With a couple inspired keyboard strokes, a brilliant idea can come to life as a genius invention.

灵光闪现的键盘敲击组合搭配着绝妙的想法，天才的发明就此诞生9V%Tr2%6O)OPJ!h;。

Whether it's a successful game or a polarizing font,

不论是一款成功的游戏，亦或是一款与众不同的字体，

these four computer pioneers changed our office life forever.

这四个电脑先驱永远改变了我们的生活_Rn(==.dzujev%n7O;。

solitaire is one of the most popular computer games of all time.

《微软纸牌》是有史以来最受欢迎的电脑游戏之一Q!DlR9[h[8eP1^。

And we went to find the guy who created it.

我们找到了发明这款游戏的人(!((=nifCO.~VOXalFO。

Yes. May I help you?

你好cXwuNEJiEvasd,g。需要帮忙吗？

Are you the person that wrote solitaire for Microsoft?

你是写出《微软纸牌》程序的人吗？

Yes, but that was a long time ago.

是我，但那是很久以前的事情了mzoZ4oFZ_i[。

We got to talk.

我们得聊聊XEU[h7l%L%4。

Can we come in?

我们能进去吗？

Great. Thank you.

太棒了fdxscNBz4Z。谢谢84U&|_WaQh^。

All right.

好吧y_@jDNnI@B=bNJM。

This is Wes.

这是韦斯MshUw]Gs%j。

I'm Wes Cherry and I wrote Windows solitaire.

我是韦斯·切瑞，我创造了《微软纸牌》这个游戏BAo,)h!0Uuwid*e。

I wrote the game in 1988 as an intern.

我1988年在微软实习时写下这款游戏BX]FqjW2POH,z。

Internships at Microsoft were really an all encompassing thing,

我在微软的实习生活真是忙得不可开交C[i~)9;RiS2P[eC5C-。

but I squeezed it in there in the few little hours of my free time.

但我还是在闲暇时抽出了几小时的时间tz0Ncai!ShhAT9SA;!。

For those who need a refresher, solitaire was played on the computer using a mouse.

《微软纸牌》是一款使用鼠标在电脑上玩的游戏，能给人们提提神P.7QO|^82n3#RC。

Cards are pulled from the deck in an effort to stack cards in order by suit.

从桌面上抽出纸牌，并试图将微软纸牌按顺序叠在一起kO4DwWUNctV^#TMhoMn=。

And if you won, you got an awesome display of cards cascading towards you.

你要是赢了，一大堆纸牌会铺天盖地向你袭来k~pl5r6W#,|y。

I came up with the idea to write solitaire for Windows out of boredom, really.

我真的是出于无聊，才萌生了为视窗创造《微软纸牌》的想法A^Yby]FaWp。

There wasn't many games right at the time, so we had to make them.

当时没什么电脑游戏，所以我们不得不玩这些游戏pG0_%506^zq)~vLKuI。

In the mid to late 90s was just when people started really getting computers in their home.

90年代中后期，真是人们开始在家中使用电脑的时候w.^baj3PuY-f5Bo|mt7r。

Microsoft officially said that solitaire was there to teach people how to use the mouse.

微软官方称，《微软纸牌》游戏是用来教导人们使用鼠标的FR4m4P*xd*%。

But in reality, it was just really just something to have fun with.

但实际上，这只是用于娱乐的S=n_;+mW(B~。

Before they released windows, of course, Bill Gates got a shot at it.

当然，在微软公司发布视窗之前，比尔·盖茨就开始尝试这款游戏了~XM0#+noLrLO;。

His biggest complaint was that solitaire was too hard to win.

他抱怨最多的就是，《微软纸牌》游戏太难通关了3bl*o+@M^ZF9Ct。

And once people figured out the mouse, it became a favorite pass time.

一旦人们解决了鼠标使用问题，《微软纸牌》游戏就成为人们最喜欢的消遣iTq=lAZfY4~7Ov44。

The number of hours wasted on solitaire is really countless.

在《微软纸牌》上浪费的时间不计其数folDi465#Ldm=X。

I can say that right after solitaire was released in 1990, there was a world recession.

就在1990年发布《微软纸牌》游戏后，世界经济出现了衰退O5A[Ff6jj&p(ht]。

So many people were playing it in the workplace

超级多的人开始在办公场所玩《微软纸牌》，

that Wes came up with what he called the Boss Key.

韦斯就创造出了所谓的“老板键”Ig]3z=8DZTQ2OuGiz。

Press the special key and a spreadsheet would come up that made it look like you were doing real work.

按下这个特殊键，电脑屏幕上就会出现电子表格，看起来就像是你确实在做工作0-ceev2Ekj*b)ws!y!WG。

But Microsoft made me take it out.

但微软让他取消了“老板键”Cg_D%n.4W|cQ。

Considering this game has been around for decades, you must've made a ton of money?

考虑到这款游戏已经火了几十年了，你一定赚了好多钱吧？

I was not paid, not a single cent.

我没有薪水，一分钱也没有r^EspZLc]AJ。

At one time I said, "If I only got a penny per copy, I would be very rich."

我有一次说，“如果每玩一次游戏，我就赚一分钱，我会变得非常富有h,2-EmwUf)FC。”

So far only 14 people made good on that.

到目前为止，只有14个人做到了这一点If^U&-3Rzu|e=06wSpO。

I'm still waiting for the rest of you.

我还在等着你们其他人做到qIbN=&#^rlU[BGLnB。

Well, you heard the man.

好吧，你们听到这个人讲的话了吧-];[7+1cqSB-p@DA。

Do you still work with computers?

你还在从事电脑工作吗？

I work with Apple now.

我现在在苹果工作ynfkPA=F]B7f+U。

Apples actually, and I own a cidery.

是真的苹果，我拥有一个果酒厂^R1]L14]TF&。

Wes, there's something behind you.

韦斯，你后面有东西nqzTZW).sp-(hw-wpOGa。

Wes, run!

韦斯，快跑！