“The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving a San Francisco nonprofit pharmaceutical company 46 million dollars to expand its research on new treatments for diarrheal disease,” The Associated Press reports. “The grant goes to the Institute for OneWorld Health.”
Full article here.
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Predictable take, MDN, and rather tasteless. Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death by disease in the world. Cholera for example kills tens of thousands of people in poorly sanitized conditions from refuges and such.
Any research in this area that leads to any significant breakthroughs can and will literally save thousands of lives.
Incredibly I will resist making the obvious joke but I can’t wait to see what Ampar’s take is on this.
Yeah seriously, I enjoy ripping on Microsoft, but as mentioned it’s a huge problem in places where clean water and proper sanitation aren’t taken for granted.
ok, ok, next thread please
I don’t know if this clears him of his guilt, Windows has certainly caused it’s share of diarrhea.
Wow, MDN, now they won’t even let YOU try humor.
Obviously the Gates should be applauded for their donation. That is a given. Now, as adults, why can’t we move past that and inject a little humor into the story without being so easily offended? Is every comment made now taken to mean you have absolutely no decency?
Humor in a situation does not have to mean you are not aware of the plight of others, only that you are trying to get through life with a smile against all that goes against you.
Lighten up, folks.
indeed
MDN word: indeed
Oh, and “death to Windows”.
Indeed, diarrhea is actually the number one cause of death for young children in many developing countries. More proof that MDN is run by kids who take a serious issue and turn it into a poop joke.
This is not Mac news. This isn’t even Microsoft news.
Wow. That’s brilliant.
I have diarrhea right now.
Can I have some money?
Oh, for the love of Gawd, lighten up, Jon, et al. Diarrhea IS funny in the context of the squirting Zune, so get over your bleeding heart concern for the world . . . and then wake up to the FACT that $46 million isn’t going to put even the smallest dent in a problem of the magnitude you cite! This is just another example of the west’s BIG HEART/SMALL MIND complex, for no amount of money can begin to cure the ills of this world. Confiscate ALL of Bill and Melinda’s wealth, spread it around and among the suffering, unwashed masses of this planet–and not one damned thing will change. Of course, THINKING it will makes everyone feel better about himself, doesn’t it? (FLASHBACK: I wonder how the beneficiaries of Bob Geldof’s largess of past decades are doing right now. Living in comfort and happiness, I’d wager.)
TowerTone, I hardly jump down MDN’s throat at every tasteless joke
But:
1. The Zune Joke is old and has been run into the ground.
2. The research on Diarrhea while not very glamorous is extremely important for public health and will save lives.
3. While I am no fan of Bill Gates, I applaud him for this, it’s not something that’s going to get lots of glamorous kudos, but it really is important to impoverished nations.
Randian,
I have my views, you have yours. I do not feel I need to lighten up I never attacked you, I didn’t even attack MDN, I simply stated the joke was tasteless, and it was.
It was a vulgar and tasteless juvenile joke. Sometimes those types of jokes are funny, I don’t feel this one was, and as stated, the joke has already been run into the ground and is well on it’s way to China here at MDN.
Have a nice day.
twilightmoon
That is all a given.
My point is, what is wrong with saying something like Bill Gates has sold shit for years and now he is trying to stop it..?
Does that mean I hate kids in Africa? Of course not.
And I am not saying their life is a laughing matter. However, some peoples kneejerk reactions, and I’m not saying yours is, are made to make that person feel superior for being able “to see the big picture while others only laugh”
It’s those zunes making me squirt. Eeww!!. It’s brown.
“Bill Gates has sold shit for years and now he is trying to stop it..?”
Now THAT’s funny! 😀
C’mon people. Poop jokes are funny. They’ve kept South Park on the air for what, 10 seasons now?
Ron…if your squirt is brown, you’ve probably been dipping your wick somewhere you shouldn’t…
I bet Ron didn’t stick it in the microwave, cause that don’t brown meat…
You can buy alot of corks with 46 million.
I think the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the coolest thing. It shows character and care.
Diarrhea-related cases kill thousands of kids. And the Foundation supports Malaria preventian in tropical countries. Malaria is the No 1 killer, way ahead of AIDS.
I also think WIndows is the dumbest thing.
