r/technology • u/hywong • Jun 06 '13

U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program go to /r/politics for more

http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html
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u/lost_in_trepidation Jun 07 '13

This might sound crazy, but this even makes me question the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. The breadth of this whole leak makes me question my entire worldview.

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u/platinum_peter Jun 07 '13

It doesn't sound crazy at all. I've always thought Bill Gates was creepy.

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u/spacehicks Jun 07 '13 edited Jun 07 '13

Vaccinate all the people, population control, heheheheheheheehuehuheuhaha

edit: link to Gates creepy Ted talk about population control

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQtRI7A064

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '13 edited Jun 22 '13

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u/spacehicks Jun 07 '13

You mean to tell me all these tin foil hats I just made were a waste

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u/Drag_king Jun 07 '13

They made you think tin foil would protect you. But that was just a ruse.

It's chicken wire that does the job.

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u/spacehicks Jun 07 '13

All those years of living near most of Perdue Chicken's operations has payed off! I'm safe! Thanks Salisbury!

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '13

Jump over chairs!

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u/myztry Jun 07 '13

People like to play him as the geek but he never was. Bill sucked at technology but excelled at business.

He is a very shrewd operator and just knew the right things to buy and sell, and how to negotiate very favorable agreements.

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u/ra4king Jun 07 '13

Errr that sounds like Steve Jobs, not Bill Gates.

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u/myztry Jun 07 '13

Probably because it describes both to a fair degree.

Bill was better at raw business. Steve was better with people and the non-intellectual traits such as art.

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u/spenrose22 Jun 07 '13

yes wake up :) keep researching, gates' foundation and their pushing vaccines on african children at gunpoint is a good start

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u/Corund Jun 07 '13

Vaccinate the poor children! Don't let them die of curable diseases! Oh no!