A few easy One million Dollars

May 4, 2007 3:25 AM

You can make One Million Dollar: proving anything paranormal, improving the Netflix recommendation system, getting people to sign up on gottabet.com and by proving that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. But remember: Money won't buy you happiness.
posted by Captain Crusty's Zeppelin Repair Service (9 comments total)

You can make One Million Dollar
posted by furtive at 3:52 AM on May 4, 2007

I downloaded the Netflix thing less because I wanted to win ONE MILLION DOLLORS and more because I've always wondered exactly how their system works. But the dataset is just too huge for my N year old computer. :(
posted by DU at 4:41 AM on May 4, 2007

Regarding the paranormal abilities, An Open Letter to James Randi.
posted by Mocata at 5:10 AM on May 4, 2007

I read that as An Open Letter to James Bond, which would have been SO much more fun.
posted by unSane at 5:37 AM on May 4, 2007

The next Bond villain will be James Randi. He'll prove that Bond's iron liver, way with women, and ability to avoid gunfire at short range are all supernatural abilities, therefore causing them to stop existing. At that point, Randi simply finishes him off with a bullet to the head, being far brighter than any previous Bond villain.
posted by Pope Guilty at 5:40 AM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]

What a coincidence that gottabet just started two days ago, and has been self-posting all over teh intarweb. Apparently it's a place where people can bet on the success of viral marketing efforts
posted by delmoi at 6:29 AM on May 4, 2007

But remember: Money won't buy you happiness.

...and poverty won't buy you shit.
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 6:30 AM on May 4, 2007

Those choices aren't easy million dollar opportunites! It's hard to figure out how to improve Netflix. It's hard to prove the paranormal, unless you're inside Oprah Winfrey's vagina, *insert spooky sounds and Twilight Zone music here* and she already has untold millions. Now that spaghetti monster thing may be doable, but I'm just too lazy. How do I get one million dollars easy? And where's my flying car!?? Cuz when I get the easy million I gotta spend it on my flying car!
posted by ZachsMind at 6:37 AM on May 4, 2007

It is of course true that money does not buy happiness. It is also true that poverty does not buy happiness. But if you had to choose....?
posted by Postroad at 6:38 AM on May 4, 2007