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Larry Ellison Buys His Own Hawaiian Island

Posted by samzenpus on from the volcano-base dept.

First time accepted submitter nrozema writes "Oracle co-founder and billionaire Larry Ellison is buying the Hawaiian island of Lana'i, the sixth-largest island in the U.S. archipelago. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie confirmed in a written statement that the current landowner filed a transfer application with the state's Public Utilities commission Wednesday to sell its 98 percent share of the 141-square-mile island to Ellison."

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  1. Never thought.... by Bloody+Bastard · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....tsunamis could be a good thing.

    1. Re:Never thought.... by dintech · · Score: 5, Funny

      98 percent share

      It's a shame the Google Trial didn't pay out. He could have bought the last 2%...

    2. Re:Never thought.... by tnk1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bond: Do you expect me to talk, Ellison?

      Ellison: Hahahaha! No Mr. Bond, I expect you to *buy*.

  2. Uh-oh. by RevWaldo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Larry Ellison also owns a MIG fighter jet. This cannot be good.

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    1. Re:Uh-oh. by stevencbrown · · Score: 5, Funny

      And he looks like Hank Scorpio!

      All we need is oracle to open up a germ warfare division, though think he'll have to settle for the western seaboard rather than the eastern, if he's based in Hawaii?

  3. he's like Dr. No by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    With these billionaires also starting their own private space programs too, all we need is a suave british agent and a hot local chick going to raid the compound threatening megalomaniacal schemes

    "do you expect me to talk?"

    "no mr. bond, I expect no SQL to this movie, I expect you to join that table with this collate, and then drop"

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  4. Next year: Oracle secedes by AbominousSalad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next year's follow-up story - Oracle secedes, and couches itself as fully as possible in its total reality distortion field.

    Then it sues Greece for having had oracles 2000 years ago.

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  5. Re:so what? by mjr167 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So... shooting trespassers is ok if we eat them afterwards?

  6. He's going to plant coffee by rs79 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So he can finally make money off Java.

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