TC> RP-> author's death..... and there's a rumor Bill Gates is immortal.
TC> do you have that last word spelled right, does the "t" belong there? 
Well, he is apparently immorTal, according to the old ASCII method.
Full name: WILLIAM GATES III, aka BILL GATES 3.
Using the ASCII value of the letters:
     B    I    L    L    G    A    T    E    S     3
     66 + 73 + 76 + 76 + 71 + 65 + 84 + 69 + 83 + (3) = 666
     M    S    -    D    O    S   (sp)  6    .    2    1
     77 + 83 + 45 + 68 + 79 + 83 + 32 + 54 + 46 + 50 + 49 = 666
     W    I    N    D    O    W    S    9    5
     87 + 73 + 78 + 68 + 79 + 87 + 83 + 57 + 53 = 665 (close enough)
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