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____/ Sermo Malifer on Friday 30 January 2009 19:28 : \____

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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Sermo Malifer on Friday 30 January 2009 17:28 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> ____/ Doug Mentohl on Friday 30 January 2009 16:16 : \____
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>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>>>> Is Gates an economist?
>>>>> For his next trick, Billg predicts global warming, aids and bird flu ..
>>>>> and online applications .. like Google :)
>>>> "Next trick" ???
>>>>
>>>> What is he, a spider monkey?
>>>>
>>>> "Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider
>>>> Monkey."
>>>>
>>>>                                 --Bill Gates
>>> Do you have a source for your quote?
>> 
>> I'm afraid I don't, but it's definitely real because it's quotes widely by
>> respected journals.
> 
> Which journalists?

"Results 1 - 50 of about 4,580 for Let's face it, the average computer user has
the brain of a Spider Monkey"

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&num=50&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=Let's+face+it%2C+the+average+computer+user+has+the+brain+of+a+Spider+Monkey%2E
 
>> IIRC, he said this in a lecture.
> 
> IOW, it's an out of context quote of something that probably was said as
> a joke.

Maybe. Present a hypothetical context under which it's any less derogatory.

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