So this is an idea you came up with on Wednesday.... and by today you've thrown up a really basic site and want to charge people? Haha... that's superb.

How about you pay me to interview you first. Then I'll let you know if you're qualified to interview me.

I think the better story would have been of the 2nd fisherman that was approached. Same end result only it would have given a better contrasting perspective.

I'm not sure how it could have been more interesting.

The success story ? The happy ending ?

This idea is very, very old. I first read about it in the book Stalking the Wild Pendulum.

http://www.amazon.com/Stalking-Wild-Pendulum-Mechanics-Consc...

Why are you referring to a book that was published well after the quote in the article?

>"Feynman's thesis advisor, John Wheeler, proposed the hypothesis in a telephone call to Feynman in the spring of 1940"

Because I'm lazy and didn't read the entire article. You got me.

You should also display the avg. buzz per week for lets say the first 5 weeks. You could also display how many weeks movies held a certain buzz level (i.e. 5000 mentions). It seems the way it is currently movies that have been out longer are going to have a higher buzz than the brand spanking new releases.

12 weeks on a remote tropical island, luxurious villa, 12 geniuses... a cook and housekeeper.. airfare.. time away from current projects... that sounds like a pretty hefty price tag per genius if it's a paid event. I think you may have trouble finding hackers to sign up when the reality sets in. I'd recommend you get to work finding serious sponsors because right now it sounds like a nice dream. Good luck good sir.

Thanks. We are fully aware it might be too expensive for people to cough up all the dough. Preliminary research show that a house for 12 people doesn't have to cost more then 500USD/person/month though. With a bit of smart marketing it should be possible to find some people interested to sponsor this..

I was thinking it'd be just like a startup incubator but instead of getting paid $20k for 5 to 10% you get to go here and get paid $10k

I want to try to stay away from the incubator model. Find a way to get there, hack, go home with good memories.