Yeah I think I know what you mean. Getting them to try to not let their problem consume them.

yeah...its really hard though

If I won 10 million dollars, I would spend a cool four million on the idea of Collectivity Permaculture. But nothing like the pansy permacultures you've seen recently, I mean a hardcore permaculture that is completely self-contained. I would purchase hundreds of acres of land in Wyoming, and put up large greenhouses, storehouses, warehouses, and cultivated free ranges all over the lot. These areas would be filled with plants, animals, and people who live on and tend to the land, and sell their products to the outlying community. The proceeds go back into achieving and maintaining the sustainability of the project, as soon as humanly possible. That means we no longer have to rely on currency, the unit can function without outside intervention. We would manufacture anything and everything on-site. We would have large stores of metals, woods, plastics, water, etc, and we would create most of the things we need from our reserves. This would create countless jobs for people who are interested in the idea of a sustainable community, for people who are homeless or just need a place to go where money is not required, and an extra pair of hands is always needed. Free schooling, room and board, and free food.

I would spend one more million on Collectivity Staffing, a staffing service which not only looks for a job for you (and not just people with cars, but anybody and everybody, from people with only a pair of hands, to people who have skills, and we'll even train people who WANT skills), but also gives you a free wardrobe, shave, and a haircut. We provide transportation from your house to our site, or straight to the job site, and we'll even drive you home.

I would take night courses to learn Flash Animation. I would permanently buy copies of Flash and Photoshop, and my own desktop and laptop, and inexpensive wardrobe. I might also purchase the cheapest electric vehicle I could get my hands on. I'd pay all my old bills of course (Assuming they still even exist...)

I would spend the rest of it on Chibiness Technologies, based in Denver Colorado, hiring people to work for us, and budgeting a redesign, a corporate headquarters, and a full line of awesome products including an operating system so revolutionary, I refuse to even talk about it to avoid causing a temporal paradox. We will feature apprenticeships, cheap computers, 100$ laptops in colors other than puke green, and all sorts of awesome things.

if they want there problem to consme them, then let them...

Lowell, i like your flash ideas .
Id buy shares in adobe

hey lowell...that is a great idea and it sounds like you are using the 10million wisely...and effectively... and i think everyone who participates in your project would love ya for it... so useful... hehe

Dude, If I had 10 mill...

First, I'd invest it in a mutual fund, living on the interest... (NEVER SPEND THE PRINCIPAL EVEN FOR CHARITY... GIVE THEM SOME OF THE INTEREST!... Like an allowance)...

Then I would buy a nice house, and save up for my dream house... A house built inside of a bluff, where my front windows would be the bluff face, overlooking the Mighty Mississippi, right here in my hometown... Then! With the allowance money, I'd throw extravagant partys every month, and hire a personal trainer, and then! With all my extra freetime, I'd take classes to learn Japanese, just so I can watch Anime in the language its suppost to be in!...

Also, I'd have like 10 girlfriends, who needs 1?... AND! I'd have TIGHT ASS WHIPS THAT YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE!

What a dream life.....

If i had 10mil (again) i'd go party wif DNG, cos he's idea sounds teh best so far , i would invite HI aswell, and IW , and Neo, but i duno if they'd come...

no i wouldnt come...who would i...?

Hizzy-Izzle? You wouldn't come to my lavish extrodinary parties with Biggy-B?

if Biggy-B is bob then no...i wont go...but they do sound fun

damn, why the heck not... why dosnt anyone like me

Why? ehh? You don't like ma' man Biggy-B? Ehh? ehh? Sorry G, but Biggy-B is comin'.... You'll just have ta' deal G....

nu...its kewl...biggy-b is okai now...we had a recent fight here and has just made up...and about time too bob...you guys are kewl

HI just said to me in MSN that you speak in riddles, now i see what she means. I replied with, 'he's gangsta '

10 mil is alot of money, expecially for them americans, with there better currency rates...

In a way BigBob I hate america I probably rather live where you are. Why because here people don't respect each other that much and people stare at each other and thats annoying because if I was that person I would say do you know me, then stop staring at me when walking by. Yeah people do stare at me, but I don't say anything, but one day I will. Don't know how much 10 million in austrailia is, but I bet its alot. There are other ways that america sucks.

Stephen please stop generalizing, I'm sure there are other places where some people disrespect others. And as far as the staring goes, I really don't think it would be like that in a place like New York or other big cities.

Yeah you could be right about that, but people these days are a bunch of a**h***s where I live.

I think it was Denmark that someone said the government takes care of it's people. Helps them stop using whatever drugs they're addicted to, pays for people's rehabilitation and healthcare and glasses or contacts and whatever...

I have heard about that, but I don't think it's Denmark, could be though.

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hey lowell...that is a great idea and it sounds like you are using the 10million wisely...and effectively... and i think everyone who participates in your project would love ya for it... so useful... hehe

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Hehe, which project? Chibitek Computers, which revolutionizes the way we look at computers and technology, and gets us out of our dens and houses and into the world? Or Collectivity Staffing, which cleans people up and gives them jobs? Or Collectivity Permaculture, which cleans people up and gives them a life?

They all exist. They are still all in their infancy right now, however. I would most likely spend the money on all of these first, and only save a thousand or three for myself. I'm not too selfish, but a man's got needs yaknow.

Wanna help me out with my projects?