>>>Did he send these specs to you on April 1st?
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>LO. No, believe it or not, he's serious. He's paying me to do the research. I'm trying to find a nice way to tell him.

Get proactive!
Offer to build application which will accurately predict winning lotto numbers instead!

That would by all means relieve him of a need to watch dumb users for the rest of his life, and it is certainly easier to build, then the one he asked you to. If he get interested, ask for 10 mil in advance and run abroad !

It is opportunity of a lifetime {g}

Cheers :)