saying that it's impossible but it is a lot more likely given the facts that he is, in fact, dead.

The drama is because Terry was a somewhat sympathetic, charismatic character and a meme. People over at the chans liked him. The truth of it all is that he was steadily but noticeably declining both mentally and lifestyle-wise and people online basically watched him eventually die from his mental illness while laughing at his troubles and steadily more and more incoherent word-salad. Disregarding how cool and edgy it is to act online like you don't care about anything, I think many people have a lot of trouble with realizing that little factoid about themselves and the internet getting "real" (someone actually died) and therfore they seek for different answers, as else it is not all fun and games anymore. Fact is, nobody really did anything, neither did anyone really know what they could have done. This is disconcerting, especially considering he is now dead. It will pass.

I hope his family is ok. They probably live with a similar kind of guilt right now, even though there was not a whole lot to be done.

 

[repentance]

I hope his family is ok. They probably live with a similar kind of guilt right now, even though there was not a whole lot to be done.

Around July there was mention in the /cow/ thread of his father doing poorly. I can't imagine that has improved following him losing his son and his wife in the space of a few weeks.

I imagine his family has been expecting something to happen to Terry for years, though.

 

[Peepee]

I'm pretty sure he's dead. But ... pretty much all of this hinges on that Therese Davis account being reputable and uncompromised, right? In one of her posts she listed four people in her family who recently died: Terry (obviously), Marietta Davis, Ellamae Easter, and Martha Collins Sampeck.

Not being able to uncover an obituary for Terry seems fair enough. But I couldn't find any record of *any* of those names being deceased.

What gives?

 

[repentance]

I'm pretty sure he's dead. But ... pretty much all of this hinges on that Therese Davis account being reputable and uncompromised, right? In one of her posts she listed four people in her family who recently died: Terry (obviously), Marietta Davis, Ellamae Easter, and Martha Collins Sampeck.

Not being able to uncover an obituary for Terry seems fair enough. But I couldn't find any record of *any* of those names being deceased.

What gives?

Their deaths are too recent to have filtered through to any off the personal information aggregation sites. Death notices have become very rare here (as have birth notices - we live in a social media world). If there's a notice placed in the media at all it is likely to be a funeral notice, but many families opt for no public announcement these days. Obituaries tend to be placed either by the family directly or via the funeral home unless the deceased is a public figure - which means they don't happen unless the family specifically wants them.

We have no idea whether final disposal of the various remains has happened yet. Given the circumstances, it's possible it's yet to be organised or that it happened with no public memorial service.