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"Bob Gardner" wrote:

I hate to blow Karl's cover, but he flies a jet for the Microsoft
millionaire who just visited the space station for 25 million bucks.

So what? That he works for Charles Simonyi doesn't change the fact that
he is wrong.

(Interesting side note: back in the mid-90's I ran into Charles Simonyi
at a conference in Santa Barbara and ended up giving him a ride back to
the airport since we were both parked at the same FBO. Of course, he
was in his private Falcon jet and I was in a rented C182RG. As I was
preflighting I heard the Falcon's engines spooling up and down, but the
plane didn't move. After a while they shut the engines down, so I went
back into the FBO to see what was going on. Turned out they had a red
light on one of the engines and were grounded. Since he wasn't going
anywhere, Simonyi gave me a tour of the plane. It was the first time I
ever saw a glass cockpit. Sweet! But I couldn't help thinking as I
climbed out of SBA that I was going home while Simonyi, one of the
richest men in the world, was stuck at the airport like any ordinary
shmoe.)

rg