Subject: M. Jordan vs B. Gates This from a Microsoft freak: "The answer to the eternal question 'Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?': Michael Jordan made over $300,000 a game. That equals $10,000 a minute, at an average of 30 minutes per game. With $40 million in endorsements, he made $178,100 a day, working or not. If he sleeps seven hours a night, he makes visions of sugarplums dance in his head. If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there. If he decides to have a five-minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it. He makes $7,415/hour more than minimum wage. He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of 'Friends.' If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours. If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would have to do it at the rate of $2 every second. He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be reimbursed $33,390 for that round. Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax deferred account--401(k)--he will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30 a.m. on January 1. If you were given a penny for every $10 he ade, you'd be living comfortably at $65,000 a year. He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100-meter dash in the Olympics. He'll make about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon. While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600. In his last year, he made more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents for all of their terms combined. HOWEVER, if Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 250 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has today!!!!!!!! Ding, ding, ding. Game over. Nerd wins!!!!"