On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:22:38 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
(Tom Merkle) made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

hmmm...

Rutan's real genius was in nabbing Paul Allen.

More luck (or an accumulated history of skill) than genius...

But it was the key.