GC>  I am an avid Science Fiction fan as well.  My first introductions to 
 GC> computers were through stories. Looking around a 
 GC> home office with fax machines, computers and 
 GC> telecommuting, I don't think my time reading was 
 GC> wasted.
I think the time I spent reading science fiction as a kid was one of the more 
valuable things I did with my time.  It opened my mind to possibilities.  
Given the rigid, far right religious thinking of my natural parents, I don't 
think I would have been able to cope with the world as it is now if the 
groundwork for possibilities had not been laid down by the books I read.  The 
sense of wonder not only gives life richness and joy, it also makes it 
possible to look at business possibilites from new, unexpected angles.  Most 
of my friends in my own age group are technophobes.  I love the new 
technologies - I not only live off them, I play with them for the sheer 
wonder of it all.
 GC> That sounds intriguing.  I find the idea of 
 GC> "virtual companies" very interesting.  Being able 
 GC> to tap talented people regardless of where they 
 GC> live without the costs of bricks and mortar sounds 
 GC> exciting.
I find it a pleasure as well as being profitable.  We sell nothing (pixels - 
radio waves)
to no-one (people we'll never meet in person) and money keeps appearing in 
the bank account.  Virtual reality is us!
--- Maximus 2.01wb
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