[discostu]

McDonald's could do it, nationally they employ a lot more than 20,000 people, most earning minimum wage. Actually when you compare it to things like The Empire State Building, The World Trade Center, and even the transcontinental railroad, Giza looses some of it's luster, those were all built at astronomical rates with fewer people. And the technology really isn't what allowed these things to go up so fast (when you get right down to it building is still building and technology hasn't altered what's done very much, it's altered the materials used a lot, but not how you move them around and put them together), they were built fast because people sat down and figured out the logistical problems and came up with truly innovative solutions that allowed maximum efficiency. Using modern techniques I think we could do it in 5 or 6 years using only a couple thousand total workers.

[RightWhale]

McDonald's could do it

Absolutely. Except not many customers would drop by Giza to pick up a bacon cheeseburger, so Mickey might have a cashflow problem.

[Rodney King]

Man, lay off the wizard. If it wasn't for guys like him, it would be a lot more difficult to explain rational and logical thought. Just as you can't explain good without bad, you can't explain logic and science without the extreme wackiness and non-linear thought of guys like the Wizard.