Bill Gates unleashes mosquito swarm on TED Conference attendees

primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
edited February 2009 in Science & Tech
Bill Gates unleashes mosquito swarm on TED Conference attendees

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  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Pretty sure the mosquitoes have to be proven carriers of malaria for it to be anything illegal regarding health codes.
  • KhaosKhaos New Hampshire
    edited February 2009
    Here is a picture courtesy of the TED2009 Blog entry showing Gates unleashing the mosquitoes. It was more of a small jar on the stage than a swarm on the conference, but it appears to have made quite the impression on the attendees and the public who heard about it so quickly via Twitter.

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  • jokerz4funjokerz4fun Michigan Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Oh there's so many other ways to get you point across. Just another fail moment for Bill.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Regardless of the morality or legality, I find it fascinating that Bill did something seemingly out of passion.
  • DrLiamDrLiam British Columbia
    edited February 2009
    /sarcasm O god, how could he do that. Mosquitoes. What a cruel world we live in.
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited February 2009
    Way to stick it to the man. Although, you kinda are the man. Nice job anyways.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Oh there's so many other ways to get you point across. Just another fail moment for Bill.
    Quite the contrary. The simple act got his point across, and into the worldwide press better than hours of lecture.
  • Casey Tinsley
    edited February 2009
    First Windows and now mosquito's! dang-it Bill quit subjecting us to your wrath!
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Can't suck blood from a robot.
  • LiberatorLiberator
    edited February 2009
    Now that he's no longer at Microsoft, he needs a new way to unleash bugs on the world. It looks like he found a much better engineered vector than Windows.

    Evidently it's his mission in life to send annoying, self replicating bugs out into the world.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited February 2009
    His plan has finally come to fruition. He used the mosquito's to deliver a tiny mind effecting microchip. This was his test group, next it's the world.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Nano swarm! Run!
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    I personally think this is pretty effing awesome, myself.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Gnome Queen wrote:
    I personally think this is pretty effing awesome, myself.

    Truth.
  • Nostradamus
    edited February 2009
    "One has to imagine that some sort of health code violation took place."
    Or one could actually do the RESEARCH to determine if there was a violation. But that might mean one would have to actually DO something, rather than repackage items one found on the web.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    True
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