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  Isaac Asimov       Died 1992
  Gregory Benford    Alive
  Algis Budrys       Died 2008
  Gerald Feinberg    Died 1992
  Sheldon Glashow    Alive
  Frederik Pohl      Alive
  Jerry Pournelle    Alive
  Tim Powers         Alive
  Orson Scott Card   Alive
  Robert Silverberg  Alive
  Jack Williamson    Died 2006
  Gene Wolfe         Alive
  Dave Wolverton     Alive
  Roger Zelazny      Died 1997

  Aluminum could maybe be made to handle .22lr type 
  pressures, but certainly not .223rem or bigger.

  For the quarter ended June 30, Microsoft reported a loss 
  of $492 million, or six cents a share, compared with a 
  year-earlier profit of $5.87 billion, or 69 cents a share. 

  Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research estimate Microsoft MSFT +0.91%  will 
  earn 62 cents a share on $18.2 billion in revenue, compared with a profit of 
  69 cents a share, on sales of $17.37 billion, in the same period a year ago. 
  
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  At Citigroup, analyst Walter Pritchard said that even with the huge 
  writedown, he expects Microsoft to report results in line with expectations. 
  Still, Pritchard said, in a research note, that there are “many moving pieces 
  in the numbers” from Microsoft, and that the prospects for Windows 8 will be 
  a big driver of how investors treat Microsoft over the next year.
  
  Microsoft shares rose 64 cents, or more than 2%, to $30.32 Wednesday, and the 
  stock is up by almost 17% since the start of the year.