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Growth Job Sector: Freelance Technical Support

An anonymous reader wrotes: "Over at World New York, they've posted excellent advice to the geek masses: If you're out of work and know how to use a computer, you can make a killing doing freelance technical support." Update: 07/25 20:00 GMT by M : The author has asked that we link to the article on homepage.mac.com due to server overload. :)

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  1. Open Source Isn't About Money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's about giving back. Living on bread and water. Capatalist pigs should burn in hell.

    Give back today.

    Free software for all!

  2. Re:Only in theory... by missing000 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not only that, he apparently is rather new to English grammar too.

  3. Re:Only in theory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    if they are idiots, why are you all unemployed? Why are there so many computer people unemployed if everyone else is an idiot?

    MAYBE BECAUSE YOU BOUGHT INTO THE GODDAMN HYPE?

    FUCKING SHEEP.

  4. Re:Only in theory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You could cripple them, then come in the next day offering your services. They'd gladly pay the $20 an hour to stop the attacks. That's the scam anti-virus companies are pulling, cause you gotta know that a few of the really smart guys there are told to make viruses that get around their virus signatures. Sure 'teenagers' might be writing some viruses, but the some of the better sophisticated ones come from the antivirus companines. You gotta create a need. Like mob guys offering protection. Vandalize one day, then the next day tell them to pay up so that it doesn't happen again, and if it does happen, you take care of it. Become the mob!

  5. Re:Apparently I live in a different reality by Vaughn+Anderson · · Score: 0, Troll
    I read you are from Canada, but I heard the most convincing conspiracy theory yesterday, that Mr. B*sh and who ever else on the know has purposely decimated the economy (of course Mr. Cl*nton got us on the right "borrow till you puke" road of finances) for the very reason of making the military look more appealing to a jobless society...

    I perceive the US's economy is tied enough to our northly neighbors to effect your economy as well... think twice before jumping on board to a gun toting job... Unless your gov't doesn't plan on going to war ever, it may not be a good career move... getting dead to grab oil isn't what I'd call a worthy expenditure of time, but if you are already in, good luck.