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Maybe he was leaving to go buy a Mac.

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Does anyone have the full text of the error?

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I'm pretty sure Bill has several macs. All running Windows Vista.

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I'm sure he just ripped a big one and needed to leave the scene.

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Jon Stewart: "I'm a Mac."
Bill Gates: "And I'm a PC."

End of story.

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He must have seen Hodgman in the wings.

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Per rec.arts.tv, it's:

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Bill Gates has encountered a problem and needs to leave. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

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If you were in the middle of something the information you were working on might be lost.

Please tell Microsoft about this problem.

We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Bill Gates. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.

To see what data this error report contains, click here.

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Debug | Send error report to wife | Dont send

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Oh, that's a beautiful thing. Gates just can't go anywhere without an error message hot on his trail!

JR

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#7 - that's hilarious! I'm still trying to figure out WHY Bill Gates was even on the Daily Show in the first place, more so than the reason of why he left...

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It looked perfectly normal to me. He shook hands, stood up, waved to the crowd, gave a nod to Jon and then he noticed Jon appeared to be talking to camera so figured he was OK to leave. It only looks unusual because the director chose to stick with (or even change back to) that camera on the other side of the studio. What difference would it have made if he'd sat there for another 5 seconds while Jon said "we'll be right back". No doubt he wasn't told to do that, or he was so busy he never took that info on board. I'm no Gates fanboy (no way Vista will find it's way onto my computer for the next 12 months at least) but I think it's a lot of hype about nothing.

As for why he was on the show, well it was obvious to Jon that this is a chance to get the richest man in the world who rarely does interviews on the show. He knew it'd just be a chance for Bill to plug Vista, but aren't ALL the guest ALWAYS there (and on all chat shows) just to plug their latest show/film/book.

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I think he needed to take a dump.

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He was in a hurry...if he stopped to pick up a 100 dollar bill off the ground, he would be loosing money ...

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You were dead on with that error message, that is all I get on my computer. It is irritating when you are right in the middle of something.

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If you look at the clip, you'll see it's a mistake by the director or switcher. It appears that the intended shot was a close-up of the host. Notice when the camera shot changes as Bill is leaving, even Jon is talking to a different camera. The shot should not have been from that angle. It was just a production error ... nothing wrong by Gates. It's all part of the fun and challenge of live TV!

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Poor guy probably had to take a whiz

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The "error message" is hilarious! I only wish I could afford a Mac.
As for Vista, XP/SP2 is good enough for me. I can think of better ways to spend 200 bux!

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Nah...for those saying its a production error or not that unusual, I don't really think that's likely. It's a pretty easy tell of who has actually watched the show before; when Jon interviews people like John McCain (who's been on a lot), or even Neil DeGrasse Tyson, he plugs whtever it is the guest brought on to plug, and then turns around and shakes hands with the guest, and they usually chat for a while as the show goes to commercial. Jon was clearly suprised that Gates left, although I guess it's understandable that he thought it was okay to leave, probably for the reason Anna mentioned...he was probably nervous and/or inexperienced with talkshows.

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I thought it was a bit odd, myself, even if it was the way it was supposed to happen. One would expect the director to tell the guest 'You'll sit down, talk with Jon for a few minutes, and then, we'll go to commercial at which point Jon will chat with you for a moment and we'll walk you off the set.'

But, otoh, Bill has never come across as the most social of animals. And I'm speaking as a former employee. =)

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Bill Gates Conditions to Stewart

Sources report that Mr. Gates put forth several conditions that Mr. Stewart had to meet before he would agre to go on the air.

1) John Hodgeman would NOT appear in the studio or on set while Mr. Gates was in the building;
2. Steven Colbert would not "call in" while Mr. Gates was on-air;
3) Mr. Stewart could not ask Mr Gates if he used, owned or ever touched an IPOd;
4) When Mr. Gates answered a question regarding how many computers he owned, Mr. Stewart was prohibited from asking if one of them was a Mac.
5) Mr. Steward could not use the words Mac, Apple, IPod, OS X, jobs or any noun that began with Capital "I".
6) Mr. Gates would NOT require use of The Green Room and his security must remain armed and within fifteen feet at all times.
7) studio and building would be "locked" down while Mr. Gates was in the building.
8) crew could not leave Mac's in line of sight of Mr. Gates.

If you doubt the veracity of this report, ponder how funny it would have been had Hodgeman simply done a silent walk-through across the set; if Jon asked about IPOd or Macs; if he had offered him an apple!

Gates takes the fun out of everything.

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No nouns with a capital I? Boy, I'm sure George Bush wishes he could get away with that one.

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