It was there where Bill fell in love with computers, and at the age of 13 he began his career in programming computers and personal computer software. ... But they caught a big break as the Computer Center Corporation opened for business in Seattle in 1968. A deal was made between the Computer Center Corporation and Lakeside Prep that allowed more computer time for the students. ... Soon after while, the Computer Center Corporation caught them in the act and banned them from computer usage for several weeks. ... So in return, The Computer Center Corporation gave unlimited computer time to ...

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Chris was hard to communicate with the instructors so he lost his financial aid and failed in his career. ... For example, Bill Gates could not be an expert in computer without practicing programming many times in school; Beatles could not be a professional musical band without practicing performing a lot in Germany. ... Bill Joy, one of the most influential people in the modern history of computing, succeeded because the solution to the programming problem emerged and he caught the opportunity to get access to computer programming. Living near the computer center, using the time-sharing syste...

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Chris was hard to communicate with the instructors so he lost his financial aid and failed in his career. ... For example, Bill Gates could not be an expert in computer without practicing programming many times in school; Beatles could not be a professional musical band without practicing performing a lot in Germany. ... Bill Joy, one of the most influential people in the modern history of computing, succeeded because the solution to the programming problem emerged and he caught the opportunity to get access to computer programming. Living near the computer center, using the time-sharing syste...

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He pulled a black shroud off a table and there was the machine, a shiny chrome box in the shape of the letter X, with a big green jewel in its center. ... With a controller in hand, he set off animations ranging from hundreds of Ping-Pong balls bouncing all over a room to a computer-animated woman practicing martial arts with a giant robot. ... Back then, he met with Johnny Wilson, the editor of Computer Gaming World magazine. ... The game, which he undertook for Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Interactive, had been expected to propel computer games forward as an art form, but instead it b...

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• Grade Level: High School