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Bill Gates Is Coming To A College Near You

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the your-class-will-be-assilmilated dept.

Xyn writes "Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates visited UW-Madison today as part of his 2005 College Tour, designed to promote greater youth involvement in technology careers. Gates discussed "The Impact and Opportunity of Technology: Why Computer Science? Why Now?" at a student forum."

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  1. No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    both of them were at home fapping to tentacle porns.

  2. Personally... by Pichu0102 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think he wants kids to grow up to replace Ballmer and NOT waste money on broken chairs.

    1. Re:Personally... by Doppler00 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I just just imagine Ballmer jumping up and down on his office chair screaming:

      "Developers, developers DEVELOPERS!"

    2. Re:Personally... by AuMatar · · Score: 2, Funny

      You haven't hired a carpenter lately.

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      I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
  3. Quick! by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone line up with the shiny bits to welcome Bill! Now... aim....

    1. Re:Quick! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey, if I ran an empire and was going to Waterloo, I'd want tight security too. Gotta learn from history, you know...

    2. Re:Quick! by Basehart · · Score: 3, Funny

      "They've even got metal detectors for the entrances."

      Those are to stop people with iPods from watching "Lost" while Bill is on stage trying to sell Microsoft XP Media Edition!

  4. Answer by ravenspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why Computer Science? Why Now?

    Because we need people with more skill to fix up all your shit Bill.

    1. Re:Answer by jkrise · · Score: 2, Funny

      all indications are that he was a hell of a programmer individually. a programmer who used vi and a shell environment where ^c meant 'break' not 'copy'. And then he destroyed... or tried to destroy the environment he grew up in.

      --
      If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
  5. Son, we have a pass/fail system here. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I'm sorry to say, you failed. Better luck next semester.

  6. Why to do computer science by cdrdude · · Score: 4, Funny

    What did the liberal arts major say to the compsci major?
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    >"Would you like fries with that order, sir?"

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    This sig is neither interesting, nor humorous. Including meta-humor.
    1. Re:Why to do computer science by flatt · · Score: 5, Funny

      What did the compsci major say to the liberal arts major?

      "Dude, shut up and give me a application already."

    2. Re:Why to do computer science by OpenGLFan · · Score: 5, Funny

      What did the liberal arts major say to the comp. sci. major?

      "No, I won't go out with you."

    3. Re:Why to do computer science by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Not quite. Let's try again, shall we?

      "Well, you're unemployed because you're a lazy piece of shit, you worthless fucking commie hippie."

      How's that, better?

    4. Re:Why to do computer science by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 3, Funny

      And as a computer programmer with a liberal arts degree....

      ...you're talking to yourself. 'Would you like Prozac with that?'

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      "We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
    5. Re:Why to do computer science by blank · · Score: 2, Funny

      If an Anonymous Coward can get a job (and maybe even a date with a liberal arts major) So can you! Get off your lazy ass.

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      bah. start over

    6. Re:Why to do computer science by __int64 · · Score: 5, Funny

      What did the liberal arts major say to the compsci arts major?

      "Didn't you mean 'an'?"

    7. Re:Why to do computer science by ErikZ · · Score: 2, Funny

      What did the CompSci major say back?

      Ha ha. Very funny. Now get out of my way, my shift is next.

      --
      Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
  7. Dare I Attend Class Tomorrow? by Cruxus · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was going to attend CS 480 tomorrow, but now I just don't know if it's worth the possibility of seeing the Evil One in person.

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    On vit, on code et puis on meurt.
  8. After which... by CardiganKiller · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...He and Booger immediately started training to win their place as Delta Delta Deltas.

  9. At my College by FakeRhino · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know about you, but at my college he would have been laughed out of the room... Plus, I really doubt he would show up in any of my CS classes this semester, Unix and System's Security.

  10. Re:Wow - Ikea coming to a uni near you by fido_dogstoyevsky · · Score: 3, Funny

    No matter what your opinion of him, if the Richest Man in the world suddenly showed up in your Computer Science class as a guest speaker, that would be mindblowing.

    I suppose Ikea DOES use computers a fair bit...

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    It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
  11. Gates Visted CMU a few years ago... by KewlJedi · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and was greated with this http://weblogs.asp.net/ajuneja/archive/2004/02/25/ 80113.aspx

  12. Quick! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone involved with the music programs at the remaining colleges on the tour should organize pep bands to greet him with the Imperial March.

  13. hopefully by Dr+Floppy · · Score: 2, Funny

    someone can bean him with a pie again! Thats about the best picture of him.

  14. A few more questions for Bill by melted · · Score: 2, Funny

    When will you stop beating your wife?

    How many chairs does Ballmer go through in a month?

    You've said "the Chinese fucked us" to Kai Fu Lee, what exactly did you mean by that?

    What do you think about outsourcing?

  15. Re:How did he pick UW-Madison? by bmasel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Better dope.

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    Ben Masel: 51,282 votes for US Senate in the Wisconsin Democratic Primary
  16. Re:Dr. Gates? by ThinkOfaNumber · · Score: 3, Funny

    In those pictures, Bill Gates looks entirely too much like most of my other university professors.

    You mean the borg-bill picture? What sort of uni do you go to?!! ;)

  17. Re:no substance by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe he was originally planning to do a talk on business , but the university board had thought it too similar to Prof. D Vader's lectures on people skills

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    The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
  18. Why Computer Science? Why Now? by jandersen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Indeed, why? When you can learn something useful, like bricklaying, and earn as much or more with less effort?

  19. Pies by gilesjuk · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about pie detectors? :)

    http://www.bitstorm.org/gates/

  20. Re:What else can CS give us? by lbmouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What else can CS give us?"
     
    Hemorrhoids from sitting on or asses for 30+ years parked in front of a monitor, but definitely not dates.

  21. Re:Technology is Heading to Its Own Death as of To by PrimeNumber · · Score: 2, Funny

    I didnt know the Unabomber posted on slashdot.