So, the cool-dumb balance is kept!
I think it’s a good thing Bill Gates’ foundation helps fight this disease. I find this take rather immature.
For how many months are the members of this forum going to snigger about the fact the Zune comes in brown and so does shit. Really. Can toilet humour keep you all amused for such a long time? I though Mac users were meant to be the thinking end of the computer market, who use their machines for serious purposes. Really.
The Zune tie-in IS funny but I also applaud the donation to a good cause.
ahuhuhuhuhuhuh he said “shit”
Wow! So many people taking the moral high ground here. I’m sorry but 46 million is chump change to Gates so while I’m sure the donation will be gratefully received, in the grand scale of things, it’s the equivalent of putting a couple of pounds/dollars in a donation box.
Are you going to applaud everybody that does that too? Better get clapping, you’ve a lot to do!
Now back to the poop jokes please
i urge others to boycott this site. MDN is a bunch of ignorant sluts. this was a truly tasteless MDN take.
Cure for diarrhea: Bend over. Insert cork into apropriate orafice. Problem solved.
Give me my $46 mil.
Next problem?
Obviously any donation of any amount to any cause is to be lauded, however this still doesn’t get BG of the hook.
He’s a geek who got lucky (with IBM asking him to supply an OS for their PC), and he’s now a geek who’s got guilty (his wife is all behind this, it’s her that persuaded him to create this foundation in the first place).
I wouldn’t have so much of a problem with his ‘foundation’ if:
1) It didn’t have his name in the title,
2) he wasn’t doing all sorts of other ‘interesting’ things with his money, like buying out a lot of newspapers and media companies in order to make them pro-Microsoft.
Let’s not forget that his swiss cheese OS has allowed people (in terms of malware, spyware, keystroke loggers, spambots, zombies etc.) to fund terrorism, drug & people trafficking all over the world.
You betcha’ he feels guilty – because he’s directly responsible for a great deal of the world’s woes.
No amount of ‘creaming off the top 5% interest I get from my $48 billion dollar cash-pile’ will make up for this.
I’m sorry if this sounds negative but I hate the fact that this scummy little geek is being held up on a pedestal because he donates some of his money to good causes. If he really meant it, he’d do it anonymously.
I think we may also have a spelling error going on here. I was always taught it was spelled ‘diarrhoea’ and the way to remember that is: Dash In A Rush, Run Hard Or Else Accident.
Silly little point but it does seem to matter.
Shit, this means the brown Zune will come out as limited edition.
$46 million made off of crap donated in the fight to stop it
Typical Microstool.
In defense of this site, I was ROTFL with “what’s brown and squirts.” I mean if Bill and Balmer tee it up that well… c’mon. The rest of you need to lighten up. No children will be harmed if you laugh at MS’s colorful metaphors… =)
I guess this means Gates just had a bad case of diarrhea. Probably for has loosing company
just got back from Liberia, where I saw a few cases of cholera in hospitals and clinics… nothing to joke about.
good for Bill. I have MS but Gates really makes Steve look cheap when it comes to philanthropy.
just got back from Liberia, where I saw a few cases of cholera in hospitals and clinics… nothing to joke about.
good for Bill. I have MS but Gates really makes Steve look cheap when it comes to philanthropy.
just got back from Liberia, where I saw a few cases of cholera in hospitals and clinics… nothing to joke about.
good for Bill. I have MS but Gates really makes Steve look cheap when it comes to philanthropy.
i meant to write I HATE MS. Not HAVE MS.
i meant to write I HATE MS. Not HAVE MS.
i meant to write I HATE MS. Not HAVE MS.
Tasteless, MDN. I may become Peterson II, because I had a problem once.
Infectious disease is a major cause of morbidity, MDN’s childishness and foolishness is now the leading cause of callousness and ignorance. Way to go, MDN, your pathetic attempt at humor has only encouraged the cretins to imitate your thoughtless behavior.
Rabid Dog:
“Microstool”
That deserves applause, irrespective of how tastless I find this whole topic.
Watch this… it’s easy, everybody lighten up. There ain’t enough pity to go around and pretend you care about every worldwide epidemic. If you ignore any, your ignorance shines through and your feel-good phasade goes down the crapper with all of your credibility. Take a pill…
it is caused by a virus
mdn,
delete this whole story before it backfires.
