Mystery Deepens As Coast Guard Ends Search For Microsoft's Jim Gray

Vikingod · Feb 3, 2007, 06:10 AM

Source: InformationWeek
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The Coast Guard late Thursday (Feb. 1) called off its five-day search for missing computer scientist James Gray, but friends and family kept up the hunt using private planes and satellite technology.

Gray, 63, an A.M Turing Award winner and an acknowledged expert in database systems, hasn't been seen since he sailed west from here Sunday morning, intent on scattering his mother's ashes near the Farallon Islands. Weather conditions have been good around San Francisco most of the week.

The search covered an area of some 100,000 square miles and hasn't uncovered any debris or other evidence of Gray or his 40-foot, red-hulled boat named "Tenacious."

Tinkerhell · Feb 5, 2007, 06:51 PM

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Feb 3, 2007, 06:10 AM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Mystery Deepens As Coast Guard Ends Search For Microsoft's Jim Gray Source: InformationWeek _____________ The Coast Guard late Thursday (Feb. 1) called off its five-day search for missing computer scientist James Gray, but friends and family kept up the hunt using private planes and satellite technology. Gray, 63, an A.M Turing Award winner and an acknowledged expert in database systems, hasn't been seen since he sailed west from here Sunday morning, intent on scattering his mother's ashes near the Farallon Islands. Weather conditions have been good around San Francisco most of the week. The search covered an area of some 100,000 square miles and hasn't uncovered any debris or other evidence of Gray or his 40-foot, red-hulled boat named "Tenacious." __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Feb 5, 2007, 06:51 PM	#2
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