Wired ’s Epicenter provesBill Gateshasn’t always pooped out money - making tech his intact life — theirlatest postdocuments his failed dealings metering twist , which helped automate the process of count cars on the route .
Fresh out of high school day , Gates , along with Paul Allen and another accomplice by the name of Paul Gilbert , spring up the Traf - o - Data ( picturedhere ) , which was used in conjunction with the inglorious hosiery laid down in street to count the number of car in an area . According to Gates , the whole thing was work delicately , prompting him to ask over some city officials to amount and check it out .
When they showed up for the meeting , the Traf - type O - Data was Traf - o - Dead . So what did gate do ? He fit running to his female parent , draft her to convert the nice men his ingenious appliance work .
After displaying his unfitness to grow a pair , Gates apparently got the equipment to work out , though he only trade one … ever . But I guess that ’s better than the 0 social unit of the Nothing I was sell when I was 17 . [ epicentre ]
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