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Pay top dollar to attend a trade show featuring the former Microsoft alpha dog, and what do you get? Attacked by mosquitos wouldn't be your first guess, would it!? ~ Praetorian Guard
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The Agitator —
... of 14-time Olympic gold medalist with $100 million in endorsement deals, he could have become a pudgy, grumpy, self-righteous, C-list sports commentator.
In 2008, the red light cameras in a Texas town with a population of 38,500 issued 40,000 citations.
Cop rams family van full of kids, draws gun and arrests father because after she flipped her lights on, he drove one mile to find a safe spot to pull over.
I understand Gates’ point, but technically, isn’t this assault? A very light form of assault, yes. But still.
Dad records son ...
TED: Bill Gates and the Mosquito 'Swarm'
Wired: Epicenter —
Bill Gates spoke at TED on Tuesday about his philanthropy work and while discussing the prevalence of malaria in some developing nations, he cheekily opened a container and released some mosquitoes into the air, telling the audience of millionaires and billionaires that it shouldn't just be the poor who experience the disease.
It was a bizarre way to get the audience's attention. But some bloggers and news agencies that aren't at the conference are calling the mosquitoes a "swarm" and raising health concerns about the act. There were only a handful of ...
Gates sets TED a-buzzing (and a-swatting)
Betanews —
... February 5, 2009, 2:58 PM mosquito Bill Gates certainly knows how to get one's attention when he wants to. According to a FOX News report, he did so at the latest TED conference by unleashing a jar full of mosquitoes on the crowd. At the tech conference to discuss the Gates Foundation's progress on efforts to halt malaria, Gates spoke for a bit, then grabbed a jar full of mosquitoes, which are the transmission vector for the debilitating disease. Saying, "Here, I'll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected," Gates opened the jar and shook ...
Bill Gates releases mosquitoes on audience
Gadgetell —
... him several minutes until he assured the audience that the mosquitoes were not infected with malaria.
This past September, Gates announced that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would provide $168.7 million to the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, an organization that hopes to develop a vaccine. Maybe he hopes to bring in more awareness by threatening to infect technology hotshots, politicians, and Hollywood stars, all who were present at the event.
Read: [Fox News]
Full Story » | Written by Heather Wood ...
In Depth: 10 tech PR stunts that spectacularly failed
Techradar - All the latest technology news —
... This was really, really stupid. Bill Gates unintentionally released live mosquitoes during his speech at the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference in California. A container was supposed to be opened but the insects themselves were supposed to be kept under a further pane of glass. Particularly as attendees to the $2,000-each charity dinner had to run for cover and some even ended up with minor injuries. After, Gates said "well, that wasn't supposed to happen", adding that the stunt was designed to draw attention to hardships faced in developing countries. ...
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