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Bill Gates eats $1.70 hamburgers, can't spare change

Gizmodo found this clip of 60 Minutes interviewing Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Gates barely gets started explaining precisely how smart he is before a panhandler taps on the window of Dick's Drive-In Restaurant, the Seattle burger joint where Gates has just ordered a $1.70 "deluxe." Can Gates spare some change? Nah. $36 billion, maybe, but not some change.

6:18 PM on Sat Dec 15 2007
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DonV at 06:56 PM on 12/15/07
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Steve Jobs probably would have had his PR people go out and rough up the homeless guy before escorting him down the street. Seriously, would you give some guy change when he knocks on the window while you're eating?
pikindaguy at 07:13 PM on 12/15/07
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Yeah, let's all forget he's given away more money than anyone in the history of the world.

If I had a trillion dolllars i wouldn't give money to a bum.
The Brain at 08:02 PM on 12/15/07
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I doubt it's just the bums who ask him if he has some change.
macbeach at 08:35 PM on 12/15/07
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Does Charley Rose work for 60-Minutes now?

I'm glad people are keeping up with the "important" things happening in the MSM so I don't have to.
waynelambright at 11:57 PM on 12/15/07
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Bill and Warren have taken the lead in philanthropy, who will follow?
Paul Boutin at 01:56 AM on 12/16/07
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Owen, can you spare twelve bucks?
stupindus at 07:47 AM on 12/16/07
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The smartest guy in the video: the "bum" asking for change.
tillman at 09:46 AM on 12/16/07
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Gizmodo didn't find this clip. It was on yahoo front page 2-3 weeks ago. Also, it may be an old footage.
tillman at 09:51 AM on 12/16/07
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Here is the whole series of videos.
[60minutes.yahoo.com]
gpapilion at 11:38 AM on 12/16/07
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In Robert X. Cringley's book, Accidental Empires, there is a story of Gate's fumbling through his wallet at a mini-mart looking for a coupon for a pint of ice cream. Finally, the teller is so annoyed he pays for the difference in price to get the line moving.