Bill Gates has lost his mind.

[Beregond II]

Give me a moment to recuperate. This is simply the funniest thing I've ever heard.




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Okay.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates unleashes his horde of Mosquitoes at TED conference.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes on unsuspecting attendees at the TED 2009 conference...If there's one thing Microsoft rules at, it's got to be the releasing of bugs (sorry, had to be done). According to Valleywag:

"Ending malaria is a particular passion of Gates's, whose Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent millions fighting the disease. But he apparently didn't feel like TED attendees were taking the threat seriously. 'Not only poor people should experience this,' Gates said as he let the bugs loose on his audience, according toFacebook manager Dave Morin. (eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and Twitter CEO Ev Williams confirm the report.)"

Ethan Zuckerman reported that Gates' full line was, "I brought some mosquitoes -- we’ll let them roam around the auditorium. There’s no reason only the poor should experience this."

This is awesome and crazy at the same time. Hopefully, Gates doesn't develop a large concern for rabies. I'd hate to be in an audience as he unleashes a pack of rabid dogs into the crowd.

What do you think of Gates' stunt? Was it a harsh slap of reality? Or was it just a crazy, powerful, and rich nerd making a point in an overzealous way?

Source of article.



Huge. Massive. Irony.

 

[Bartimaeus]

Weird, and funny.

 

[~Void~]

ROFL that made me chuckle. xD

 

[Pyritie]

BAHAHA

 

[Karouk]

lmao!

there's one thing Microsoft rules at, it's got to be the releasing of bugs (sorry, had to be done).

 

[Dr Super Good]

So? Be lucky they were not midges, nor were they carrying deseases.

Basically, this was probably a stunt for the latest anti malaria method of shortening the life of the insects via genetic engineering so that the virus never reaches harmful levels within them.

Go for a walk at knight on the main land or in scotland, and then you will know what being bitten is about. Obviously rich people do not do that, thus he brought them to the convetion.

 

[Hakeem]

Each copy of Windows 7 nows comes with a prepackaged mosquito^TM!

 

[brad.dude03]

Good for him. He's already done his part for the world with his charity, now it's their turn. These CEO's of these huge tech corporations could do with giving some money to charity.

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

Damn that man is a genious

 

[Nbah]

Huge. Massive. Irony.

Just couldn't have said it better. Simply put - awesome.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

I bet they were male mosquitoes, male ones don't bite, it's the females who bite you.

 

[Vicboy]

What will Apple release?

 

[communist_orc]

Apple will release AWSOMNESS... (but only to those who can afford it)

Nice article, thx 4 putting a smile on my face^^

 

[brad.dude03]

No, Apple will release an instable product that appears to be easier to use, and for the most basic of tasks it is, but really whenever you try to do anything advance will fail utterly and completely. Also, they'll charge you up the ass for it.

Sounds like the Apple I know.

 

[LordDz]

Bill Gates is a cool guy, nerdy... But cool.

 

[brad.dude03]

No, he's the CEO of the biggest software company the world has ever known, and he's cool.

Of course he's nerdy. As is constantly said, if Bill Gates had gotten laid in high school he wouldn't be anywhere near as successful as he is today.

 

[BenZa]

I have a problem using appropriate language, and thus this message has been edited.