Bill Gates - Knight of the British Empire [Archive]

thuko135

03-02-2005, 09:55 PM

I saw the story on Cold Pizza this morning, totally shocking. But I'm in favor. He is not the snobby rich person that many rich people are. He donates so much of his money, and recently (Saturday) spoke of High school reform in the nation. I think he should be an idol.

thuko135

03-02-2005, 09:56 PM

Originally posted by Jupac
hmm I dont get it if UK is a democracy how come theres a royal family ? It's a ceremonial position that has little power. The power is now in the labor party, headed by Tony Blair.

I think we should have him start our hereditary royal family.

PeOfEo

03-02-2005, 10:07 PM

The uk is technically not a democracy really. It is a
'constitutional monarchy'. Meaning, like thuko said, they have a king who is a figure head and the a legislature w/ a prime minister.

What gates said to the high school was something like you have to work for your fortune. Do not expect to be instantly wealthy or have any respect when you enter the real world, all of that must be earned. Gates lacks some snobby qualities because he is a self made man.

buntine

03-02-2005, 10:19 PM

I congratulate him. Bill has forked out billions of dollars to various charities.

PeOfEo

03-02-2005, 10:21 PM

Yar, he funds a big scolarship program too.

Jupac

03-02-2005, 10:23 PM

He needs to fund FireFox :D

MstrBob

03-02-2005, 10:25 PM

If Mr Gates would like to fund my education, I'd personally post pro-Microsoft banners all over the city and change my email to GatesLover@gmail.com :D :p But alas I've too much money for such support and not enough money for education.

We don't have to call him sir, because he's not british. But is he going to get a suit of armor with a built in computer and wireless internet? Windows XP - Mobile Armor Edition.

jeff_archer7

03-03-2005, 01:32 AM

The sda part is, Briant May and eric clapton got the same award on the same day

AND THE QUEEN DIDN't KNOW WHO THEY WERE

sad

sad

PeOfEo

03-03-2005, 06:40 AM

I do not really think clapton needs to be knighted.

Yngwie Malmsteen maybe... but not clapton.

wamboid

03-03-2005, 08:05 AM

But is he going to get a suit of armor with a built in computer and wireless internet? Windows XP - Mobile Armor Edition.
Sounds like a comic book superhero in the making. Except he would probably crash too much.

theuedimaster

03-03-2005, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by MstrBob
But is he going to get a suit of armor with a built in computer and wireless internet? Windows XP - Mobile Armor Edition.

What if it freezes? lol...

theuedimaster

03-03-2005, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by PeOfEo
I do not really think clapton needs to be knighted.

Yngwie Malmsteen maybe... but not clapton.

OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!! Don't you dare insult Eric Clapton!

Ben Rogers

03-03-2005, 03:40 PM

http://qpbs.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/p1187670reg.jpg -- 'nuff said. :rolleyes: :p

MstrBob

03-03-2005, 04:00 PM

Dude, it's Eric fooking Clapton! Don't disrepsect the man!

Originally posted by theuedimaster
What if it freezes? lol...

If it did, then Windows would probably be more stable afterwards...

theuedimaster

03-03-2005, 08:08 PM

Originally posted by Ben R.
http://qpbs.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/p1187670reg.jpg -- 'nuff said. :rolleyes: :p

And what exactly is that supposed to mean?

PeOfEo

03-03-2005, 10:29 PM

malmsteen: http://ane-ran.hp.infoseek.co.jp/cd/yng-01.jpg

malmsteen is like the best guitarist to ever live....

jeff_archer7

03-04-2005, 12:11 AM

Originally posted by PeOfEo
malmsteen: http://ane-ran.hp.infoseek.co.jp/cd/yng-01.jpg

malmsteen is like the best guitarist to ever live....

NO WAY

The top 3 are

1) ANGUS YOUNG
2) ZAKK WYLDE
3) ERIC CLAPTON

buntine

03-04-2005, 01:28 AM

malmsteen is like the best guitarist to ever live....

That statement is doom gay. Its too broad.

amahmood

03-08-2005, 08:02 PM

Bill Gates?

When they say Bill Gates everybody just think about MS operating system. But the effect of what Bill Gates did indirectly was far more greater than he did directly.

