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Is that Bill Gates staring back at you from Outlook 2010?

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Hah, this is fantastic. I love how Microsoft routinely make fun of themselves.

You can see this same mugshot picture in this commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11NOblvuEpU

And has anyone visited the MSDN portal recently? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

> And has anyone visited the MSDN portal recently? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

Can't find anything.

It took me a minute.

It's the banner. "Developers Developers Developers"

Found that. Didn't think this was the joke.

Hint: What does the D stand for in MSDN?

Bigger Hint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE

This has to have been covertly leaked by said 'cheeky developer'. I refuse to believe that anyone found this randomly.

Yeah, I'm not sure how long I could keep a secret like that to myself. Easter Eggs are no fun when you're the only one laughing. :)

I swear on my annoying poodle's life it was found randomly. :)

Whatever he was arrested for looks like it was worth it.

When Microsoft was based in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the late 70s, Bill Gates bought a Porsche 911 and used to race it in the desert. He was arrested for speeding 3 times. Paul Allen had to bail him out of jail after one midnight escapade.

Apparently, it was for driving under the influence of a flowery shirt.

I seem to vaguely remember Pirates of Silicon Valley portraying it as a large speeding offense in a really expensive sports car. But they probably sexed it up quite a bit from the truth...

I seem to recall a race with large construction vehicles.

He was arrested for speeding. He smashed up Paul Allen's car racing bulldozers.

Now that you mention it, that sounds right. Apparently my memories are getting mixed up; it's been many years since I watched that film.

I don't recall what they covered in Pirates (pretty sure the bulldozer race is in there), but BG definitely has a reputation for liking fast cars. In fact, Gates and Paul Allen lobbied to get changes to US auto regulations passed so that they could import Porsche 959s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_959#.22Gates_959.22

Nah, I have a particularly good memory for movie scenes. The construction vehicles scene and arrest scene are two different things. Bill gets arrested while speeding (while singing Sinatra's My Way in a sports car) and he wreck Paul Allen's car in the different bulldozer scene. Of course this is a movie so both can be pure fiction.

That's what I remember from a biography or autobiography I read, but it has been a while...

Best article ever? I bet if someone mass produced those glasses...I have my first YCombinator idea!

Bill Gates, Hero.

Seriously ? Too much free time ?

Articles like this are time wasting link bait. HN seems to have had a particularly poor selection of top rated articles recently.

Well, this article made me laugh and it's the weekend ! Just relax, I guess many of us are enjoying this kind of articles from time to time.

I do agree with you that sometime, too many links like that are not what we are supposed to share, but hey, this one was good !

There's been a definite increase in trivial and flippant comments from new users, too.

Which one of those guys is a 'new user'?

He was referring to himself. Also you and I.

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