[MURG] Money making MURG idea--now pay me ;)!

[king-yin yan]

 James Swayze wrote:
>Here's an idea for getting dollars for serious research with a not so serious
>gimmick. Offer to upload people's dearly departed pets for continued
>interaction with them via the internet. [...]

Hi James =)

The pet idea may sell but it probably won't SELL. Notice that whatever
business we propose will have to compete with other business ideas as
well. Either we're substantially profitable, or else the difference will
eventually translate into some financial loss (opportunity cost). I'm not
sure how many people will opt to upload their pets...

At the moment I have only 1 idea, which is to offer consultancy. We
can work harder on exploring the various uploading schemes, maintain
a network of potential developers, and help coordinate the eventual
implementation. This seems viable but not a big business.

I think the real bottleneck is in computational power, but what can
we do to help with that progress?

YKY


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