If it wasn't because of MS, we wouldn't have so many PCs around the world? Could a normal person set up a TV chanell and challenge a Dictator 10000 miles other side of the world?

Did we have so cheap telephone bills? -cheap telephone bills mean inexpensive distribution of information - ....

By the way, being monarchy does not mean "Not being democratic". The same as being Repulic does not mean "Being Democratic".

PeOfEo

03-08-2005, 08:07 PM

Actually, about what you said, yes, we would. If bill gates did no do what he did someone else would have. Keep in mind, he got to the top through plenty of huge windfalls. It is good that he has given so much to others though.

PeOfEo

03-08-2005, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by buntine
That statement is doom gay. Its too broad. alright... malmsteen is one of the better guitarists and is IMO the best ever.

Jeff, lets settle this once and for all... google wars.

Your top 2 vs my top 2.
1.
"Yngwie malmsteen": 282,000
"Angus Young": 97,600
Yngwie wins.
2.
"Jason Becker": 41,700
"Zakk Wylde": 187,000
Zakk wins.

Okay, Yngwie is the best, Zakk is the second best.

buntine

03-08-2005, 09:26 PM

jeff_archer7

03-08-2005, 11:32 PM

Originally posted by PeOfEo
alright... malmsteen is one of the better guitarists and is IMO the best ever.

Jeff, lets settle this once and for all... google wars.

Your top 2 vs my top 2.
1.
"Yngwie malmsteen": 282,000
"Angus Young": 97,600
Yngwie wins.
2.
"Jason Becker": 41,700
"Zakk Wylde": 187,000
Zakk wins.

Okay, Yngwie is the best, Zakk is the second best.

YOUR ON DRUGS FOOL

Results 1 - 10 of about 975,000 for 'Angus Young'. (0.09 seconds)
Results 1 - 10 of about 308,000 for 'Yngwie malmsteen'. (0.27 seconds)

LMAO

buntine

03-08-2005, 11:48 PM

How do Google results justify this?

jeff_archer7

03-08-2005, 11:52 PM

Originally posted by buntine
How do Google results justify this?

I was wondering that myself.... in short they don't..... its just nice to beat Nick at his own game...... cause he is a silly yank.... lol..... no offence to all you other silly yanks..... lol....oops

buntine

03-08-2005, 11:59 PM

Dude, this Web Site is administered by Americans.

Oh, by the way, your all wrong. The best guitarist is Michael Angelo Batio. Download the Speed Lives clip (about 7mb): http://www.angelo.com/html/mp3___video.html (You will be speechless)

Regards.

jeff_archer7

03-09-2005, 12:09 AM

Originally posted by buntine
Dude, this Web Site is administered by Americans.

Regards.

I KNOW THATS WHY I SAID IT....... IT WAS LIKE A JOKE DUDE

Besides It was funny

funny cause it's true

buntine

03-09-2005, 12:27 AM

But it wasn't funny.

jeff_archer7

03-09-2005, 01:10 AM

Originally posted by buntine
Download the Speed Lives clip (about 7mb): http://www.angelo.com/html/mp3___video.html (You will be speechless)

Regards.

I am speachless
but I don't know if it's because of

1) his really bushy mullett cut (his hair cut)
2) His ultra big nose
3) his skin tight pants (ewwwwwwww)
4) his angry looking persona
5) His wierd mid 80's guitar (there are 3 or 4.. he keeps changing)
6) his ultra fake hand switching....
7) the crapness of the song

buntine

03-09-2005, 01:21 AM

I just lost all respect for you.

amahmood

03-09-2005, 06:22 PM

Originally posted by PeOfEo
Actually, about what you said, yes, we would. If bill gates did no do what he did someone else would have. Keep in mind, he got to the top through plenty of huge windfalls. It is good that he has given so much to others though.

in that case if Einstein hadn't come up with that genius ideas somebody else would.

thuko135

03-09-2005, 06:26 PM

Originally posted by amahmood
in that case if Einstein hadn't come up with that genius ideas somebody else would. Without a doubt. It would have taken a while, but somebody would have come up with it ...

jeff_archer7

03-10-2005, 06:47 AM

Originally posted by buntine
I just lost all respect for you.