Personally, I could NEVER get tired of hearing squirt jokes [insert your best Beevis and Butthead laugh]
Wow! A story like this isn’t what I expected to wake up and find on MDN this morning.
Knocking Bill Gates Foundation for donating money for a disease that kills so many people per year is hitting way below the belt. (Especially since this disease is often connected with another little disease called HIV.)
You all are surprisingly shameless.
If we keep giving money to save lives than one thing is sure to happen – OVER POPULATION!
How come noone realizes this? These diseases are natures crowd control. If we save everyone, pretty soon there will be no food, no housing and no nothing left for the noone but the strong.
I will never visit your site again.
Coming soon to a Zune near you in view of the overwhelming response to the brown color: texture! And thanks to the Apple influence, it will be glassy/wet.
Wow, poop jokes and making fun of charitable donations.
You guys really know how to raise the bar…
It makes no difference if it was a lighthearted take, which is something I can appreciate, or simply tasteless.
The larger issue here is it reeks of unprofessionalism. MDN should really try a little hardly to be a reputable source for Apple/Mac/Tech news. But instead it really is kind of a laughing stock. There are other sites I frequent where the clearly immature new posters are called MDNers…
🙁
Lets face facts the bill foundation is for tax purposes and to give his wife something to do that makes her feel like she is doing something. HAHAHAHA! I cant believe they are giving to an organisation to stop shit. Why dont they just give money to clean up the dirty ass countries where this problem is? there are christian organisations that can support children on like 50 cents a day so that 46mill would go far dont you think? I mean they would just have to squirt it over there and dole it out. nah they want to support some morons “fighting” the disease in SF(a VERY expensive place to live). sounds more and more like total bullshit to me. this “problem” is easily solved and preventable. you dont spend money on research you spend money on cleaning up the place and educating the ignorant. fukin morons bill and melinda. and all you idiot sensitive biatches STFU.
Good Morning. Just sat down to my first squirt of coffee.
Let’s see, did I miss anything? Looks like the Yings are telling the Yangs how to think. Again.
Oh, and la doice vita is accidently funny. Shame on him. I had a friend from high school who died from MS. Left a young child. MS is nothing to accidently joke about. How could he mistakenly be so insensitive?
Okay, gotta run, brown bagging it today…
Oh, and “death to Windows”
I’m pretty shocked at some of the responses here. All in all, the responses coupled with the tasteless MDN take makes me really sad for you all. This isn’t even close to being on the Mac news radar, yet the writers for this site couldn’t resist making an idiotic joke that spurred dozens more. Grow up, MDN. Grow a social conscience. You’ve lost a reader.
The level of prudishness on this forum this morning is staggering.
And to the guy who was dismissive because it’s a ‘bleeding heart’ issue, well, you are probably a neo-con for certain. Keep casting aspersions on people who give a crap about real issues that affect people if that makes you feel better about your apathy and lack of action.
Having compassion for other people’s plights isn’t a weakness as you and all your wing nut buddies like to imply.
Honestly… ragging on Microsoft is all in good fun. But Bill Gates as a person has done more for the benefit of the world than most countries. Your ignorance and pure tastelessness knows no bounds.
This is the article that finally gets MDN removed from my RSS feeds.
I think the MDN take was rather juvenille. Pick on Bill the businessman, but this cause is truly life-affecting.
And Bill was not entirely lucky. I wonder how many of us could build such an enterprise, let alone sustain it for any length of time. Like or hate him, Bill has substantial tallent and mental horsepower.
yeah and all you people saying you wont be visiting this site again….dont let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. and when your hearts stop bleeding for all the starving zune covered kids in africa get your asses over there and do something for them and quit complaining to us about it.
Those who think Bill Gates is a saint have forgotten how he got his money.
Lie, cheat, steal – then try to buy your way into heaven? Good luck with that, Bill.
No one is saying Bill Gates is a saint. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation does a lot of good, however. And I’m not upset because I’m this huge bleeding heart or that I have a special love for curing diseases attributed to diarrhea. I’m upset by the callousness of many of what I used to consider my peers. And I’m also upset that MacDailyNews has deliberately taken a non mac related story and used it to make a jab at Microsoft. It’s absolutely lazy.
