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Where Do I Put the Chip, Mr. Gates?


Yes, this is a woodland ant carrying a computer microchip (1) Another term for a microminiaturized integrated circuit (a "chip").

(2) To insert an RFID tag beneath the skin of an animal. It is expected that some day, humans will be microchipped.
. No, this is not part of the settlement of the Microsoft lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. . After all, if Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b.  used this ant (shown 12 times larger than normal), he'd have a bug in his system.
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Publication:New York Times Upfront
Date:May 8, 2000
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