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If you had $1,000,000 today, what type of company/business would you start?

1) Put it in a bank 2) Live off the interest 3) Retire 4) ??? 5) PROFIT!

Tagged: company, business, 000, $1, entrepreneur

Replied Nov 27

How can Apple make their Macs more affordable

I seriously would not have expected Apple/Mac to still be in business 10 years from now had it not been for the iPod. They got an unbelievably lucky break there. But yes, competition is great for th…

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WHATS THE BEST DUAL CORE

Do you really need to make 3+ threads? :P

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processors

Agreed about the lower specs thing. I only have 4GB of RAM, dual core and a fairly old graphics card. I still don't have any problem running the latest games at top settings (or close). People often…

Replied Oct 25

 

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1) Put it in a bank 2) Live off the interest 3) Retire 4) ??? 5) PROFIT!
November 27
November 3
Rob and Landon Lusk are now friends
November 3
Rob joined AlmosTwo's group
It can be any type of business, for example you have interest in opening a pizzeria and want to know about equipment, administration, ingredients, etc. And someone from the group have experience or knowledge to grow ideas into Business.
October 27
Rob is now friends with Lee Andrews and Agent Popescu
October 26
Possible Spoilers: @Nathan: There is an interview with David Blue (Eli Wallace) who says that the destiny has a food recycling system much like water is recycled in space. As for weapons, I'm interested to know too :). There are lots of possibiliti…
October 26
Andrew left a comment for Rob
October 25
Rob left a comment for Andrew
October 25
Andrew left a comment for Rob
October 25
Thanks, Andrew!
October 25
Andrew and Rob are now friends
October 25
Either C# or PHP for their flexibility and ease of use. I'm constantly taken aback by the number of features in PHP. It has an extensive set of functions for manipulating images and recently I found out it can also write PDFs! Incredible.
October 25
Rob replied to Artikkus's discussion 'Developer Wannabe' in the group Programmers
Seconding w3schools. It's truly one of the best resources out there (besides just searching). Also, the PHP manual at php.net covers pretty much everything on that topic. I don't think you should dive into PHP without an understanding of HTML/CSS th…
October 25
Effective C++ by Scott Meyers
October 25
Look into "XNA". It's a Microsoft run platform for writing games with C#. Just google it, there's plenty of resources out there. Rob
October 25
Rob joined JavaGuy147's group
Computer Programmers Unite!! Only hardcore programmers! no "I know how tos" or "I took a class on it"ers or "I can make a VB form" people. Only if you program as a profession or strong hobby (1st or 2nd).
October 25

Profile Information

What kind of geek are you?
Programming and gaming geek!
Why do you consider yourself a geek?
I'm obsessed with learning facts and figures and I'd much rather sit in my room than go out and socialise.
How did you find out about our Geek community?
I started watching Chris's videos on YouTube and I wanted to get more involved with the community.
What are your "geeky equipment" specs?
My PC isn't really that special but it is self-made (I've built several):
AMD 64 Dual Core 2.5GHz
4GB of RAM
Geforce 8600 GTS
3 Harddrives: 1TB, 250GB x2 (all 72000rpm)
Windows 7 - 32-bit
G15 keyboard! (I love this thing)
What do you want to be when you grow up?
When I leave university I want to become a full time programmer in the games industry.
What makes you laugh?
Real life situations and coincidences. I dislike comedians and their contrived nonesense!
What is the thing in life you treasure most?
Knowledge
What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?
Exist
What do you do to entertain yourself?
Procrastinate and waste time browsing the web / playing games, when I should be doing my work!
Favorite music, movies, books, shows, artists, games, people, events, hobbies, etc.?
Favourite Games:
* Oblivion
* Team Fortress 2
* Dynasty Warriors
* Tenchu

Favourite Music:
* Symphony X
* Protest the Hero
* Sonata Arctica
* Bach

Favourite Movies:
* V for Vendetta
* LotR trilogy
What's your Web site / blog address?
http://code-bytes.net

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At 3:12pm on October 25, 2009, Andrew said…
Thanks for the offer, I'll remember that if I never have a question, it is also nice to have someone who knows what they are doing offer help.
At 2:38pm on October 25, 2009, Andrew said…
Thanks for the friend invite :-)
At 10:26am on October 25, 2009, DogReader said…
Hi Rob - welcome to Geeks!

Catherine
At 1:26am on October 25, 2009, Pedro Remedios said…
Welcome to Geeks, Rob!
At 10:40pm on October 24, 2009, Domen Dread said…
hey welcome to geeks hope you like it here!
At 7:16pm on October 24, 2009, Constance Ericson said…
I joined today, too! You sound a whole lot more geekier than I am. But I can relate to sitting in my room instead of going out to socialize.
 
 

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