MDN Magic Word: Effort
As in, put a little effort into your reporting, MDN.
MDN has crossed the line.
DELETE THIS ENTIRE POSTING NOW.
Sure, we are Mac and iPod fans, but this posting crosses the line and is very mean-spirited and it will backfire for all of us.
And I thought Diarrhea was the leading cause of shit.
Well, shit happens, get over it.
Political arguments, crap jokes…
I used to come here for mac news.
Way to piss away the value of your readership.
I don’t like Microsoft products but I don’t make fun of sick kids.
You guys are full of shit, a little bit of control over your bowel movements would be a good thing.
lighten up?
I like irreverence, but adolescent poop humor about sick kids is just crap.
I’m coming by less every week.
Scatological humor is among my favorites.
If you are offended by MDN’s joke, you really need to rethink your life.
Hey, Gill Bates is finally doing something that can’t screw up all of our lives and stifle the progress of modern day technology. C’mon, a little joke here and there from MDN won’t hurt the cause. I am sure Jay Leno and David Letterman’s writers are all over this.
When Bill Gates stands accountable before God, I thinks this will be alot higher on his list than M$in will be.
Surely I’m not the first to note that “Zune” rhymes with “prune,” am I?
Isn’t diahhrea a symptom, not a cause? Diahhrea is a major concern in areas of dirty water. Wouldn’t the smart thing to do would be to clean the water? But no this is America, we want to treat symptoms not find cures.
It reminds me of a study I read last year about the benefits of blueberries. They helped prevent cancer so scientists wanted to know what chemical in them was beneficial so they could reproduce it in the labs and possibly make a medicine. Hello, can’t you just recommend that people should eat the blueberries instead?
If you are offended by MDN’s joke, you must really be the life of the party, huh?
Lighten up, Francis.
Hey Jeff,
Explain to me how you clean the waters in areas that don’t have sewage treatment facilities (or even sewage pipes for that matter), thus all waste is washed away into the water supply when it rains? Oh, yeah we could just throw up some machinery to do that that’ll be dilapidated in a year or so because nobody can afford to maintain it or pay any employees.
As for your berry theory, you could recommend people eat blueberries… OR find the active agent that is cancer fighting, make a synthetic replica, and mass produce cancer treatment on a scale eating blueberries could never touch.
Get a clue.
I also applaud the donation to a good cause, ’cause I’m sure there’s alot of that [diahrrea] at MS in the Zune division right now, especially combined with the upcoming closure of MSN music store. They should probably be making large contributions to cures for ulcers while they’re at it.
Really, let’s just be nakedly honest for one brief moment – MS should really go back to making a crappy OS because (and I admit I’m no marketing expert, but that fact only drives my point home) it clearly isn’t doing them a bit of good trying to do what others already do the best, the worst. I don’t know – call it Peabodies Marketing Does and Dont’s, or something like that.
To the overly-sensitive, little Oprah’s in this thread:
One of the main reasons the world isn’t a better place is because people get offended way, way, way too easily. Learn to relax and stop being a compete asshole for a change.
Dirty: Yours is the English spelling-what you’re reading is the American spelling. No different than tyre and tire or kerb and curb.
MDN, don’t ever change.
Thanks.
Donating money to fight one of the leading causes of infant death in the poorest parts of the world is cool.
Good job Gates Foundation.
People i work in the area of enteric pathogenic bacteria and their devestating effects and all I have to say is lighten up. NOBODY is making fun of sick people. They are making fun of an mp3 playere…got it!!!!
I agree with gagravaar as he mostly phrased it right (though he was pushing it a little with the terrorism). I am very happy BG doles out cash now for good causes but if you believe that he is such a kind hearted person, you are a damn fool. Bill Gates is a dickwad who got lucky. For all you people who admire him, his plan to but love is working.
Money can buy anything, some of the above posts are proof.
Admire the foundation, admire the directors who know where to place funds that help. Be glad that Gates has so much cash that he can give buckets away.
It costs him nothing. Don’t be such saps.
Oh, and chill out.
Hey everybody… there is already a cure for diarrhea. There are pills like imodium and lomotil, that you can take. Also, there are Oral rehydration salts and a host of other medical means to stop diarrhea.
