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		Larry Ellison, Oracle's eccentric billionaire CEO, now says he wants to use the island he bought in Hawaii for "experiments." Subby's seen this movie a few times, wants new plot twists (businessweek.com)		35
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PhiloeBedoe		2012-10-03 04:34:47 AM

I saw those movies too. The Castaways find an old WWII plane and the Harlem Globetrotters play some robots.

Nuclear Monk		2012-10-03 07:11:43 AM

I hope he doesn't think he can instantly go from a one-assed monkey to a seven-assed one. You have to work your way up.

czetie		2012-10-03 07:14:53 AM

FTFA: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison envisions his recently acquired Hawaiian island becoming a "little laboratory" for experimenting with more environmentally sound ways to live.

Because what could be more environmentally sound than a remote island dependent for almost everything on transoceanic shipping from the mainland, whose main industry requires flying in rich people to play golf, and whose primary export is shipping pineapples halfway across the Pacific? Some electric cars and a little desalination plant will make it all good.

God-is-a-Taco		2012-10-03 07:21:37 AM

One man having that much power just doesn't sit right with me.
I'm a supercommie socialist, I guess.

Although, it's little less depressing when they do these token "give back to humanity" efforts.

czetie		2012-10-03 07:26:11 AM

God-is-a-Taco: One man having that much power just doesn't sit right with me.
I'm a supercommie socialist, I guess.

Although, it's little less depressing when they do these token "give back to humanity" efforts.

In other news, long-time Ellison nemesis Bill Gates is running a little experiment in ENDING farkING MALARIA.

dittybopper		2012-10-03 07:30:08 AM

God-is-a-Taco: One man having that much power just doesn't sit right with me.
I'm a supercommie socialist, I guess.

You know who else had a lot of power and was a supercommie socialist?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ho_Chi_Minh_ 1 946_cropped.jpg/220px-Ho_Chi_Minh_1946_cropped.jpg

God-is-a-Taco		2012-10-03 07:40:56 AM

czetie:
In other news, long-time Ellison nemesis Bill Gates is running a little experiment in ENDING farkING MALARIA.

It's good that he donates money and makes speeches, but I think the people doing the work receive most of the credit. I think this supports my original point.

dittybopper:

Well, I guess I should have mentioned communism or socialism as it exists on paper rather than its authoritarian, fascist manifestations in reality.

DjangoStonereaver		2012-10-03 07:51:29 AM

It used to be said that Bill Gates was one white cat away from being a James Bond villain.

Larry Ellison LOVES cats.......

/He's a scary, scary man.

Crudbucket		2012-10-03 07:53:59 AM

Maybe he means experimenting sexually. He just wants a quiet place to pal around with the guys, get a few drinks in 'em, see where things go.

Another Government Employee		2012-10-03 08:01:25 AM

New knowledge in food production, eh?

rubi_con_man		2012-10-03 08:08:43 AM

Him and 16 nubile young chemists, biologists, and physicists.

poot_rootbeer		2012-10-03 08:12:30 AM

He's finally going to crossbreed SCOTT with a TIGER!

/obscure?

Snapper Carr		2012-10-03 08:13:37 AM

dittybopper: God-is-a-Taco: One man having that much power just doesn't sit right with me.
I'm a supercommie socialist, I guess.

You know who else had a lot of power and was a supercommie socialist?

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ho_Chi_Minh_ 1 946_cropped.jpg/220px-Ho_Chi_Minh_1946_cropped.jpg

That bunch has about as much to do with modern democratic socialism as Adam Smith and John Locke do with modern free market economics.

tricycleracer		2012-10-03 08:16:40 AM

Larry Ellison = Charles Widmore

Phil Moskowitz		2012-10-03 08:24:13 AM

Green "experiments" How ominous.

Teaser		2012-10-03 08:27:59 AM

Unauthorized Bratwurst		2012-10-03 08:56:16 AM

"Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?"

minnesotaboy		2012-10-03 09:07:24 AM

Unauthorized Bratwurst: "Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?"

