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| Subject | Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates |
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| From | VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG |
| Date | 2011-04-19 12:00 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <00AAE1F0.5AD34AF2@SendSpamHere.ORG> (permalink) |
| Organization | c.2010 Brian Schenkenberger. Prior employers of copyright holder and their agents must first obtain written permission to copy this posting. |
In article <9d4003df-0fe8-47ae-9904-750904d1e0d6@c26g2000vbq.googlegroups.com>, Neil Rieck <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> writes: >On Apr 19, 12:15=A0am, Rich Alderson <n...@alderson.users.panix.com> >wrote: >> Neil Rieck <n.ri...@sympatico.ca> writes: >> > Reading this was a hoot. I meant to post it two weeks back, but forgot >> > about it until Paul Allen was interviewed last night on CBS's "60 >> > Minutes". Enjoy: >> >http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/05/paul-allen-201105... >> >> It would be better if VF hadn't made stuff up... >> >> -- >> Rich Alderson =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= > =A0 =A0 n...@alderson.users.panix.com >> =A0 =A0 the russet leaves of an autumn oak/inspire once again the failed = >poet/ >> =A0 =A0 to take up his pen/and essay to place his meagre words upon the p= >age... > >When I read the article a couple of weeks back, Paul Allen appeared to >me to be quite normal.Then when I watched the Paul Allen interview on >"60 minutes" two days ago, I got the feeling that Paul Allen might be >someone we should feel sorry for. Despite, the fact that he is a >billionaire, he does not appear to be happy. He does not appear to >smile very much, if at all. Now go check out pictures and videos of >Bill Gates and Larry Ellison. Gates smiles more, Ellison smiles all >the time :-) Smile and others will smile back. Smile to show how transparent, how candid you are. Smile if you have nothing to say. Most of all, do not hide the fact you have nothing to say nor your total indifference to others. Let this emptiness, this profound indif- ference shine out spontaneously in your smile. -- Jean Baudrillard -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day. All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.
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OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Neil Rieck <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> - 2011-04-18 05:30 -0700
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Neil Rieck <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> - 2011-04-18 06:17 -0700
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Neil Rieck <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> - 2011-04-20 13:43 -0700
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2011-04-19 00:15 -0400
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-19 12:15 +0200
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Neil Rieck <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> - 2011-04-19 04:11 -0700
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG - 2011-04-19 12:00 +0000
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates G Cornelius <cornelius@eisner.decus.invalid> - 2011-04-26 18:34 -0500
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Rich Jordan <jordan@ccs4vms.com> - 2011-04-27 10:23 -0700
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Neil Rieck <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> - 2011-05-04 10:51 -0700
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2011-05-07 21:16 -0400
Re: OT: Paul Allen and Bill Gates Neil Rieck <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> - 2011-05-08 03:45 -0700
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