[nathan_long]

This is what I imagine when I hear the phrase "job creation."

If you want something done - your lawn mowed, a meal made, etc - you'll hire someone. But a job for its own sake? What, are you going to hire somebody to move a pile of rocks back and forth across your yard?

A job starts with a need, not vice versa.

[jcromartie]

I have a pile of rocks in my yard... need work?

[ph0rque]

After a couple days of rock moving, I'll just build a pick-n-place robot in my garage to do the work for me, ok?

[beambot]

I know you say this in jest... but if you can solve unstructured pick-n-place (ie. non-uniform, unmodeled objects in arbitrary configurations with difficult outdoor perception), you could make some serious bank. This is actually a _very_ difficult problem.

[Raticide]

He'd rather just go home early than share his robot.