Microsoft Researcher Lost at Sea - GoFuckYourself.com

Sarah_Jayne · 01-31-2007, 11:31 AM

Microsoft Researcher Lost at Sea

The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting an extensive search for Jim Gray, a senior manager with Microsoft's Silicon Valley research organization, who failed to return from a sailboating trip Sunday off of San Francisco.

The Coast Guard said Tuesday that it was continuing to search 4,000 square miles of Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and the Farallon Islands, where Gray was reportedly headed in his 40-foot sailboat "Tenacious" Sunday morning. He was reported missing by his wife that evening when he failed to return to their home in San Francisco as expected.

More Productive Science

Gray, 63, was hired in 1995 to run Microsoft's Bay Area Research Center, also based in San Francisco, where he researches databases and transaction processing systems, according to a biography of him on a Microsoft Web site. His particular focus is on using computers to make scientists more productive in the fields of astronomy, geography, hydrology, oceanography, biology, and health care, the site explains.

Gray, who has also worked at such technology companies as IBM, Tandem Computers and Digital Equipment, won the ACM Turing Award in 1998 for his work on transaction processing.

Extensive Search

The Coast Guard said it has deployed a C-130 fixed-wing aircraft, an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter, three 87-foot coastal patrol boats, and other equipment to continue the search. It has been assisted by the Alameda County (California) Sheriff's Office. No signs of Gray or the vessel have been found, the Coast Guard said.

The phone at the eScience Group's office went unanswered when IDG News Service called for comment.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2007...pcworld/128709

germ · 01-31-2007, 12:15 PM

being lost at sea would be one of the scariest things possible, i think.

DateDoc · 01-31-2007, 12:18 PM

wow, hope they turn up alive soon

tASSy · 01-31-2007, 12:24 PM

i hope he lives and micro$oul dies. a girl can dream.

germ · 01-31-2007, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by tASSy

i hope he lives and micro$oul dies. a girl can dream.

yeah...i wish no harm on the man, but fuck microsoft :P

edit: omg 1500!

8 Characters · 01-31-2007, 12:31 PM

Wise man say: The place of work is not the self.

Michael O · 01-31-2007, 12:35 PM

I guess someone pissed of Bill

Sarah_Jayne · 01-31-2007, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by germ

being lost at sea would be one of the scariest things possible, i think.

Yeah, I can't even imagine it.

sumphatpimp · 01-31-2007, 01:23 PM

is there any chance that rest of Microshit could follow?
this was probably a sacrofice to the Gods for sticking people with that abortion called "Vista".

crockett · 01-31-2007, 01:24 PM

Maybe his GPS was powered by windows..

4Man · 01-31-2007, 01:46 PM

That is bad....

madawgz · 01-31-2007, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by germ

yeah...i wish no harm on the man, but fuck microsoft :P

edit: omg 1500!

:o congratz!

Big_Red · 01-31-2007, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by crockett

Maybe his GPS was powered by windows..

oh no......thats horrible. he has no chance now.

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Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	Microsoft Researcher Lost at Sea Microsoft Researcher Lost at Sea The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting an extensive search for Jim Gray, a senior manager with Microsoft's Silicon Valley research organization, who failed to return from a sailboating trip Sunday off of San Francisco. The Coast Guard said Tuesday that it was continuing to search 4,000 square miles of Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and the Farallon Islands, where Gray was reportedly headed in his 40-foot sailboat "Tenacious" Sunday morning. He was reported missing by his wife that evening when he failed to return to their home in San Francisco as expected. More Productive Science Gray, 63, was hired in 1995 to run Microsoft's Bay Area Research Center, also based in San Francisco, where he researches databases and transaction processing systems, according to a biography of him on a Microsoft Web site. His particular focus is on using computers to make scientists more productive in the fields of astronomy, geography, hydrology, oceanography, biology, and health care, the site explains. Gray, who has also worked at such technology companies as IBM, Tandem Computers and Digital Equipment, won the ACM Turing Award in 1998 for his work on transaction processing. Extensive Search The Coast Guard said it has deployed a C-130 fixed-wing aircraft, an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter, three 87-foot coastal patrol boats, and other equipment to continue the search. It has been assisted by the Alameda County (California) Sheriff's Office. No signs of Gray or the vessel have been found, the Coast Guard said. The phone at the eScience Group's office went unanswered when IDG News Service called for comment. http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2007...pcworld/128709

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