As for diarrhea in rural countreis, its basically about clean sanitation and education so that people boil their water.
If he really wanted a more effective use of his money, he should have spent it on a water processing plant in Rwanda, or health education.
As for viruses which cause diarrhea, there are far too many to be stopped by a single silver bullet. Most treatments already exist to stop the diarrhea, while addressing the virus.
Its so typical of the businessman in BG, to support the pharmaceutical industry.
BTW, I live in a developing country and I think if Bill Gates spent his money to build schools or pay for doctors salaries, it would go a lot further, than paying a dubious “non-profit” U.S. pharamaceutical company (that’s a first) to “research” cures for diarrhea.
Again I repeat: there are already effective ways to treat diarrhea NOW in existence.
I really wonder what he’s doing chugging his money into such a cause. I don’t trust the man. Like someone else said. If he were really that sincere, he would have given anonymously.
“The grant goes to the Institute for OneWorld Health.”
As modern sewage treatment systems are essential in
controlling outbreaks of diarrhea, perhaps they should rename the
Foundation “OneWorld Toilet.”
Jeff,
Scientists want to find the active ingrdient for a number of reasons. One important one is to figure out its mode of action. If eating blueberries helps, then concentrating the active ingrediet may improve its efficacy. One can also give it to people that do not have access to blueberries.
Finally, by knowing its mode of action, you can figure out if it is doing any harm. Or alternatively, find out if it can help other diseases.
Knowledge is a good thing.
I do know that too many berries will givve you the trots (yes…I know, bad taste to make a poop joke here).
1: Who has send they were offended. Many have said this is tasteless and classless, but nobody has claimed to be personally offended.
2: Have you dipshit fanboys READ the article? Let me clue you in:
The grant goes to the Institute for OneWorld Health.
The traditional treatment for the disease is rehydration, but the company is working on drugs that inhibit fluid loss in the intestine.
Severe dehydration can kill, especially in the young and old, and OneWorld will focus on treatments for infants and young children.
It’s about helping kids not die of dehydration, of which diarrhea is a major contributor.
Who are all these experts postulating about the effectiveness of this organization, causes/cures for dirrhea? (gee, I’ve never had cause to type THAT word, before).
Why fault Gates at all?
Philanthropically (I made that word up) speaking, Gates Foundation has done much good in this world.
“The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving a San Francisco nonprofit pharmaceutical company 46 million dollars to expand its research on new treatments for diarrheal disease,”
Kudos!
I highly respect the “out of Microsoft” version of Bill Gates. Steve better get cracking because Bill might just leave a bigger “ding” in the universe.
Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Gates.
you folks still talkin’ $hit over here?
Philanthropically is a word.
Unbelievable. My whole take on this article was MDN was making fun of Zunes, not sick kids with with cholera, and also the irony of Microsoft trying to cure the world of diarrhea while being guilty of pumping out more crap than anyone else. I think that’s hilarious!
Keep it up, MDN!
BTW, has any of these PO’d readers donated ANY money towards finding the cure for diarrhea?
To Maccies who joke about this… you are reason people hate Macs.
I may not like MS, but I applaud Bill Gates.
Prof. X
Microsoft has nothing to do with this. It’s a private Bill Gates venture. Which is what the whole point is. This is a private charitable donation to a good cause and in no way whatsoever related to Apple or Macs or even any industry Apple operates in. It’s an unnecessary and tasteless snipe.
There are so many angles one can attack or make fun of MS, Gates and the Zune… this was a poorly chosen one.
MDN has jumped the shark. MDN’s take is just puerile and completely uncalled for.
And what does this article have to do with Mac news? What do diarrhea, rehydration, child mortality, water treatment, and disease research have to do with Macintoshes or iPods?
MDN is quick to criticize others, but its own claim to journalism is undermined by its juvenile behavior, such as this.
This article, and especially MDN’s take, should be removed.
“Predictable take, MDN, and rather tasteless. Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death by disease in the world.” – twighlightmoon
It’s also the one of the leading causes of my pants getting soiled everyday.
To la dolce vita:
Steve Jobs donates, he just doesn’t feel the need to make headlines with it. He doesn’t NEED pro-Steve publicity for himself or Apple.