"Manimals, invertibroads.."

www.artstormfineart.com

Unobtanium		2012-10-03 09:16:41 AM

I've seen this movie, since he's an IT guy, it will be an experiment creating a silicon based life form. Good thing it will be restricted to a remote island. Get the strontium injectors ready. He will have cattle on the island, right?

Joe_diGriz		2012-10-03 09:35:36 AM

DjangoStonereaver: It used to be said that Bill Gates was one white cat away from being a James Bond villain.

Larry Ellison LOVES cats.......

/He's a scary, scary man.

Larry Ellison is the one person - even accounting for Rupert Murdoch - that I can truly see owning a secret hideaway on a volcano island and running some "take-over-the-world" organization (I mean, besides Oracle). Heck, the guy even *looks* like a supervillian - heck, give him red hair, and he's the real-life version of Hank Scorpio.

Lost Thought 00		2012-10-03 10:10:16 AM

If he can figure out how to use solar powered matter replicators to eliminate shipping needs, it'll all be worth it. That, or he just wants somewhere private to bury the hookers

czetie		2012-10-03 10:10:44 AM

God-is-a-Taco: czetie:
In other news, long-time Ellison nemesis Bill Gates is running a little experiment in ENDING farkING MALARIA.

It's good that he donates money and makes speeches, but I think the people doing the work receive most of the credit. I think this supports my original point.

It supports your point about Ellison, who is a narcissist and an egotist.

I don't think it's particularly good for society that one person has so much money, but Gates isn't to blame for that. And I think he deserves a lot of credit for saying "OK, the system gave me a mountain of money for doing something I loved, and now I'm going to pay that forward". Given that he's a tech geek, not a medical researcher, he's doing the best thing he possibly can given his circumstances to end malaria. How many of us can say the same? (Also, Warren Buffett deserves a lot of credit for mentoring Gates).

czetie		2012-10-03 10:12:16 AM

poot_rootbeer: He's finally going to crossbreed SCOTT with a TIGER!

/obscure?

This is Fark. Nothing is obscure.

revrendjim		2012-10-03 10:44:49 AM

little big man		2012-10-03 01:27:49 PM

czetie: FTFA: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison envisions his recently acquired Hawaiian island becoming a "little laboratory" for experimenting with more environmentally sound ways to live.

Because what could be more environmentally sound than a remote island dependent for almost everything on transoceanic shipping from the mainland, whose main industry requires flying in rich people to play golf, and whose primary export is shipping pineapples halfway across the Pacific? Some electric cars and a little desalination plant will make it all good.

Sadly, this type of logic is foisted on all of us who work for Commander Larry.

SithLord		2012-10-03 02:33:01 PM

Is there a strange, electromagnetic anomaly that science was previously unaware of?

MrEricSir		2012-10-03 02:51:06 PM

One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison

rjakobi		2012-10-03 03:03:22 PM

Wait, he bought Lanai?

Dude, Molokai has the richest natural resources, and it has LEPERS! Free labor!

whither_apophis		2012-10-03 03:08:11 PM

Ha Ha! All beaches in Hawaii from the ocean to permanent vegatation are public.

/I'm on ur iland, messing up ur experiments!

EbolaNYC		2012-10-03 06:03:06 PM

Good, maybe he'll be eaten.

Hagbardr		2012-10-03 08:31:55 PM

In this experiment, I will attempt to fark as many high priced call girls as I can in 24 hours.

FormlessOne		2012-10-03 08:43:27 PM

Anyone else notice that rich guys are suddenly interested in environmental research? Superyachts with marine research labs and staff. Individuals who buy environmental research companies.

It's almost as if there's a new tax dodge or government subsidy involving environmental research...

FormlessOne		2012-10-03 08:44:31 PM

Oh, and Larry Ellison isn't an "eccentric billionaire CEO." He's just another rich asshole with a big ego.

dbirchall		2012-10-03 08:51:41 PM

rjakobi: Wait, he bought Lanai?

Dude, Molokai has the richest natural resources, and it has LEPERS! Free labor!

Yeah, but you have to give 'em a hand.

beenjammin		2012-10-04 11:12:01 PM

I look forward to the Bioshock game that will be based off of this.

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