From: 7stud -- Date: 2008-03-10T11:36:13+09:00 Subject: Re: Offering to work directly for the Ruby community! Gregory Brown wrote: > On Mar 9, 10:18 pm, 7stud -- wrote: >> 7stud -- wrote: >> > Gregory Brown wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> > I'll contribute $10,000. Where should I send it? >> >> Never mind. I reread your post and now I'm really excited. I'll >> contribute $20,000. I've got a clearing agent in your country. He'll >> send you a check for $50,000. You cash the check and keep $20,000 for >> your Ruby work, and then send the balance to me. Here is my address: > > Very entertaining, and I'm sure there are no legal issues involved in > that one :). > > Those serious about donating can of course use Pledgie: > http://pledgie.com/campaigns/571 > > My hopes are that my Ruby friends who are familiar with my work and > contributions to the community will help me make this project a > reality, but I totally respect people who are afraid I'm scamming > them. Just please investigate the projects I've been involved with > before poking fun. > > -greg Let me guess. You started playing p_oker online for fun. You won a few $'s, so then you bought a book and started playing seriously. However, your results weren't as good as when you started. You lost money. Since you knew you were a better player, you deposited more money. Then you lost that. Then you lost more. Now you owe a bookie 20 large, and you're looking for new ways to raise 'investment capital'. Good luck. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.