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1. www.wired.com › 2007 › 07Inside the High Tech Hunt for a Missing Silicon Valley Legend

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   Jul 24, 2007 · Gray’s mysterious disappearance inspired one of the most ambitious search-and-rescue missions in history. First the Coast Guard scoured 132,000 square miles of ocean. Then a team of...

2. cacm.acm.org › research › searching-for-jim-graySearching For Jim Gray – Communications of the ACM

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   Jul 1, 2011 · On Sunday January 28, 2007, noted computer scientist Jim Gray disappeared at sea in his sloop Tenacious. He was sailing singlehanded, with plans to scatter his mother’s ashes near the Farallon Islands, some 27 miles outside San Francisco’s Golden Gate.

3. www.sailworldcruising.com › -35943Vanished at Sea - Legendary Jim Gray's Story

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   Gray's mysterious disappearance inspired one of the most ambitious search-and-rescue missions in history. First the Coast Guard scoured 132,000 square miles of ocean. Then a team of scientists and Silicon Valley power players turned the eyes of the global network onto the Pacific.

4. in-the-stream.blogspot.com › 2007 › 08Search & Rescue: Solving big problems to honor Jim Gray

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   Gray's mysterious disappearance inspired one of the most ambitious search-and-rescue missions in history. First the Coast Guard scoured 132,000 square miles of ocean. Then a team of scientists and Silicon Valley power players turned the eyes of the global network onto the Pacific.

5. content.edgetechacademy.edu › ristof7 › jim-grayUnraveling The Jim Gray Mystery: The Disappearance Of A Tech ...

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   Oct 8, 2024 · His disappearance not only shook the tech community but also raised numerous questions regarding safety at sea, the nature of missing persons cases, and the impact of technology on search efforts. In this article, we delve deep into the life of Jim Gray, the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, the ongoing search efforts, and the ...

6. mpih.org.uk › 2022/05/07 › the-volunteer-search-forThe volunteer search for Jim Gray, lost at sea in 2007 ...

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   May 7, 2022 · The volunteer search for Jim Gray, lost at sea in 2007, highlights the challenges of computer-aided emergency response. Posted on 7th May 2022 by Charlie Hedges Posted in Related Topic Tagged SAR , Search , search and rescue

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   How did John Gray's disappearance impact search & rescue missions?

   • Gray’s mysterious disappearance inspired one of the most ambitious search-and-rescue missions in history. First the Coast Guard scoured 132,000 square miles of ocean. Then a team of scientists and Silicon Valley power players turned the eyes of the global network onto the Pacific.

   Inside the High Tech Hunt for a Missing Silicon Valley Legend

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   Did the Coast Guard send a press release about a missing sailor?

   • In the morning, the Coast Guard sent out its standard press release about a missing sailor. Swatland was unaware that Gray was well known in tech circles until local news reporters made the Microsoft connection and descended on Yerba Buena Island with TV cameras. The news spread quickly among the programmer’s colleagues and friends.

   Inside the High Tech Hunt for a Missing Silicon Valley Legend

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   Who was John Gray and what did he do for a living?

   • The news that Gray was missing shocked the high tech community. The lanky coder had been a computing legend since the 1970s. His work helped make possible such mainstays of modern life as cash machines, ecommerce, online ticketing, and deep databases like Google. Photograph by Todd HidoIt looked like a fine day for a sail.

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   Why did John Gray leave Microsoft?

   • While cynicism and irreverence are not hard to come by among old coders, even Gray’s most hard-boiled cronies dismiss the notion that he vanished on purpose, for reasons ranging from love and lust ("He said his sex life with Donna was still great") to cash ("He would never have walked away from all that Microsoft money").

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   Did Jim Gray's unflappable attitude serve him well?

   • If something bad did happen out there, Jim Bellingham says, Gray’s unflappable attitude may not have served him well. "With Jim being an engineer, you can imagine him thinking, ’I can fix this’ — and then the whole thing snowballs. He was a level-headed, steady guy who wasn’t likely to panic.

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   Who was Jim Gray?

   • Jim Gray aboard Tenacious in 1996. He and his wife Donna were both avid sailors who periodically lived on their boat on the San Francisco Bay. Courtesy Joel Bartlett The news that Gray was missing shocked the high tech community. The lanky coder had been a computing legend since the 1970s.

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8. arstechnica.com › remembering-microsofts-jim-grayRemembering Microsoft’s Jim Gray - Ars Technica

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   Aug 2, 2007 · On January 28, 2007, Microsoft researcher and world-renowned computer scientist Jim Gray disappeared while sailing off the coast of San Francisco. Gray's mother, Ann, had died the previous...