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Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes on Audience

EkibiogamiEkibiogami Member UncommonPosts: 2,154

Wheelp Gate has lost it...

Guess he shouldna given all his money away... think it was the only thing keeping him close to sain..

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—Samuel Adams

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  • ste2000ste2000 Member EpicPosts: 6,194

    Lol

    Gates should spend more time curing his Windows and Explorer which seems to get "infected" fairly easy, rather than try to eradicate the malaria.

     

  • Rikimaru_XRikimaru_X Member UncommonPosts: 11,718

    Gates retired a while ago. To be honest I do understand Bill Gates point and his demonstration was a pretty good one. I just wish they had footage of this so I can see the audience reaction when he opened the jar.

    "I brought some. Here I'll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected."

    This is like something out of like a Resident Evil game or something. It reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it. If anyone can help me find footage of this it would be great.

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  • tvalentinetvalentine Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 4,216

    AHAHAHA LOL. That's awesome, i wish i coulda seen what happened.

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  • LonehearthLonehearth Member UncommonPosts: 66

    Have to give Gates some respect for having the guts to do that. Now i will forgive my next bluescreen :)

     

  • BrenelaelBrenelael Member UncommonPosts: 3,821

    LOL... Well when you have as much money as him you can be a bit nutty. It's called being "eccentric".

     

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  • Man1acMan1ac Member Posts: 1,428
    Originally posted by Lonehearth


    Have to give Gates some respect for having the guts to do that. Now i will forgive my next bluescreen :)
     

    So true, there aren't many ultra rich business men who have any decency for poverty, and lol, i'll forgive my next red ring :D

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  • hvc801hvc801 Member Posts: 987
    Originally posted by Man1ac

    Originally posted by Lonehearth


    Have to give Gates some respect for having the guts to do that. Now i will forgive my next bluescreen :)
     

    So true, there aren't many ultra rich business men who have any decency for poverty, and lol, i'll forgive my next red ring :D

     

    hahaha.  Both very good posts. 

     

    werd, wish  I was there at that conference to see the look on those peoples faces when they though Gates was starting a biological attack, lmao.  

    one of the comments made by one of the audience members HAD to have been-

    "OH MY GOD! HAS HE GONE MADD!!???"

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    What if Paul Revere was like the boy who cried wolf....?

    Originally posted by Hazmal

    What does he say when people ask what he did? "My mommy was irking me yo - I wanted to keep pwning nubs on my xbox, so I roughed her up with a hardshell. That is just how I roll."

  • altairzqaltairzq Member Posts: 3,811

    I always liked this guy. Respect.

  • sephersepher Member Posts: 3,561

    I think I'd go home and find out how to inject myself with malaria voluntarily for the slightest of opportunities to sue Bill Gates.

  • devilisciousdeviliscious Member UncommonPosts: 4,359

     AHHH! Okay I see that he wants to help eradicate malaria .. but why would he have to attack people with mosquitos to do that?!! Don't we have enough of that without him adding more?!! I soo hate those things!! Evill Bill Evill! lol

  • hvc801hvc801 Member Posts: 987
    Originally posted by deviliscious


     AHHH! Okay I see that he wants to help eradicate malaria .. but why would he have to attack people with mosquitos to do that?!! Don't we have enough of that without him adding more?!! I soo hate those things!! Evill Bill Evill! lol

     

    Werd, mosquitos SUCK... over here in staten island, new york... its aweful!!! completly terrible, the amount of mosquitos is un bearable... THEY RIP SCREENS!!!

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    What if Paul Revere was like the boy who cried wolf....?

    Originally posted by Hazmal

    What does he say when people ask what he did? "My mommy was irking me yo - I wanted to keep pwning nubs on my xbox, so I roughed her up with a hardshell. That is just how I roll."

  • WickershamWickersham Member UncommonPosts: 2,379

    Malaria is spread by mosquitoes.

    Poor people are affected most.

    It's a disease.

    PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative is working to develop a vaccine.

    Contact the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for more details and to make donations.

    Anyone think that it wasn't a smart publicity stunt for him to do that?

