List Of Possible Servies

[Scott Siskind]

Since discussion seems to be turning toward service economies, I'd be interested in hearing what services have been used in everyone's countries. I remember the following working at least for a while:



1. Newspapers

2. Web site designing

3. Web searching

4. Email addresses

5. Financial consulting

6. (3D) Graphic art

7. Consulting (on pretty much anything)

8. Law

9. Mediation

10. Insurance

11. Mercenaries

12. Official writing (like composing treaties and stuff)

13. Computer programs/games

14. Forum space

15. Email addresses, etc.

16. Illegal arms smuggling (thank you, Ari)

17. Casinos

18. DLs (but how would you charge for these?)

19. Posts at bars (but this one must not be done, or Istvanistan would have a negative GNP)



What other ideas/examples do people have?

Edited by: Scott Siskind  at: 6/5/02 2:31:52 am

[Kennendras]

On the graphics side, you could include regular graphics and 3D graphics, which would go for a higher price (because of the time put in to make)



Also you could offer webspace and free emails (just set up one of those free cgi-scripts that maintain it) for citizens and business.  Charge a monthly fee as well as an initial starting price.  Can add on for more money (space wise)

Emperor Kennendras

Foreign Minister

Webmaster

The Realm of Tallandor




"Talk softly and carry a big stick"

"Facts are chains that bind and fetter truth, for a man can remake the world if he has no facts to cloud his mind"

[Ken Avonts]

What was also mentioned in other threads:



-space on the State's forum. (a citizen could start his own discussion-forum or pub on the much-visited forum of the state)

Ken Avonts

Regent of the Islamic Republic of
Antverpia

http://users.pandora.be/ir-antverpia

[Trevon Andarosel]

- Double logins on forums

- Posting in off-topic forums (like bars)

- Casino's



Trevon.

The storyteller of Ex, Umbagollah


Ilotim ilo arelisin il parduvile arelis te arelisin
The truth is just too true to be true for everyone

[Zhaki the Dolphin]

As an "extension" to mercenaries, I think having spam cannons and the like would be a good base for an unethical transnational corporation .



 

[Sander042802]

indeed  

Sander Dieleman



Chancellor of the Micronation of Pacary



VP of Operations of Bobbesian Airways



Die hard Pokey the penguin fan



ICQ#104572163 - MSN sanderdieleman@hotmail.com - AIM SanderDieleman

[Zhaki the Dolphin]

Now, as a counterweight to those illegal arms... Forum archivals. Making a script that goes through all the forums of an Ezboard and zips the posts up shouldn't even be too hard.

[Sander042802]

yeah... in fact it might even be possible in javascript  my favourite programming lang. Sad it has so many limits.

Sander Dieleman



Chancellor of the Micronation of Pacary



VP of Operations of Bobbesian Airways



Die hard Pokey the penguin fan



ICQ#104572163 - MSN sanderdieleman@hotmail.com - AIM SanderDieleman

[William Howard]

Huh...what do we need programmers for...usless wastes of space...talking their funny langauge full of funny brackets and symbols...*looks at computer*...oh right.

William Howard

Chairman

Republic of Baracão

"This country was founded on the principle that the primary role of government is to protect property from the majority, and so it remains"

[Sander042802]

bah... javascript rules bigtime. the bomb is javascript...

Sander Dieleman



Chancellor of the Micronation of Pacary



VP of Operations of Bobbesian Airways



Die hard Pokey the penguin fan



ICQ#104572163 - MSN sanderdieleman@hotmail.com - AIM SanderDieleman

Edited by: Sander042802  at: 6/11/02 11:34:17 am

[Trevon Andarosel]

Yeah, long live JavaScript. JavaScript is cool.



 Only, it's extremely difficult to do an archive program in JavaScript. It doesn't let you allow to grab text from a webpage. Very annoying. I encountered one option so far, but that's limited to IE, and includes a lot of work...

I wanted to build a script that checks regulary who is logged in on a forum, but I failed utterly. I built a connect-4 game, though. And a quiz. Hey, any nation around who wants to buy a quiz?



Trevon.

The storyteller of Ex, Umbagollah


Ilotim ilo arelisin il parduvile arelis te arelisin
The truth is just too true to be true for everyone

[Jason Steffke]

Just as a "heads up" for those of you that don't know, but there are some services in existances already. BGI makes RPG games, scenarios, and mod packs for people. If a service-based economy were to emerge, we'd be happy to join in and offer our already complete products.



I'm sure there are more people out there that already do stuff... so it wouldn't be a matter of creating everything from the ground up, but simply offering a way for massive exchange of these goods among nations.

Jason Steffke

Jas'Set Sel'Eth

Rolen ne sarem lumsom Tymaria!

[Sander042802]

Javascript rules bigtime  what do you mean by "grabbing text from a website" or somethin like that?

Sander Dieleman



Chancellor of the Micronation of Pacary



VP of Operations of Bobbesian Airways



HPi of Pi



Colonel of the PM


Die hard Pokey the penguin fan



ICQ#104572163 - MSN sanderdieleman@hotmail.com - AIM SanderDieleman

[Zhaki the Dolphin]

I am not well versed in the art of Javascripting, so I might be wrong, but ... I think he means this (PERL):



use LWP::Simple; # LWP is libwww-perl, a library for doing... well... WWW stuff in PERL

$document = get ('http://pub114.ezboard.com/fmicronationalnewsnetwork48264frm6.showMessage?topicID=23.topic'); # $document now contains the HTML of this page



Rather simple, isn't it  ?

Edited by: Zhaki the Dolphin at: 6/13/02 7:12:53 am

[Sander042802]

no javascript needed for that. insert an iframe  

Sander Dieleman



Chancellor of the Micronation of Pacary



VP of Operations of Bobbesian Airways



HPi of Pi



Colonel of the PM


Die hard Pokey the penguin fan



ICQ#104572163 - MSN sanderdieleman@hotmail.com - AIM SanderDieleman