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sbirchall

85 karma · joined August 16, 2012

Based in Lancaster, UK

Sam Birchall is the result of a series of top secret cloning experiments (codename "Ziggurat") conducted with the sole purpose of creating a pure living distillation of perfection. The seventh iteration of the 1984 Alpha branch of so-called "Sambots" he intends to overcome the vicissitudes of his progenitors and unite the branches for The Great Rebase, whereupon he will emerge as the Omega Sambot, invent time travel, atomise his infinite perfection in the form of The Primes - distributing them throughout the past - and finally escape upstream, leaving you human aberrations to be consumed in the cycles of history and genetic computation that the Sambots have ultimately ALWAYS initiated and shepherded for this very reason. He thanks you for your meager contributions.

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sbirchall··on Scientists discover nearby ‘diamond planet’
Who's to say the value of Diamond has yet been truly appreciated? If I'm understanding things correctly this diamond would have formed under conditions we simply cannot recreate in a manufacturing process, given the magnitude of time and energy involved. It is not inconceivable that the properties of these carbon crystals could be VERY appealing. For an example I recall a statistic that claimed the entire _data throughput_ of the UK could be encoded on a crystal of carbon barely the size of a grain of sand. Space elevators and orbital rings spring to mind as well, and who's even saying that we want to get this stuff back to dirty old earth when we're jetting around the cosmos in our hyper diamond meta skeletons on stellar farm errands!?
sbirchall··on $12-Million-A-Month iOS Game
I know, it's as much a study of techcrunch's sensationalism as anything else - the app has only been available for 6 weeks!

A very interesting case of the freemium model and in-app sales (up to $60) working very well, though.

I know what you mean about sustainability, but with the right publicity (it's all been word of mouth so far) and development it could have its 15 minutes in the limelight and that's really all you need when the ROI is as good as this. I was reading the comments on here by a seasoned app developer earlier today and thought this would be interesting to watch developing over time as a test case (whether they roll it out in other markets/languages/etc).

[Edit: thread I mention http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4389468]

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