Bill Gates' grand scheme to license the world's art masterpieces and have them flash onto wall monitors in people's living rooms fizzled.

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Afterwards, police fired tear gas and "flash bang" grenades near the main plaza, where Occupy Wall Street protesters have been camping.

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After all, the worst that has happened, at least so far, is that the well paid kids of Wall Street were inconvenienced for a couple of hours in the Flash Crash.

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