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Offline Chairboy

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« on: December 29, 2006, 11:20:03 AM »
Steve Wozniak is quite a character.  I know plenty of folks here that wouldn't like him at all because he stands up for himself when the government puts pressure on him, but he's brilliant.  He's the guy who designed the original Apple computers.

Here's a story about him and the secret service:
http://www.woz.org/letters/general/78.html

Quick overview, he likes to buy sheets of $2 bills (you can buy them from the treasury), have them perforated for easy tearing and gummed together like notepads.  It's quite a sight, I imagine, when he tears them off to give to people for payment.  Well, some folks in Vegas grew concerned about this...
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2006, 01:47:54 PM »
LOL, good story.  Yes, he is quite a character.

It's interesting how many brilliant people could be characterized as somewhat eccentric.  Its people who think outside the box that make the world a little more interesting.
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2006, 02:56:49 PM »
One of my CMMi instructors knew him in the 70's, he and Jobs were buds and apparently were seen climbing out of a smoke-filled van more than once. (Not tobacco smoke either)
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