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  • devilisciousdeviliscious Member UncommonPosts: 4,359
    Originally posted by Wickersham


    Malaria is spread by mosquitoes.
    Poor people are affected most.
    It's a disease.
    PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative is working to develop a vaccine.
    Contact the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for more details and to make donations.
    Anyone think that it wasn't a smart publicity stunt for him to do that?

    There are many other ways he could have done that .. Is he too proud to just wear a mosquito costume? That would be scary without unleashing paracites on the audience... Hell I would not have stayed to listen to the rest of what he had to say as soon as he did that .... zooom outta there lol~!

     

  • streeastreea Member UncommonPosts: 654

    Last I checked, threatening to infect people with deadly diseases is criminal. Anyone involved with him is probably /facepalming themselves right now. That was my reaction when I read this.

    If I had been there, I wouldn't have run due to his threat... I just don't like getting bitten by those annoying things

  • VemoiVemoi Member Posts: 1,546

    Gates would do much better to push a much cheaper, effective tool against malaria.

    DDT

  • devilisciousdeviliscious Member UncommonPosts: 4,359

    Oh I wouldn;t have run because I was scared of his mosquitos .. I would have run because I was concerned about his stupidity. Yes I give alot to charity .. but he would have lost my donation just because of his stunt.

  • n25phillyn25philly Member Posts: 1,317

    Any truth to the rumor that everyone in the audience were Mac users?

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  • HYPERI0NHYPERI0N Member Posts: 3,515

    Its good to see he has taken up such a good cause. And although it was a bit blunt his method of highlighting the problem was a good one.

    Another great example of Moore's Law. Give people access to that much space (developers and users alike) and they'll find uses for it that you can never imagine. "640K ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates 1981

  • devilisciousdeviliscious Member UncommonPosts: 4,359

    It is kinda like this though .. you knock on my door asking for food to fill up the food pantry and you will get alot more from me than just food, I will find out exactly all of what the pantry is short and provide it. Now you see if you are the pastor of a church trying to raise money and you drive down my street in a firetruck playing music and shouting I am libel to hose you down and  chase you off... you get nothing from me .. he should have been more subtle. His approach may very well lose him donations rather than gain them. LOL!

  • TykeroTykero Member Posts: 349

    The mosquitos were not infected with malaria people. It's called shocking people. A few mosquitos buzzing around from a jar are not going to cause much more inconvienience than what the people would experience walking outside after Bill finished speaking. 

     

    He's just trying to get peoples' attention on this.

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  • CleffyCleffy Member RarePosts: 6,412

    Increasing the Piranha population would help significantly decrease the amount of Mosquitos, since Piranha are one of their natural predators.

  • hvc801hvc801 Member Posts: 987
    Originally posted by n25philly


    Any truth to the rumor that everyone in the audience were Mac users?

     

    lmao.  I wouldn't doubt it. haha.

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    What if Paul Revere was like the boy who cried wolf....?

    Originally posted by Hazmal

    What does he say when people ask what he did? "My mommy was irking me yo - I wanted to keep pwning nubs on my xbox, so I roughed her up with a hardshell. That is just how I roll."

  • devilisciousdeviliscious Member UncommonPosts: 4,359
    Originally posted by Tykero


    The mosquitos were not infected with malaria people. It's called shocking people. A few mosquitos buzzing around from a jar are not going to cause much more inconvienience than what the people would experience walking outside after Bill finished speaking. 
     
    He's just trying to get peoples' attention on this.

    It does not matter whether they were infected or not, no one likes to get bit! Besides they can spread diseases in a confined area they bite one person then bite another.. direct blood transfer... you know if the person sitting next to you has anything that could be transferred? lol I don;t want to find out!

     

  • Rikimaru_XRikimaru_X Member UncommonPosts: 11,718
    Originally posted by Man1ac

    Originally posted by Lonehearth


    Have to give Gates some respect for having the guts to do that. Now i will forgive my next bluescreen :)
     

    So true, there aren't many ultra rich business men who have any decency for poverty, and lol, i'll forgive my next red ring :D

     

    My dad's xbox red ring 2 days ago, I would forgive but he's the one hurting. He can't sleep cuz he can't relax and play 360.

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  • lifesbrinklifesbrink Member UncommonPosts: 553

    Yeah, one jar, oversized article.

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