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To: Andeveron who wrote (7469)	6/24/1998 6:06:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

What have you been smokin', son?

To: Andeveron who wrote (7469)	6/24/1998 7:22:00 PM
From: Paul Merriwether	Respond to of 164684

<< How many more days like this before Bezos replaces Gates as the richest man in the world >> Assuming Bezos' net worth = $400M(?) and Bill Gates N.W = 50B(?) and the fact that today the stock appreciated 7.069%( from yahoo) and msft appreciated 4.16% and assuming that the wealth of both these people is only a function of their stocks gives us 400(1.0769)^(num_days) = 50000 (1.0416)^num_days (1.0769^num_days)/(1.0416^num_days)=125 Taking logs and doing some crazy stuff my windows calc gives me 144.87(not responsible for operator errors and round off errors etc.) <g> At the present rate it shall take 145 days for Bezos to overtake Bill Gates. ;)