… an influential Stanford university computer sciences professor, was found dead in his swimming pool last month.
Toxicology results show “a blood-alcohol level of three times the legal limit at the time of his death.”
Motwani was credited by Google co-founder Sergey Brin as his unofficial academic adviser. He called Motwani’s contributions to computer-science “brilliant.”
July 15th, 2009 at 7:51PM
Not to quibble, but at another place in the link it says:
"three times the legal limit for drivers"
and he wasn’t driving…
July 15th, 2009 at 8:49PM
You know much more than I about these things, Bill; but I assumed that since this fact is featured in the news articles about his death, that was a significant (dangerous) amount of alcohol whether he was driving or not.
July 15th, 2009 at 9:52PM
Absolutely.
But I think that omitting that the legal level is for driving is a little unfair. Getting plastered is one very bad thing, but it is different from getting plastered and going out driving…
A lot of writers you and I both know would be in trouble if drinking heavily at home were a jailable offense. Drunk driving is.
It is odd that in the article the first time this is mentioned driving is omitted but the second time it is properly included.