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DotComGuy Survives His Year

Posted by timothy on Tue Jan 02, 2001 04:32 AM
from the i-coulda-done-*that*! dept.
It's funny. Laugh.
blurzero writes: "Remember DotComGuy? The Texan who decided to prove that people could buy everything they needed through e-commerce by locking himself in his home for an entire year, and Webcasting the entire thing? Well, DCG made it through all 366 days! F*ckedCompany.com, however, is reporting that DCG's sponsors have all dried up, and he will be receiving none of the $100,000 he was supposed to be paid. There's no word on the DCG homepage." This guy would have been a lot braver to try this 10 years ago. Seems like the only real problem for the modern online hermit expecting $100,000 is enough room to exercise.
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  • Not too bright... by Kierthos (Score:2) Monday January 01 2001, @11:36PM

  • me too! (Score:4)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2001, @11:36PM (#537764)
    damn, I spent the last 366 days in my house too...but I used another revolutionary tool to get all my food/clothes...I love you mom!
  • Um, "exercise?" by Bill Fuckin' Gates (Score:1) Monday January 01 2001, @11:42PM
  • Re:Not too bright... by _ganja_ (Score:1) Monday January 01 2001, @11:44PM
  • Re:Um, "exercise?" by _ganja_ (Score:1) Monday January 01 2001, @11:46PM
  • Well, of course he can't get a sponsor... by Pherrite (Score:1) Monday January 01 2001, @11:48PM
  • Attention kinda dried up by el_munkie (Score:2) Monday January 01 2001, @11:51PM
  • Sponsors Dried Up? by 4n0nYm0u5 C0w4rD (Score:1) Monday January 01 2001, @11:53PM
  • so what? by Alpha Zulu (Score:1) Monday January 01 2001, @11:56PM

  • I can just imagine it... (Score:3)

    by OakLEE (91103) on Monday January 01 2001, @11:56PM (#537772)
    After spending 366 days online (most of it in IRC I imagine), I can just imagine how his speech patterns have changed:

    Reporter: DotComGuy, how do you feel finally being out after 12 months locked in your house?
    DCG: 1t f33lz 1337. tH1s r0x0rS!

    Reporter: And what do you have to say to the people who may contemplate emulating you in the coming months.
    DCG: d0n't 3v3n t|2y d00dz. 1'm 1337, 1 w1ll 0wn j00!! 1'll h4x0r j00r b0xes!!

    Reporter: "Haxor", "elite"? Sir what do you mean by this?
    DCG: 1'm 1337, 1 d0wnl04d3d 13 g1gz 0f w4r3z 0ff my 1337 c4bl3 c0nexi0n!

    Reporter: Right...

    ____________________________

  • what about SlashDotGuy instead? (Score:3)

    by poopie (35416) on Monday January 01 2001, @11:58PM (#537773) Journal
    How about this: guy volunteers to stay inside and read and post on slashdot for an entire year and not get paid (oh wait, we're already all doing this...) ;)

    Here's a few other interesting ideas for *Guy projects that people could try out and see if they can get a sponsor.

    SpendMoneyGuy - guy shops for one year straight and spends lots of money. Follow his shopping adventures online and view his credit card bills online. Review his bank account balances and credit rating.

    UpdateLinuxGuy - guy spends one year constantly updating sponsor's linux distribution with latest source from freshmeat. Go online and view the output of 'ls -lR /'

    ReinstallWindowsGuy - goy spends one year constantly reinstalling windows and all of the required apps on the computers of various users

    WriteCodeGuy - guy spends one year writing code for sponsor's company. Sponsor provides an 8'x8' cubicle and computer and a fridge full of cola.

    PumpGasGuy - guy spends one year pumping gas at a gas station. you can go online and chat with him while he's not pumping gas.

    WatchTVGuy - guy watches TV for one year. visit the website and watch him watch TV! Site has logs of all the TV shows he watches. Sponsor sells info to networks so they can determine what programs are popular.
  • Re:what about SlashDotGuy instead? by Kryptonomic (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:05AM
  • Why Is This Special? by Cheshire Cat (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:08AM

  • Duh! (Score:3)

    by AlXtreme (223728) on Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:10AM (#537776) Homepage Journal
    Now i know who hacked Diablo 2! This DotComGuy had spare time, and wanted to get some xtra bucks on ebay! I call 4 revenge! Lets DOS his connection, and starve tha bugger out! Wha! That'll teach him!
  • Sponsors... by Natalie's Hot Grits (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:14AM
  • No Documentation maybe not true? by nothng (Score:2) Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:49AM
  • Re:Um, "exercise?" by elflord (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:51AM
  • F'cked company don't mince words by fatphil (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:51AM
  • Not in Cyprus... ;) by TV-SET (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:52AM
  • Most Useless Achievements Ever by geoffwa (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:56AM
  • dot com this by xp0rnstar (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @01:03AM
  • Fuck DotComGuy by Graymalkin (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @01:07AM
  • Here's a Better Link... by lwagner (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @01:19AM
  • Serves him right.... by TheWhiteOtaku (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @01:29AM
  • Re:Sponsors... by Bill Fuckin' Gates (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @01:49AM
  • What really happened... by Jasonv (Score:2) Tuesday January 02 2001, @01:51AM
  • A stupid media stunt, and nothing more...or is it? by Chas (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @02:25AM

