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- From: andyp@admiral.uucp (Andy Patrizio)
- Subject: Re: Bill "I Scream for Ice Cream" Gates
- Reply-To: andyp@admiral.uucp (Andy Patrizio)
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 03:50:14 GMT
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- tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:
-
- > In article <1992Dec17.194937.5932@microsoft.com>iank@microsoft.com (Ian Kenne
- >
- > >Once upon a time the world's wealthiest bachelor wanted some ice cream.
- > >So he hopped in his zippy car of choice and zipped over to
- > >(insert store here). Upon ariving at the ice cream section he selected
- > >the flavor he wanted and proceded to pay for the ice cream. But here's
- > >the hang up : he had a coupon!...
- >
- > Boy, I bet these stories get embellished every time they go around the
- > office :). For anyone who's interested, Robert X. Cringely has an interesting
- > account of the industry in "Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon
- > Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, And Still Can't
- > Get a Date." Hygiene and sexual exploits seem to be a recurring motif.
- >
- > [I see an opportunity for a post Dan...]
- >
- > BTW, did Bill ever get his Porsche back together?
- >
-
- There's a new biography on Gates coming out. The title, as you'd expect,
- is "Gates." This looks a little more in-depth and fair rather than "Ha
- ha, look at the geeks" like "Hard Drive" was. There was one picture of
- Gates that had me on the floor, though. Mucho geeky. One of his old
- girlfriends wasn't bad, though.
-
- Once I finish the "Wing Commander" novel I'm reading I'll check it out.
- And yes, Origin did make a sci fi novel based on "Wing Commander."
-
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- andyp%admiral.uucp@yale.edu (Andy Patrizio) <yale!admiral!andyp>
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