Jim Gray Missing

Help find Jim Gray by searching satellite imagery.

Itzik Ben-Gan

February 2, 2007

1 Min Read
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Jim Gray is a well known and admired figure in the SQL Server community.
On Sunday, January 28th, 2007 he was reported missing at sea when he went
sailing to spread his mother's ashes. On Thursday, February 1st, the US Coast
Guard has called off the search. SQL Server MVP Steve Kass kindly pointed
out a URL by Amazon Mechanical Turk where anyone can help by searching
satellite imagery. No background is required. All that is required from you is
a few minutes of your time--to look at a few satellite images, see if you identify
foreign objects, and answer a yes/no question.

Here's the URL:
http://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=J0XZ58STDWJZ5QY4F9M0

(You may need to sign up with Mechanical Turk first.)

For those of you who don't know Jim Gray, the above URL has links to sites
with his background, and to follow the story.

Your help is deeply appreciated!
--
BG
 

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