>> Sounds pretty pointless to me...> > But obnoxious.
Like one of the comments said: "Our products are dinosaurs. Our products
suck. Here's a jar of mosquitos. Man, that guy has completely lost the
plot..."
From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: That goofy gates
Date: 9 Feb 2009 10:13:45
Message: <49904829@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> Like one of the comments said: "Our products are dinosaurs. Our products > suck. Here's a jar of mosquitos. Man, that guy has completely lost the > plot..."
Kinda random ... I want to be an eccentric billionaire so I can pull
random stunts like this. :-D
--
~Mike
>> Like one of the comments said: "Our products are dinosaurs. Our >> products suck. Here's a jar of mosquitos. Man, that guy has completely >> lost the plot..."> > Kinda random ... I want to be an eccentric billionaire so I can pull > random stunts like this. :-D
...which is how the comment ended. ;-)
From: Chambers
Subject: Re: That goofy gates
Date: 10 Feb 2009 02:00:39
Message: <49912617@news.povray.org>
On 2/9/2009 6:46 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:>> Cute stunt.>> Sounds pretty pointless to me...
Only pointless if you consider 350 million cases of malaria every year
to be pointless. I actually have more respect for the guy since he
began his humanitarian efforts.
--
...Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
>>> Cute stunt.>>>> Sounds pretty pointless to me...> > Only pointless if you consider 350 million cases of malaria every year > to be pointless. I actually have more respect for the guy since he > began his humanitarian efforts.
No, pointless because throwing a few insects around a room isn't
seriously going to make anybody sit up and take notice - never mind take
action.
From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: That goofy gates
Date: 10 Feb 2009 08:07:05
Message: <49917bf9$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> No, pointless because throwing a few insects around a room isn't > seriously going to make anybody sit up and take notice - never mind take > action.
It would have made the point stronger if some of the insects were
actually carrying malaria.
--
~Mike
>> No, pointless because throwing a few insects around a room isn't >> seriously going to make anybody sit up and take notice - never mind >> take action.> > It would have made the point stronger if some of the insects were > actually carrying malaria.
Possibly. But how much do you want to bet that all the media coverage
would be about the huge lawsuit facing Gates, and not about the cause
he's actually trying to draw attention to?
