Re: How to make money fast (in science fiction)

On Mar 30, 10:35 am, Phillip Thorne <petho...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, darkm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> >The villain/antagonist in my story (more precisely, a role playing
> >scenario) is a super intelligent being, [...]
> >The simplest and "scifiest" way - to become an inventor, creating
> >wonderful stuff like fusion power, room temterature superconductors,
> >artificial intelligence etc.. is plain out.
> >[...] enemies [...] serious disturbance from "normal evolution" of
> >comparable civilzations will be noticed.
>
> So, he needs to make money -- not necessarily *fast*; he has time to
> spare (at least until his immortality becomes obvious) -- but in a way
> that (a) uses his intelligence, (b) doesn't require much up-front
> investment, (c) doesn't produce a "signal" to his enemies.
>
> I suggest software.  With superhuman intelligence, he should be able
> to write provably correct, bug-free software -- he'd be a sort of
> super-Knuth.  He could apply his talents to some unsolved problems,
> like reliable image and voice recognition, natural language
> processing, translation, spam and virus detection, and robust
> operating systems.
>
> It might be advantageous to join a large established company.  He'd
> have trouble being directly hired (no college credentials), but he
> could arrange to be bought out.  Microsoft, e.g., is pretty good at
> making (m/b)illionaires of its top programmers.

Why not get the college creds? It would only take a  few years, once
he has a fake identity. Community college, transfer to a 4-year
school, and there you are.

He could start a company on the side, so around the time he graduates,
he has a company ready to be bought out.