Quiet Lion

[trying2learn]

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I saw him on Ultimate Poker Challenge. He said in an interview on there "I play mathematically perfect poker, therefore theoritaclly I can't lose."

He lost.

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If you couldn't tell he was joking - you need to lighten up a tad. Dry sense of humor doesn't make someone a bad guy.

FWIW, I've known Richard for over 2 years and he is one of small group who remain down to earth after being so successful in their business life.

He co-wrote Word 1.0, not excel, and was one of i think an original 6 involved with Microsoft. sorry to be a nit.

He's taught me things about Video Poker paytables etc my bosses at the time didn't even know. Once he became interested in poker, he pretty much dove in and tried to learn as much as he could, as fast as possible. How can someone have a problem with that?

Richard is truly a class act - as well as an occasional lurker on 2+2, so he may even stop in and have something to add.

[Daliman]

Had a hit in the 80's with "Cum on feel the children cry".

[grdred944]

If I was him, I would not go around promoting the fact that he developed Microsoft Word. The early versions of Word absolutely sucked. Both WordPerfect and WordStar were far superior. Word survived because of Windows. Not anything the Quiet Lion did.

This makes sense though. He developed a half-assed program and he is a half-assed poker player. On the positive side, he does share his vast knowledge of wine in his blog. That's nice!

[Sponger.]

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If I was him, I would not go around promoting the fact that he developed Microsoft Word.

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Yes you would.

[Nick B.]

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If I was him, I would not go around promoting the fact that he developed Microsoft Word. The early versions of Word absolutely sucked. Both WordPerfect and WordStar were far superior. Word survived because of Windows. Not anything the Quiet Lion did.

This makes sense though. He developed a half-assed program and he is a half-assed poker player. On the positive side, he does share his vast knowledge of wine in his blog. That's nice!

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If I were you, I wouldn't go around making fun of people who made so much [censored] money that they could retire and do whatever the [censored] they wanted for the rest of their lives.

[doc_1982]

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If I was him, I would not go around promoting the fact that he developed Microsoft Word.

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Yes you would.

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I'd hire a team of midgets to do it for me. Just because i could afford to.

[trying2learn]

I can only reply with what I know of him - to be honest I don't remember a damn thing about Word 1.0.

He's a genuinely nice guy & obviously highly intelligent - I doubt you'll find anyone who knows him say otherwise.

[droopy0021]

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The early versions of Word absolutely sucked. Both WordPerfect and WordStar were far superior. Word survived because of Windows. Not anything the Quiet Lion did.


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Yah!!! I'm looking for that bastard that invented the phonograph, what a piece of junk. And the guy who invented the wheel? How many bruised tailbones does a guy have to suffer on his wagon before steel belted radials can be mass produced? And have you ever gone through a midwestern August wearing animal pelts--UNBEARABLE!!!! Someday they'll come out with finely woven cotton garments or even microfiber clothing. Someday......

I'm sure you were trolling....and you win. Can't really be serious.

Have to go now--need to take 2 1/2 minutes to type up a memo before a meeting I'm going into.

[trying2learn]

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Yah!!! I'm looking for that bastard that invented the phonograph, what a piece of junk. And the guy who invented the wheel? How many bruised tailbones does a guy have to suffer on his wagon before steel belted radials can be mass produced? And have you ever gone through a midwestern August wearing animal pelts--UNBEARABLE!!!! Someday they'll come out with finely woven cotton garments or even microfiber clothing. Someday.....

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i wish i would have just posted this as my response now. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Masquerade]

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I'd hire a team of midgets to do it for me. Just because i could afford to.

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What about sharks with fricking laser beams on their heads?