blog.ted.com - 2/5/2009
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04 February 2009 Twitter Snapshot: Bill Gates -- an optimist and a comedian? 467740829_2jFoP-M.jpg Yes, they're real. Not they're not malarial: Bill Gates opens a jar of mosquitoes at TED2009. Photo: TED / James Duncan Davidson We certainly saw a peak of activity on Twitter as Bill Gates gave ...
valleywag.gawker.com - 2/4/2009
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valleywag.gawker.com —
TED, the annual gathering of the most pretentious
people from the fields of technology, entertainment, and design,...
just got punk'd. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates released a swarm of mosquitos into the crowd. Ending malaria is a particular passion of ...
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Bill Gates Unleashes Mosquito Swarm
twitter.com - 2/4/2009
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twitter.com —
Loader Twitter.com Bill Gates just released mosquitos into
the audience at TED and said: "Not only poor...
people should experience this." :) #TED about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry Picture_2_bigger davemorin Dave Morin Footer 2009 Twitter About Us ...
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Bill Gates threatens TED attendees with malarial infection
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... should experience this."
Except according to other Twitterers, he only pretended to loose them upon the audience. That's doubtlessly a smart move, since infecting half of Silicon Valley with malaria at a TED presentation would be both legally inadvisable and bad cricket, but claiming that not only poor people should have malaria then failing to unleash a cloud of malaria-infected suckflies on the audience sends a conflicting message, no?
Bill Gates -- an optimist and a comedian? [TED]
Bill Gates: Professional Asshole
GEARFUSE —
... of about 10 mosquitoes inside the conference hall and letting them go after attendees. Why do such a thing? Gates was bitching about malaria in third-world countries. Jerk off. Link [ ...
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