wait, seriously?

[rmd]

bill gates released a swarm of mosquitoes at the TED conference?? that's.. awesome ... insane ... WTF.

Comments

[sapphira-altair.livejournal.com]

Talk about a system with a lot of bugs... (haha)...

[smcmullan.livejournal.com]

Well, today is the anniversary of him getting that very public pie-in-the-face, isn't it? Maybe this is just his way of getting even.

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

o_O

[judith-s.livejournal.com]

Based on the comments, maybe some of those mosquitoes were infected with malaria too. Suddenly, attending a TED conference in person became a whole lot less interesting.

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

we've talked about this out-of-band, you and I, but I maintain my disbelief.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

hm. there's a pic linked off of http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/philanthropy/2009/02/04/bill_gates_buzz_sting.html

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Putting the evil back in evil genius?

[solarbird]

Well, it's about time someone did.

Evil, yes ...

[jymdyer.livejournal.com]

=v= ... when does the "genius" part start?

Re: Evil, yes ...

[smcmullan.livejournal.com]

Well, he's managed to make more money than anyone _I_ know. While that may take a lack of scruples more than genius, it sure seems like a smarter move than all that money I stuffed in my 401k's over the last two decades.

[cz_unit]

Par for the course for a user of Microsoft products. Carry on....

CZ

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

Perhaps that he's no longer head of Microsoft, he was missing all the bugs his former position made him familiar with, and so needed something to feel "at home" with his new direction.

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

I may be entirely alone in thinking that the man has a point.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

i'm still waiting for confirmation that's not based on someone's twitter update, but yeah, it's a great way to raise awareness about malaria.

edited: aha! yep. actual confirmation. now *that* is a publicity stunt.
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/philanthropy/2009/02/04/bill_gates_buzz_sting.html