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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    08/21/09

    In reply to The Week In iPhone Apps: FCC Inquiry Edition
    was the android app deal a 1 time thing or will we get android app showcases also?

    just curious, no big deal
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    08/22/09

    @switchblade saints: Yeah, it's monthly. We've done a few, and one's due soon. And Windows Mobile, too.
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    08/22/09

    @John Herrman: cool thanks
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    "Today Bill Gates unleashed thousands of bugs on consumers. Also, he let a bunch of mosquitoes out."
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    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    so... when does PETA start bitching and moaning?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    I would love to get to mingle at the TED cocktail hour. My IQ would go up 20 points just breathing their air.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    Am I the only one who hates twitter?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/04/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: I don't like twitter also. I don't understand how anyone could post their whole life one at a time and complain about privacy issues.
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    Image of UberJumper UberJumper
    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    Here's the link to the TED Blog with some people's comments about his presentation.


    [blog.ted.com]

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    Likely no one was actually bitten, since that would cause major problems (and no telling what people in the audience are carrying). Safe bet that they were all male.
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    02/04/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:


    yeah but who went around lifting up their skirts, making sure?

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    02/04/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:


    and if they aren't going to bite, why not use flies?

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    Image of goodywitch goodywitch
    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    That does it. Bill Gates is evil in my book now. I'm getting Linux.
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    Image of UberJumper UberJumper
    02/04/09

    @goodywitch:


    I can't tell if you're serious or not, but if you are, what does an attention grabber at a talk on Malaria have to do with your choice of operating systems?

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/04/09

    @goodywitch: If you go with Linux we're going to have to release a bunch of Gnomes and since it's open source no two will be alike...
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    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    In honor of Bill Gates we should refer to them as MSquitoes
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    The mosquitoes will inject the audience members with a nanite virus that links you to the Microsoft corporate Hive Mind. At which point everyone infected will then be subjected to a rousing game of Ballmer Says.
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    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    Bill Gates just took his first step towards becoming a supervillain...
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    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    How you stop it is by spraying the hell out of that banned substance called DDT!
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    02/04/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: They're probably DDT resistant anyways.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/04/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: No, but you can still use DEET products.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    02/04/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: Yea, who cares that DDT causes cancer, infertility, miscarriages, premature births, asthma, reduced motor skills, poisons soil, kills fish, crustaceans, and amphibians, causes birds to be incapable of producing eggs, thus being cause for birds such as the bald eagle to become endangered, and completely screws up the intermediate disturbance population control mechanism of the area? We can use DDT to reduce the prominence of a treatable disease.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    02/04/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: Now you got it! DDT also virtually made extinct pests like bed bugs which unfortunately is making a comeback.


    Contrary to psychotic tree hugging environmentalists think and say, in low doses it helps more than it hurts.

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    02/04/09

    @fatASCurtis: Another reason why using DDT is a bad idea. If we use DDT, the only mosquitoes left alive will be the ones that are DDT resistant. Then, if some vector borne disease that is non treatable happens we have no defense. At least malaria is treatable, so we shouldn't kill the effectiveness of DDT on stopping malaria.
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    02/04/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: Maybe if you drink it three times a day with a sensible meal. DDT is extremely effective at getting rid of malaria. Even the EPA states that most scientists believed that nothing was wrong with DDT, or it had only minimal side-effects. The long term effects are largely unknown. But DDT wouldn't be used forever, however in the short term it's the best, and most effective way to rid an area of malaria. The eggs thing is a myth.


    [www.junkscience.com]

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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    02/04/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: You sir, have guzzled the DDT bashing Koolaid. Get yourself learned:


    [www.matrixbookstore.biz]


    [archive.newsmax.com]


    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    02/04/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: Since when is making a certain species extinct a good thing? Yea, you may not like the fact that sometimes vector borne diseases cause people to die, but they are a very important mechanism for controlling populations of every species. Spraying the hell out of DDT hardly sounds like a "in low doses" situation.
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    02/04/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: Anyway, my original comment was referring to noobs' original comment of "spraying the hell" out of DDT. That hardly sounds like reasonable use for everyone who is responding with comments of how used in moderation it can be good. Regardless of whether or not you believe that DDT has health risks or that it leads to egg thinning or any of the other side effects, there are non debatable effects of using DDT. Like I said, disease is a population control mechanism. If one species becomes over populated it becomes hit more harshly by disease than other species, especially when factoring in that a lot of diseases are specific to a certain species. By removing the vector for disease transmission, you ruin this natural balance. Secondly, mosquitoes are not the only insect. Spraying DDT is going to affect other insects as well which in turn are going to affect many other things, such as pollination of plants, etc. One thing that is different in a lot of these tropical areas where malaria is an issue is that coevolution of different species has led to species that require the other to survive. There are many plants that can only be pollinated by a specific insect and would be unable to reproduce if that insect species is eliminated. Beyond that, mosquitoes and other insects serve as food for many reptiles and amphibians, and to a certain extent, the plants in the area, which in turn are food for even higher up species, and so on. Eliminate mosquitoes and you severely decrease the food supply of the amphibians and reptiles, causing their populations to decrease, which then causes populations of the higher ups to decrease. Pretty soon, you have completely disrupted the entire food chain. Even if all of the health risks were completely made up by someone in D.C. trying to make sure that poor people die, the non debatable risks alone are enough to warrant caution when using DDT. The other point of my original comment was that malaria is a treatable disease. Therefore, it would be irresponsible to wipe out a species to prevent it from being spread to humans.
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    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    And did he cry out, "That's for the f-ing pie in my face b*tches!!"
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    Image of MostlyHarmless MostlyHarmless
    02/04/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate: Another awesome comment. Im hearting you if i see another one of these.
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    02/04/09

    @Lucifer_Cat: Do you have any idea how much pressure you've just put on me??


    My witticisms are hit or miss...

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    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    Brilliant. Glad I wasn't there.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/04/09

    @digitalnicotine: I wonder if they played that valkyrie song when they released em.
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    Image of Koty Hicock Koty Hicock
    02/04/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses
    If this is true... Is that even legal?

    Thats amazing any way you look at it though.
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    Image of IphtashuFitz IphtashuFitz
    02/04/09

    @Koty Hicock: What would be illegal about it? I'm sure he made sure they aren't carrying any diseases.
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    Image of JEmlay JEmlay
    02/04/09

    @IphtashuFitz:
    What makes it illegal is that what you said can not be done 100%.


    You can not knowingly cause harm to another person.

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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    02/04/09

    @JEmlay: If they were born and raised in a lab, and fed only clean blood they'd be disease free.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    02/04/09

    @Dunny0: Until the bit the guy with Hep C two rows over and then bit you. Dumb stunt.
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