http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/ Engadget Comments for Bill Gates gets Harvard degree, not at all smug about it http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/

Yeah, I'm being picky but I just finished drilling my daughter for her spelling finals and she got "all right" wrong too.]]>Jun 8th 2007 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
Uhm, I guess the Oxford and Merriam-Webster dictionaries aren't proper then.

http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=alright

http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50006486?query_type=word&queryword=alright&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&result_place=1&search_id=zMy5-klRjRz-7287&hilite=50006486

Sure, sure, it's somewhat informal, but still a recognized spelling. Engadget commentary isn't exactly the most formal of forums- rofl!!]]>Jun 8th 2007 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 9th 2007 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 9th 2007 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
Let me reiterate. Bill didn't lift a finger to get this degree. Well...unless you count giving a speech at Harvard.]]>Jun 8th 2007 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/ Yesterday after the speech's he swung by for his 30th Reunion, had some pictures with his Wife in front of the 30th Reunion Banner, looked over a portion of original code posted on the wall from when he was a student there, said hi to people passing by and was very nice before being whisked away.

Seemed like a decent guy.

fooman]]>Jun 8th 2007 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
silly me.]]>Jun 8th 2007 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
He gave the commencement address - he wasn't paid - folks who do this, at Harvard and many other universities, then get an honorary degree. It's not unusual.]]>Jun 9th 2007 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Stay in school kids.]]>Jun 8th 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
The political jokes that can be made from that picture alone make the degree worthwhile...

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Who was he in classes with?

Did he write papers.

Talk about depreciation of law school.]]>Jun 8th 2007 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
Who was he in classes with?

Did he write papers.

Talk about depreciation of law school.]]>Jun 8th 2007 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
Bill should be made to take all courses necessary to get the number of credits needed to get a degree.

Just like everybody else.

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It is an honorary degree, not a real one.]]>Jun 8th 2007 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Honorary degrees are a routine part of graduation ceremonies at nearly every college in the land -- but not at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT's founder, William Barton Rogers, regarded the practice of giving honorary degrees as "literary almsgiving ... of spurious merit and noisy popularity."]]>Jun 8th 2007 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Honorary degrees are a routine part of graduation ceremonies at nearly every college in the land -- but not at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT's founder, William Barton Rogers, regarded the practice of giving honorary degrees as "literary almsgiving ... of spurious merit and noisy popularity."]]>Jun 8th 2007 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
An honorary degree just makes no sense. It should either be a degree or it is not.

It's like getting pulled over and telling a police officer you have an "honorary" license to drive cause you dropped out before you were able to take the driver's exams at the DMV to obtain a true license but since you won the Indy 500, you should be free to go. (night-stick clubbing ensues)

They should call it an honorary "certificate" or just give him a card that says "You are Special"]]>Jun 8th 2007 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
What purpose does it serve to get so bent out of shape about it? I suppose envy can be a powerful motive force.

Finally, alright is a recognized spelling - and some grammarians have pushed for it to be the standard.
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What I want to know is what are the people at Harvard smoking?

I definitely won't hire Bill to head up anything having to do with the law.]]>Jun 8th 2007 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
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Also, I'm fairly angry that Windows XP STILL protects the C:\Program Files\xerox directory. Seriously, it's pointless, it's empty, it makes people think that they have a virus (Windows XP IS the virus), and it will never have anything in it, yet it remains. Why can't a simple patch be released?

Now that we got that off our chests... who wants pie?]]>Jun 8th 2007 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 8th 2007 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
Next time you get an honorary degree I'll make sure to visit Engadget and piss on you in the comments section.]]>Jun 8th 2007 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
Microsoft is also largely responsible for making computers accessible to the every-day user. I don't see how they've failed to deliver a decent product, and if a protected directory is enough to induce that kind of ranting... perhaps we should cut back on the coffee, eh?

The Bill and Melinda Gates charities have done a lot of excellent things for this world. I daresay it takes considerable chutzpa, and a healthy level of derangement, to impugn his ethics. I've seen his interviews, I've read about the scholarships he has granted and the high school he has built. I've read about the work he's done to fight disease in developing countries. Maybe you guys should do a little more listening and a little more reading, and a lot less ranting.

]]>Jun 9th 2007 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/His company successful in tackling with many law-suit. He has spent lots of time is defending himself and his company from law-suit, than in business. Thus people at Harvard has honored his talent in Law. What an genius they are!]]>Jun 11th 2007 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 9th 2007 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
OTOH, getting an honourary degree from Harvard is probably as close as they can get to a guarantee of financial gifts for the future.

IOW, Gates 'bought' the degree on the promise of funding. If you had a couple billion, you could get a degree from Harvard too -- and a couple of legal convictions wouldn't stand in your way either.]]>Jun 9th 2007 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Oh wait Harvard dean cares more about publicity than the appropriate degree to award to gates.]]>Jun 9th 2007 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 9th 2007 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
But I guess they figure, hey if it's useless, let's just pick it from a hat!]]>Jun 9th 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
Thanks for clearing that up!]]>Jun 9th 2007 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/Jun 9th 2007 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/08/bill-gates-gets-harvard-degree-not-at-all-smug-about-it/
darn you gates, and your genious-ness!]]>Jun 10th 2007 1:22AM