Software mogul attacked by elephant during safari (Republican Billionaire Tom Siebel)

Source: Associated Press (via Cape Cod Times)

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 03, 2009

SAN JOSE, Calif - Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel says he's recovering from broken ribs and legs after an elephant charged at him and a tour guide in the Serengeti a month ago.

The 55-year-old Siebel on Wednesday told the San Jose Mercury News that the animal plowed into the guide and then attacked him, breaking several ribs, goring him in the left leg and crushing the right leg.

The Siebel Systems software founder says the Aug. 1 attack occurred during a safari in Tanzania.

He says he and the guide were watching a group of elephants from about 200 yards away when one animal charged at them without warning.

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Stop using me as your mascot...

too funny

:rofl:

I feel sorry for his pain, but...

Nevermind.

They like their peace and quiet too.

The aftershave and cologne don't help.

I guess I need to start writing the shittiest software possible, ASAP.

You'd have to market it to the stupid Repugnant companies to make any money. They like to reward their own kind. Stupid corporate CEOs/owners just shuffling around money to other stupid corporate CEOs/owners by buying stupid (re: shitty) software or services.

Next time, don't bellow and warn the target.

Elephant Gores & Crushes Filthy Rich Republican

- And yes, it was worth the wait......

K&R

buying your standard cheap repug congress whores - say 68k.
swindling the public with your crappy products - billions.
sweet irony biting a rich reptile in the ass - priceless.

(P.S.: your posts & comments always appreciated, ID.)

That means it would take an elephant about 25 seconds to run that far. What was he doing all that time? Waiting until it's too late to do something? I know that's the Republican approach to most problems, so I guess that's probably what happened.

Which equates to 408 meters/minute or about 200 yards in about 30 seconds.
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18219727

Max speed 15 mph.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_4_116/ai_n19187206/

15 mph
http://whyfiles.org/shorties/128elephant_run/

Quibbling about unimportant shit
http://www.freerepublic.com/

speed, priceless.

Fight or flight generally has implications for humans. Especially ones being charged by bull elephants. :)

My sources:
The locomotor kinematics of Asian and African elephants : changes with speed and size by
HUTCHINSON John R. ; SCHWERDA Delf ; FAMINI Daniel J. ; DALE Robert H. I. ; FISCHER Martin S. ; KRAM Rodger ;

A spring in its step: at top speed, an elephant does not run—by traditional standards—but it doesn't walk either
Natural History, May, 2007 by Adam Summers

John Hutchinson, Stanford reseacher.
"videotaped the hulking animals following a 100-foot course" "The fastest animals dashed across the course at 15 mph. "

Your source:
thebigzoo.com


And if they can't sustain 25 mph on a 100 ft course, they can't sustain it over 200 yards.
But for the sake of argument, we'll pretend this particular super-athlete elephant actually did sprint 200 yards at 25 mph.
In that case, I guess your buddy Tom is 50% less stupid than I gave him credit for.

Its almost the holiday weekend, you should relax.

and a great place for discussion. Perhaps you are upset about the Bronco's prospects under McDaniels. I can understand that.

What should I do? Let's check the conservative handbook!

Personal attack! "You seem angry".

Change the subject! "Your football team sucks"

And if that doesn't work, scream them down or bring a gun to scare them off!

It was just a friendly discussion. I didn't know people took elephant speed so seriously. :eyes:


Like I said, try to relax.

So are you taking Labor Day off, or is that holiday antithetical to your belief system, like Martin Luther King Day?

I'm sure you need the time off, since disagreeing with virtually every Democrat on virtually every topic on a Democratic message board probably is quite taxing.

and a 3 day weekend next week. I'm going to enjoy some down time.

'friendly discussion' is that you seem to be the one who needs to relax.

Here you are in a hilarious thread about a Republican being attacked by an elephant and instead of enjoying the fun, you derail the thread and change the subject.

Why not relax and picture it! A Repuke being attacked by an elephant. Even a Republican would have to admit, that's a riot! :rofl:

I'm cool as a cucumber. Like I said upthread, this guy experienced a "Roy."

:rofl:

...is be moving less than sixteen miles per hour (or twenty-five, as someone else responding to you suggests) in the same direction as the elephant's going.

I think having a top speed below either of those numbers is a reasonable expectation for most non-athletic humans.

The elephant, however, wasn't interested in killing something and stopping to eat it.

Did the Guide save siebel's life?


Tikki

The article doesn't say. I suspect he was in worse shape than Siebel.

Friday, September 4, 2009
Tom Siebel mauled by elephant
On the morning of Aug. 1, Siebel, 56, said he and a guide were observing a group of elephants from 200 yards away. The Silicon Valley billionaire told the San Jose Mercury News that the elephant charged his guide and then turned on him, breaking his ribs, impaling his left leg and crushing his right leg.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/08/31/daily79.html

maybe siebel will get a chronic infection

He didn't leave the Republican party, they left him -- once again I'd say.

It was Siebel who introduced Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin to the crowd at a California fund-raising brunch with the quote "Sarah Palin carries the flag of outrage "... for each of who cries out, 'We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Siebel#cite_note-Ostrom2008-7

Palin"?

live in places that have walls, where the elephants can't get in and do any damage.

...elephants are very intelligent animals.

The current Republican Party couldn't have chosen a more unlikely mascot. A crocodile would be a better fit.

the one who threw the big $1,000 a plate Sarah Palin fundraiser.

How appropriate to be mauled by a charging elephant.

She owes them doesn't she. It would look great beside that big moose head on the mantle.

complete with gold trim...