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5 (4.7%)

1-2 years

5 (4.7%)

3-5 years

15 (14%)

6-10 years

24 (22.4%)

This is stupid.

39 (36.4%)

Never

19 (17.8%)

Total Members Voted: 107

[Derekristow]

What do you mean by Electrical Engineering?  Digipen has an electronics development course, which was building things like game consoles and robots from scratch last I saw.  I haven't looked in to too much detail for that though.

[GlyphGryph]

My thread, it lives!

Note that I DO still plan on doing this, but it will be after I meet my fiscal responsibilities AKA student loans, and then get some savings to start. Which, according to my current game plan (which unfortunately rests on the assumption that I will eventually get a real job) will happen in 4-5 years.

[breadbocks]

What do you mean by Electrical Engineering?  Digipen has an electronics development course, which was building things like game consoles and robots from scratch last I saw.  I haven't looked in to too much detail for that though.

That's neat, but the question is is it a good program, in a reasonable party school. Theses are the things I must consider. Well, I'll be waiting a year after the end of high school before uni anyways to see the world or something, so assuming I have the money, I will likely be there.

[Derekristow]

As far as programming goes, a degree from there will get you a job with basically any game developer out there, straight out of college.  Not sure about the engineering courses, but I'd imagine they're up to similar standards.

Also, we should try to bump this thread at least every few months to keep people aware of it.  I don't want it to be forgotten about and left behind.

[lordcooper]

If I saw something reasonable set up and at least semi-working, I'd happily relocate to the USA.

[Jackrabbit]

Oh hey, this thread. I never got a chance to add my voice to the crowd of people decrying this as a pipe dream that will stay a pipe dream till the day you die.

Pity.

e- Oh, oh oh oh oh oh. Good luck.

[Assassinfox]

Maybe when I'm done with my education.

[Grek]

This is a bad idea. I would not want to live with random people off an internet forum.

[Vector]

This is a bad idea. I would not want to live with random people off an internet forum.

Wait, is that my sockpuppet speaking?  Surely no one here would indulge the fallacy of extrapolating from his own data point to the entire set!  We must all be the same extraordinarily conflicted individual.

[Rolan7]

This is a bad idea. I would not want to live with random people off an internet forum.

Wait, is that my sockpuppet speaking?  Surely no one here would indulge the fallacy of extrapolating from his own data point to the entire set!  We must all be the same extraordinarily conflicted individual.

Yes.  Yes we am.

[Nivim]

 The problem seems to be not what specific location is chosen for the commune or how experienced the roomates are, but the fact that it is choosing to focus on the value of where people are rather than what they are doing. People move all over the place to follow their jobs or educations, but they do not move away from their jobs or educations for better lodgings. If this commune were to be successful, it would need to have a purpose. Something greater and more specific than "work on our hobbies/chores and hope we get jobs", and if we had such a good purpose and method, we would surely find more people willing, and be able to form a company for that purpose and using those methods. What would we want to make happen with our efforts? This blank is worthy of a thesis paper, but I'm pretty sure it starts with finding a problem or two that needs solving. After we figure out what kind of future we'll be charging into, then we figure out where will be the best place to do it.

 I voted 3-5 years, as I should have finished my work here by then, excepting massive disasters (more) or finding a job (less). For the former, I'd need to figure out if I will recieve all my parents debt if they happen to croak, and for the latter, I'll need to get some skills that I consider good enough to sell.
 If I were in already in the commune, I would probably be responsible for most of the cooking, and if I had spent a couple weeks at it, I would have adjusted all my recipies to the altitude, resources, what kind of diet each member requires. It would be more difficult if we didn't have a proper kitchen (counter, stove, fridge, pots, pans), but not impossible.

[RedKing]

Meh....if everything goes to hell and we can't emigrate to Scandinavia, I guess Seattle is the next best place.

[Max White]

Hey look, it's this thread again. Somebody must be grinding their necromancy skill.

[Jackrabbit]

This is still going to fail as spectacularly if you gather support now as it would have had anything come out of your attempts to gather support in January, necro or no.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

Probably in about 11 years time when I am burnt-out and insane.