Comments on: Prodigy Won AOL's Gold Rush Game. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:20:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: yonit http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51151 yonit Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:38:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/#comment-51151 He's a friend of mine and I can vouch that he's as normal as any of us computer geeks are. Scavanger hunts are fun! It's a challenge, but who makes it a profession especially while working on a doctorate, sheesh! Can't a guy have a hobby, even a profitable one? He's a friend of mine and I can vouch that he's as normal as any of us computer geeks are. Scavanger hunts are fun! It's a challenge, but who makes it a profession especially while working on a doctorate, sheesh! Can't a guy have a hobby, even a profitable one?

]]> By: sam http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51039 sam Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:24:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/#comment-51039 oh, just read it again - $1 million bucks. If I was as smart as this kid I wouldn't even be wasting my time... oh, just read it again - $1 million bucks. If I was as smart as this kid I wouldn't even be wasting my time...

]]> By: sam http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/comment-page-1/#comment-51038 sam Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:23:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/#comment-51038 It's interesting that someone this smart could be so dumb. He's still got his eye on the small potatos like the gold rush. Real intelligence doesn't lead you to play games - it leads you to starting a business or creating some new chemical that changes the world. I don't know how much money was involved in the gold rush thing, but I'm sure it doesn't compare to the real money he could be earning. It's interesting that someone this smart could be so dumb. He's still got his eye on the small potatos like the gold rush. Real intelligence doesn't lead you to play games - it leads you to starting a business or creating some new chemical that changes the world. I don't know how much money was involved in the gold rush thing, but I'm sure it doesn't compare to the real money he could be earning.

]]> By: Moon http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/comment-page-1/#comment-49880 Moon Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:43:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/#comment-49880 I hate prodigies. Damn you, Doogie Hawser! I hate prodigies.

Damn you, Doogie Hawser!

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