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Bill Gates, Entertainment God?
ppgreat sent in a wired story about the home of the future sort of story discussing A/V in a Microsoft Media Player 9 future. As seems to always be the case, there's a lot of cool stuff in there, but more than a few eyebrow raises.
Yea, its generally my policy to avoid using the words Gates and G-d in the same sentence.
What about: "God help us, Gates is more powerful than the President!"
Healthcare article at Kuro5hin
Gates can fire Ballamer, and Ballamer can't fire Gates.
Owning stock trumps a title.
It certainly doesn't hurt Gates to have The One Ring, either.
Actually this is the sixth version of the house of the future. In every house, 99% of people refuse to believe in the Microsoft future. Of those 99%, there is always one anomaly, or "The One". The One wanders the house looking for Bill Gates (known as the architect), hoping to get his questions answered. The One has used Microsoft's Internet Blender, Windows Media Faucet and Office Ice Maker, but always knows, in the back of his mind, that something is not quite right.