Bill Gates wants a better rubber. Not necessarily for him, mind you, but for people in general.
According to the Grand Challenges in Global Health project of the Gates Foundation, they want a better rubber:
We are looking for a Next Generation Condom that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure, in order to improve uptake and regular use.
They’re serious about this. They’re offering $100,000 to help you get the project up … so to speak. They think that’s enough to cover it.
Now, I’ve never considered taking on such a project, but I suspect it would be hard. But, I’m sure there are plenty of people who would love to go hands-on in such an adventure. And, if they succeed, I’m sure good things will come.
There one thing, though. Despite the fact that Bill Gates is no longer running Microsoft, there’s the natural association of him with the software giant. He founded the company, and ran it for years. Bill Gates and Microsoft are still thought of as one.
Add to that the fact that one of the primary uses of a condom is prevention of disease. They’re not just for stopping pregnancy anymore; they’re for stopping the spread of disease. Viruses.
What’s Microsoft’s record at stopping viruses?
Consider this: if someone says they got a virus, do you immediately thing of a disease? Or are you wondering if their Windows computer is infected?
Heck, I recently spent a couple of days removing trojans (the sneaky virus kind, not the prophylactic) from someone’s Microsoft computer. Really. It was a very serious, very hard-to-fix problem. Ended up having to reformat the hard drive and restore the computer to factory settings after all other efforts failed.
So, should you trust something from Microsoft to stop a virus? Not on your life.
Gutter humor though it is, there’s your headline in a nutshell — “Former Microsoft Chief Calls For Better Trojans”
Where’s the “Yes | No | Cancel” on that warning?
Micro and soft are two words men don’t want associated with their condoms.
I thought the nerd’s plan for birth control and avoiding STDs was… well, being a nerd.
FredKey –
It’s always worked for me.
@#3. Marc: You wouldn’t happen to be a writer for Jay Leno, would you? He used that same line in his monologue last night.
It’s still damn funny!
Actuall I heard a commedian, Don McMillian–he does high-tech/nerd comedy, do a joke about Bill naming the company Microsoft. Don says he would have named it Macrohard.
You know FredKey, old nerds get fat because of all the Pi.
If Microsfoft made a condom, you would have to stop half way through and reboot. It would cause dysfunction and only give you a general reason why, and it would constantly require upgrading.
if Microsoft made a condom you would only be able to use them for a little while then have to go to condom XP and condom 2014 and then condom ME. Which of course wouldn’t work and force you to use condom 7. Which would be replaced by breaking condom 8
a little off subject but…
do you think that the inventor of the woman’s vibrator ever had someone say to them “If you build it they will come” ?