  • Becuase when you do nothing, all you have to do is look at yourself/your life. Most people find this unappetizing and as such find other things, however meaningless, to occupy their time. If Buddha were alive today in America he'd be a gas station attendant (just a really, really enlightened one ;-) ). I think Mohammed and Christ would be video store clerks.


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  • Re:Here's a Better Link... by brunes69 (Score:2) Tuesday January 02 2001, @02:36AM
  • Re:No Documentation maybe not true? by SupahVee (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @03:14AM
  • he didn't get payed... or did he? by Solworks (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @03:22AM
  • Re:No Documentation maybe not true? by Refrag (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @03:28AM
  • Re:No Documentation maybe not true? by longwa69 (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @03:39AM
  • Internet Start Up by SomeOtherGuy (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @03:42AM
  • Clerks? by espo812 (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @04:03AM

  • Obviously, (Score:3)

    by zantispam (78764) on Tuesday January 02 2001, @04:03AM (#537798)
    you don't live in Dallas.

    DotComGuy had his compound there (Richardson, IIRC). He's been plastered all over the tv news ever since it was discovered he was broke. I'll vouch for the veracity of this (I, in case you couldn't tell, live in Dallas).

    The funny thing is that he won't speak on camera any more. I saw three different local news stations shoving cameras into his face, and whereas he was all over interviews when this started, now he just laughs bitterly and shakes his head whenever asked anything.

    Funnier still is the fact that he's getting married to a woman he met online, but has never seen IRL. Yeah, this is going to work.

    Also, maybe he should have ordered some workout equipment during the year. He looks really unhealthy. Maybe it's just the stress of being so broke and not being the media's darling anymore - in any event, he looks like hell.

    Happy New Year, from a Dallasite.

  • Shouldn't he be DotOrgGuy? (Score:3)

    by JiveDonut (135491) on Tuesday January 02 2001, @04:11AM (#537799) Homepage
    Since he didn't get paid?

    I guess that could apply to dotcoms, too, now.

  • Re:Obviously, by wesmills (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @04:42AM
  • Escrow by RedX (Score:2) Tuesday January 02 2001, @04:56AM
  • Dotcomguy payment by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @05:09AM
  • Re:Not too bright... by telstar (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @05:11AM
  • Re:Sponsors Dried Up? by grytpype (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @06:05AM
  • ReinstallWindowsGuy by WuTangClanner (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @06:18AM
  • Re:what about SlashDotGuy instead? by nekid_singularity (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @07:00AM
  • Re:what about SlashDotGuy instead? by antdude (Score:2) Tuesday January 02 2001, @07:09AM
  • newsflash! by Dr. Awktagon (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @07:16AM
  • Re:Yeah, but where do you rent hookers over the we by Todd Bradley (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @07:26AM
  • inside poop by metameat (Score:2) Tuesday January 02 2001, @08:09AM
  • The Bet by s0crates (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @08:13AM
  • FAQ on the site by bfgimpexe (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @08:15AM
  • Re:what about SlashDotGuy instead? by Paradise_Pete (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @09:43AM
  • Bah. I'd be more impressed if ... by torpor (Score:2) Tuesday January 02 2001, @09:46AM
  • Sponsors or not, you can live off the 'net. by gfecyk (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @10:19AM
  • Re:Sponsors... by drinkypoo (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @10:24AM
  • Re:The Bet by pf kro (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @10:25AM
  • Re:me too! by mackermacker (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @10:47AM
  • Re:Why Is This Special? by dietcrack (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @11:56AM
  • Re:Sponsors or not, you can live off the 'net. by dietcrack (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @12:24PM
  • Some more info on this by Captain Chad (Score:2) Tuesday January 02 2001, @02:25PM
  • Re: why not just spend a year doing nothing by kubalaa (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @02:36PM
  • DCG by AlgUSF (Score:1) Tuesday January 02 2001, @03:12PM
  • the funniest part? by fluxrad (Score:2) Tuesday January 02 2001, @04:13PM
  • Re:F'cked company don't mince words by fatphil (Score:1) Wednesday January 03 2001, @06:29AM
  • A Haiku by bwoodring (Score:1) Wednesday January 03 2001, @07:57AM
  • exercise by Goatse.cx Girl (Score:1) Monday January 08 2001, @03:44AM
  • I want to know.. by green_globs (Score:1) Monday January 08 2001, @05:30AM

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