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Bill Gates Steps Down

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:31:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Gates Shut Down from Microsoft
START charity!
Thanks Bill for what you have done thru microsoft!

Clip Source: www.eweek.com

Bill Gates Steps Down: The End of an Era

How the Microsoft co-founder changed computing, changed business and changed our lives.

John D. Rockefeller. Henry Ford. Andrew Carnegie. Bill Gates.

Few today would dispute that Gates is on a par with the great business figures of history. His genius melds deep technical knowledge, strategic business thinking and the force of personality that only a few figures have ever commanded--and to which none of his peers has come close.

Gates remains chairman of Microsoft, but on June 27 he steps down from day-to-day activities at the company--a software empire, really, with an estimated 84,000 employees and $68 billion in annual revenue. Moving forward, Gates will spend the bulk of his time on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill Gates leaves Microsoft (real news) - A Comic-al Look Back at Bill Gates

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:21:21 GMT

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Clip Source: www.eweek.com

A Comic-al Look Back at Bill Gates

The Spencer F. Katt cartoon became a weekly feature in PC WEEK (now eWEEK) in September 1994. Bill Gates quickly became a natural satirical target. Here's just a small sampling of Gates' appearances. Thanks, Bill. It's been a fun ride.

When I Consider How My Light Is Spent - Milton's sonnet

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:35:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: My favorite sonnet - wonderfully taught by 10th class (1969-70) English teacher and principal of my school - St Thomas' (SPG) High School - Mr. Ignatius Jagannathan.

The line

"And that one talent which is death to hide"

has inspired me to bring out the latent talent in a few of my friends, students and work colleagues.

Clip Source: www.poets.org

When I Consider How My Light Is Spent

by John Milton

When I consider how my light is spent,

   Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,

   And that one talent which is death to hide

Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent

To serve therewith my Maker, and present

   My true account, lest He returning chide;

   "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?"

I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent

That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need

   Either man's work or His own gifts. Who best

   Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state

Is kingly: thousands at His bidding speed,

   And post o'er land and ocean without rest;

   They also serve who only stand and wait."

Thinking Like a Genius

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:21:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.studygs.net

1. Look at problems in many different ways, and find new perspectives that no one else has taken (or no one else has publicized!)

2. Visualize!

3. Produce! A distinguishing characteristic of genius is productivity.

4. Make novel combinations. Combine, and recombine, ideas, images, and thoughts into different combinations no matter how incongruent or unusual.

5. Form relationships; make connections between dissimilar subjects.

6. Think in opposites.

7. Think metaphorically.

8. Prepare yourself for chance.

The first and last thing demanded of genius
is the love of truth
Goethe

Tags: thinking, genius