Gates to join Simonyi in Space?

gadgetopia writes "On Russian state television, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin tells journalists in a live video interview from the ISS that "Charles said that Bill Gates is also preparing to visit space"." Gotta wonder what that insurance premium is going to look like.

Where to donate...

[nschubach]

Where can we donate to the "Leave Bill on the Moon" cause?

Obvios

[Cyberax]

Well, we'll all hope that they'll remain there and never return to the Earth.

On the other hand... 'Space overlords' line doesn't look good...

Missing something

[ThePolkapunk]

Looks like you're missing an anchor tag there. I highly recommend it. They're great for linking!
 
Oh wait, this is a story about Bill Gates. Is this a joke about how IE doesn't follow w3 standards for HTML? If so, it's not that funny.

Weird

[Anonymous Coward]

Charles said that a href="http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/11258/ 1066/

A really odd thing for Charles to say. How do you pronounce "href", anyway? :)

On a more serious note, however, the Slashdot editting have reached a new low.

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That sorts him out but one major fault remains -

[unity100]

Anyone heard whether Steve Ballmer is thinking of taking the trip too ?

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Re:Where to donate...

[morgan_greywolf]

Send $20 via PayPal to morgan_greywolf (at) yahoo (dot) com

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Great, let's hope he stays there.

[Anonymous Coward]

Reminds me of an old Ukrainian joke how when Gagarin went into space some guy announced that Russians have gone into space to which the auditory hopefuly asked if all of them and was greatly disapointed to learn that only one.

Re:d'oh for you...

[Kierthos]

In Soviet Russia, html tags close you!

No way. He wont do it.

[140Mandak262Jamuna]

Gates would go to orbit only if Steve Jobs goes there first. He would not understand why Steve went, but just to be sure he has would not be blind sided like he was with iPod, he would go there.

Re:Yeah, quadruple indirection!

[mikelieman]

AND it's all about a trip less than 250 miles away, to a toy-space station that doesn't even have any hookers.

I suggest we put the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce in charge of developing a REAL moonbase.

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semantics

[Ajehals]

Gates in space? Is that "SpaceLikeWord95" or "SpaceLikeOnASoyuz"?

Replaced the typo with a typo

[Critical Facilities]

From TFS:

"Charles said that a Bill Gates is also preparing to visit space"."

I like that it's A Bill Gates. Makes me wonder if it's THE Bill Gates. Maybe this isn't such a big story after all.

Re:d'oh for you...

[PFI_Optix]

Oh, you'll get there. The question is, will you be able to get back?

"What do you mean 'a fatal error has occurred'?"

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Re:Where to donate...

[nschubach]

Putting more thought into it....

I think it would be even better to put all that money into a new paint job for the shuttle. Cover the shuttle till right before launch. Get Bill strapped in and ready. Setup a monitor inside so he can see the revealing and right before launch, unveil a shuttle painted like a huge Tux.

Hmm

[palmerj3]

While marketing Windows Vista Super Ultimate Galactic Edition, Bill Gates was accidentally left at the ISS. Provisions are limited however NASA officials claim Gates will be able to live off a steady diet of old ASP.NET books until a rescue crew arrives.

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Re:d'oh for you...

[tomhudson]

Ahem, just because we got one front page story tagged "insovlietrussia", it doesn't mean we should all revert to making a million old jokes over and over again.

They aren't funny anymore. Really.

... which is why, in Soviet Russia, joke MAKE you laugh!

Countdown

[Moggyboy]

"Houston to Bill, Houston to Bill, do you read Bill?"
"Loud and clear Houston. Go ahead."
"Bill, we're all go here. We just need you to push the big red button in front of you."
"OK Houston, I'm pushing the button, and... huh?"
"What is it Bill?"
"This big window just popped up saying 'You do not have privileges to access applications Orbit and Space.' Oh, now the whole screen's gone blue. Is that normal Houston?"

Re:Weird

[dpiven]

How do you pronounce "href", anyway?

Imagine Stimpy coughing up a hairball.

Pies Please

[JMandingo]

It would be GOLD one of the cosmonauts would pie him in the face as soon as he came through the airlock. GOLD.

What a mess, though.

Uhh... guys?

[sam991]

Has there ever been a better chance to start a real life MST3K?

It would solve all our problems!

Re:Countdown

[maxwell demon]

When Bill Gates is on the ISS and wants to go back:
"Huston, I have a problem."
"What's your problem, Bill?"
"I tried to get back to earth, but this damned space ship won't start."
"You can't get back now."
"Why not?"
"You only bought the Space Basic license to get into space."
"And that means?"
"The Space Basic license doesn't include the license to return to earth."
"Ehm ... but I want to return to earth!"
"Well, no problem. You just have to upgrade your license to Space Premium. Or to Space Ultimate."
"What's the difference?"
"Space Ultimate also gives you the license to return to earth alive."
"Ok, I'll take space ultimate."
"Fine. The money will be drawn from your bank account. Of course you have to register."
"Ok ... well, it says I cannot upgrade, because Space Genuine Advantage determined an invalid license."
"Well, of course you have to have a valid Space Basic or Space Premium license to upgrade."
"But I do have a valid license. Isn't there a way to circumvent SGA?"
"Of course not. We certainly have to make sure that only people with valid licenses enter the ISS."
"But I am already on the ISS."
"So you must be a space pirate. Sorry, but we don't support space pirates."

Re:d'oh for you...

[Nethemas the Great]

I for one would like to see the look on his face when he climbs into the cockpit and sees the Vista boot splash...

--Neth

The usual.

[twitter]

Slashdot provides a link to what Fyodor Yurchikhin said about what Charles Simonyi said about what Bill Gates supposedly intends to do.

Windows development is always that way, pawn [slashdot.org], and that's why most people don't bother. Windoze - the only way to win is not to play.

Change Guidance System to Microsoft Windows

[MrSteveSD]

I feel that if Bill Gates does travel into space, the guidance system of the vehicle he travels in should be changed over to run on Microsoft Windows in his honour.