[magic_man]

Interesting how he was also born in seattle. Seems like how a lot of pioneers of the PC are from there.

[cs702]

Maybe there was something on the water they drank as kids? (I'm joking, in case it's not obvious!)

[BirAdam]

It’s weird because there are several hotspots like that: Seattle, SLC, Akron, and so on. Each one pumps out greatness for a time, and then things move again.

[jdougan]

It works internationally too. eg. von Neumann, Teller, Wigner etc. All Hungarians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists)

[rurban]

But they came from Mars obviously