Re: Nanotechnology "X Prize"
From: John Larkin (jjlarkin_at_highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com)
Date: 10/16/04
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Date: 16 Oct 2004 04:16:04 GMT
On 14 Oct 2004 20:48:22 GMT, "Bootstrap Bill" <wrcousert@yahoo.com>
wrote:
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>"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
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>> On 13 Oct 2004 16:19:30 GMT, "Bootstrap Bill" <wrcousert@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>Now that the X Prize is won, why not a new challenge? How about $1 billion
>>>to the first person or company to build a self-replicating assembler?
>>>
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>> Cool. What time frame did you have in mind?
>>
>> John
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>How about ten to 20 years, with less money given for each year past ten?
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>$1 billion might not be enough of an incentive. The assembler is worth much
>more than that, and I believe that many companies would be willing to chip
>in several times that amount if they could have access to it.
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>
I was thinking you could invest $100 or so in t-bills, and let the
prize be whatever accumulates. It may well be a billion by the time
it's won.
John
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