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Dang, that makes me want to be a billionaire too! Inspired, rms?

I want a billionaire friend >_>

Let's team up. How about you become a billionaire and I'll keep working on befriending you.

Hmm...sure, as soon as you give me the money!

It would be interesting to be a venture capitalist though. I could fairly easily save up enough to pay for someone's ramen, and I know at least one directionless hacker. Now all I need is a killer idea!

How about a web 2.0 site for parents (large potential audience) with social features that tells them that their ideas about parenting are deeply mistaken. That's bound to be a big hit.

And one for gamers telling them they shouldn't play so much, and should interact with real people; one for business people telling them they should work less and spend more time with family and friends; and one for all the web addicted geeks out there telling them the same thing.

Then, once they sign up, they can feel good about themselves because they did something! I'll call it webGym, since it serves the same purpose - relieving guilt by paying money:)

Do you count chess as a game?

No, I like chess too, so it doesn't count. You can play chess obsessively without any guilt.

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