Bill Gates: Honorary Troll or Real Life Bond Villain???

[Volpone]

Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes on Crowd
Thursday, February 05, 2009

Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released a glass full of mosquitoes at an elite technology conference to make a point about the deadly disease malaria.

"Malaria is spread by mosquitoes," Gates said while opening a jar onstage at the Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference — a gathering known to attract technology kings, politicians, and Hollywood stars.

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

First reported on social networking site Twitter, Facebook's Senior Platform Manager Dave Morin blogged, "Bill Gates just released mosquitos into the audience at TED."

Gates then waited a minute or so before assuring the audience the freed insects were malaria-free.

At first glance, it would appear that our boy, Bill has finally flipped and become a Bond-style supervillain. But given that the mosquitos didn't actually carry malaria (and malaria, if treated, won't give you a horrible death) and didn't later reveal to the UN his plan to release an even larger swarm to destroy the world if his demands weren't met, I'm forced to conclude Bill Gates may be the greatest troll in history. :techman:

 

[ctmelvital]

Catching malaria is pretty fucked up despite being treatable, though.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Awesome. I'd love to have the power to do something like that (if I tried it now I'd be locked up.)

 

[Mentalist]

Bill Gates is nuts but definitely awesome.

 

[Ancalagon]

Bees.... should have released South American KILLER BEES....

 

[Volpone]

Note to self: If I'm ever at a conference where Bill Gates is speaking and he comes out onstage in beekeeper outfit, run like Hell. :lol:

 

[Dark Pickle]

Heh. My mom once wrote a story about Gates being a vampire...

 

[CaptainWacky]

And who do you think paid her to write it? Bill Gates!

 

[ctmelvital]

I used to be a Microsoft fan. When I was, like, 13 and before they released the original X-Box.

 

[CaptainWacky]

There's better than Macrohard.