In article <_8sAk.35173$XT1.2217@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Chris Ahlstrom <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Brother, can you spare a patent?!
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> From the bastard who invented "the Microsoft Tax".
Myhrvold has an interesting biography:
Entered college at 14.
Studied math, geophysics and space physics at UCLA. Earned BSc and
Masters.
Masters in mathematical economics from Princeton.
PhD in theoretical and mathematical physics from Princeton at age 23.
Postdoc at Cambridge under Stephen Hawking, in cosmology and quantum
gravity.
Prize-winning nature and wildlife photographer.
Goes on paleontological research expeditions.
Published in major science journals (Science, Nature, Paleobiology).
Large contributor to SETI.
Master French chef. Works as assistant chef at one of Seattle's
top French restaurants.
Has finished first and second in the world barbecue championship.
Founded Microsoft Research.
Oh, and you know how many in computing like to occasionally get an older
computer for fun, like a Sinclair or Apple II or something like that?
He's like that too:
Commissioned the construction of a complete Babbage Difference
Engine #2 for himself.
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--Tim Smith
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