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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm Of Mosquitoes At TED Conference

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Posted February 5, 2009 - By r_pad

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes on unsuspecting attendees at the TED 2009 conference...If there's one thing Microsoft rules at, it's got to be the releasing of bugs (sorry, had to be done). According to Valleywag:

"Ending malaria is a particular passion of Gates's, whose Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent millions fighting the disease. But he apparently didn't feel like TED attendees were taking the threat seriously. 'Not only poor people should experience this,' Gates said as he let the bugs loose on his audience, according toFacebook manager Dave Morin. (eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and Twitter CEO Ev Williams confirm the report.)"

Ethan Zuckerman reported that Gates' full line was, "I brought some mosquitoes -- we’ll let them roam around the auditorium. There’s no reason only the poor should experience this."

This is awesome and crazy at the same time. Hopefully, Gates doesn't develop a large concern for rabies. I'd hate to be in an audience as he unleashes a pack of rabid dogs into the crowd.

What do you think of Gates' stunt? Was it a harsh slap of reality? Or was it just a crazy, powerful, and rich nerd making a point in an overzealous way?

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