Bill is DESPERATE for pro-publicity since his products only generate NEGATIVE publicity.
einworb
pray tell, what would the other reasons be?
i can’t stand Gates as much as the next true blue Mac user but this is a rather low level to stoop to. I can’t make fun of Gates when it comes to his charity work. At least he’s doing something good with his ill gotten loot.
I think spending this money this way is a great thing. Hopefully, the money will do some good and find a cure to help the people who need it.
– Mark
True, MDN’s take is a “low blow”, but it was crying out to be said. First step in fighting diarrhoea: axe the Zune.
Maybe it shouldn’t be EARplugs that are included with the Zune…
TWILIGHTMOON:
Your effort at:
1) taking the high moral road, and
2) scrounging up some group to feel “offended” about, and
3) doing your best to find “victims” out of something that for the common U.S. citizen is nothing but inconvenience and mild pain,
…is typical modern liberal crap. It reminds me of when someone in the public eye recently mentioned that a nonsense policy was schizophrenic. You KNOW what happend don’t you? Some sort of schizophrenia association complained (“we’re misunderstood VICTIMS”).
PLEASE. FOR GOD’S SAKE. Stop assuming that because you feel you are an enlightened, caring, liberal; that this entitles you to tell others how they may think and express their thoughts. Just keep your pie-hole shut.
Humor is a matter of personal taste. If you don’t like someone’s humor, smile politely and go to some other area of the party. Stop trying to tell others what topics are suitable for humor and what aren’t.
Greg L: Right on dude.
Midnight Oil
Right on for right on’n Greg L
Opposite of Right On?
Left Off.
Greg L.,
That your topic is not suitable for humor.
Now THAT’S funny.
Suitable, too.
BTW, schizophrenia is a very serious issue. I take offense.
When your ‘hero’, Mr. Jobs, starts donating on a level comparable to Gates, then you can start talking. For now, you can shut your pieholes and dontate some of your ipod money to red cross.
DM
I am offended by your offensive display of what offends you.
Now what were we talking about?
I can’t wait to get my Zune (product)BROWN Special Edition.
TT-
Sorry. We were talking about, hmmn, wait a minute now….
Poop? Zune? Diarrhea? Microsoft?
The Prez
You’re more like a
Crabalocker fishwife
I appreciate the humor, though.
What is it with the brown shit anyway????
They must have a fixation of some sort….
Yes, yes, yes. All joking aside. I wish that Apple did a little more philanthropic work too. Outside of simply selling us the best computer system and mobile music delivery system in the world, what else is Apple doing?
Rudge, that’s not a bad idea.
Apple certainly has a pile of cash.
No Zune or diarrhea jokes from me (although I nearly spit out my lunch just reading the headline), but I am amazed at the number of people giving Gates a pass because he donates money to some cause.
Doesn’t work that way for me. My respect is not for sale.
Maybe some of those funds could come this way to battle the diarrhea of the mouth problems.
This article is a joke, right?
You can knock Bill Gates for a lot of things, but you shouldn’t knock him for giving so much to charity.
I love the Mac OS and hardware, but this article is an example of one thing I hate about being a Mac-user: The oftentimes lack of decency and modesty among it’s biggest zealots.
MDN, you are totally going overboard here.
Grow up a little, MDN.
God, does this site suck or what?
MDN is what it is. If you want hard-hitting investigation stories, go somewhere else. You know it’s not here. You want the irreverant dish of the day? You go to MDN. I love so many of the posters here. Do they shout at their cruddy taped-together Hondas and complain that they’re not Vipers? Do they think that protesting someone’s party while showing up, eating their food, and using their toilets, makes them a better person? Even more insane, they scream that Apple should spend more money on charity, which is a backhanded cry for “make my products more expensive.” Look, what Apple does or doesn’t do with its money doesn’t affect me much — it’s what I do with my money that counts. And BTW, charity isn’t transferrable. The burden lies upon us as individuals to help others, not governments, not businesses, and not other organizations.
For a skull buster, you sure do show up late to the party hoping nobody notices your vein attempt to look like a lingual hardass.
I’m a PC user who recommends this site to friends considering macs. They come to this site and say, “screw mac users. I’ll stick with a PC”
MDN is secretly funded my MS… moronic douchebags.