Obligatory (related) webcomic:
http://xkcd.com/538/>I'll lock her down under surveillance and then diagnose her with cancer to see what she does.
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>>Oddly enough I disagree with both of you. Some things are worth the super obscen profits. Example. Say a researcher works on finding a cure for cancer, 20 year, or maybe 2 months. She finds the cure; validates it with 100% certainty. Then she says; unless I get 10 billion dollars I won't share my findings with the world. Of course, being that messiah won't apply water boarding, what do you do? I would give her 10 billion and then take her to dinner <g>.
Regards. Al
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