:(

scragar

03-10-2005, 08:16 AM

Originally posted by thuko135
Without a doubt. It would have taken a while, but somebody would have come up with it ...
how can you possibly suport such a statement, if Einstein hadn't of though of it people would only have come up with the lesser half of his great theories and indead we would still be strugleing to percive the concept of energy and mass being different states of the same thing.

PeOfEo

03-10-2005, 04:56 PM

Originally posted by jeff_archer7
I was wondering that myself.... in short they don't..... its just nice to beat Nick at his own game...... cause he is a silly yank.... lol..... no offence to all you other silly yanks..... lol....oops do I need to take screen shots? Use " " otherwise results got corrupted... you are probably getting stuff fromt he hardies website about how they use angus beef.

PeOfEo

03-10-2005, 04:58 PM

Originally posted by buntine
Dude, this Web Site is administered by Americans.

Oh, by the way, your all wrong. The best guitarist is Michael Angelo Batio. Download the Speed Lives clip (about 7mb): http://www.angelo.com/html/mp3___video.html (You will be speechless)

Regards. Let me get my video of yngwie playing faster then his equipment, he was able to throw the guitar in the air and the sound was still coming through for a bit of time before the silence came through.

PeOfEo

03-10-2005, 05:03 PM

Originally posted by scragar
how can you possibly suport such a statement, if Einstein hadn't of though of it people would only have come up with the lesser half of his great theories and indead we would still be strugleing to percive the concept of energy and mass being different states of the same thing. Easily... because we would have made electron guns in another few years and observed relativity, we would have watched newtons laws fail when particles reach a high rate of speed. Think of newtons laws as an extension of relativity for low speeds. We might not have made an atomic bomb without Einstein and turned mass into energy, but we could have turned energy into mass.

We make anti matter all the time: positrons.

theuedimaster

03-10-2005, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by PeOfEo
Let me get my video of yngwie playing faster then his equipment, he was able to throw the guitar in the air and the sound was still coming through for a bit of time before the silence came through.

It can still hum a bit when you're not playing the guitar, right after you play a string.

PeOfEo

03-10-2005, 10:18 PM

Originally posted by theuedimaster
It can still hum a bit when you're not playing the guitar, right after you play a string. heh.

I can't wait until I get my guitar. I have a pretty good growl going, I can sing along with some of my favorite songs. I am going to play some cob / orphaned land / norther / etc riffs and sign along. Maybe I can play some of their more simple things eventually.

MstrBob

03-10-2005, 10:28 PM

What kind of guitar you going to get Peo? I got myself a beautiful Black Fender Stratocaster. Course I'm not playing your fancy metal songs with all that picking. Wether or not you're really a fan of the Ramones (which I am) you got to love them for their three cord songs. :D

PeOfEo

03-10-2005, 10:33 PM

mine is gonna be a squire stratocaster. I got a surf board here that I am trading a friend for it. I have a friend who is a huge fan of the ramones, I am not a big fan or their sound though.

jeff_archer7

03-10-2005, 11:08 PM

I've been playing for 17years or so now.... I used to use mainly Gibson equipment.... though I have used B.C.Rich and the odd Fender... one of my favorite studio guitars was a Fernandez...... these days I use a fender strat body with Gibson hardware (i broke the gibson comin off stage :( so used its pick-ups in an old strat I had lying around)
of couse since I chopped my pinky off with a chainsaw I dont play as well as I used to :( :(
I had heaps of Amps and Bins My fav was an old Valve Marshall 200w through Celestion bins... I used to couple it with an old fender twin reverb with a stereo unit to get this full-on sound..... I like Crate aswell but to a lesser degree..... I want another couple of old marshalls and a 'Brian Moore' Guitar They are cool(jack Owen Can't be wrong)... and I need another S.G. or two 68's would be nice

Jick

03-11-2005, 01:16 PM

This thread has gone bye-bye. Some how we managed to go from Bill Gates to musical instruments. Those two things should never go together. :p

Anyway, how about you guys start a instruments thread or something to talk about this subject further. This thread is now closed. ;)