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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by froo on Thursday September 25, 2008 @01:55PM (#315133)
700B dollars... Well given the odds of me obtaining that amount of money is just shy of being pure fantasy, I figure the only real answer to this would be in the realm of fantasy too.

So, 700B - here's my shopping list.

  Create Jurassic Park
  Army of Super Oompa Loompas - perhaps with bionic implants
  Moon based Laser "Defense" system
  Universal Optional Breast Enhancement Surgery
  Giant Robot of Doom
  Another Giant Robot (so the first one never feels lonely)
  Build an even bigger supercollider, just to scare the bejeezus out of the irrational people
  Terraform Mars
  Create a religion based around the works of Bruce Campbell
I figure I'd get some change out of that list, so I'd buy a few people a couple beers.

Next stupid question please!

Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by DanielBMarkham on Thursday September 25, 2008 @06:01PM (#315486)
Can I administer the breast enhancement program?