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Are Tablets Just Too Expensive?
An anonymous reader writes "Over at PCWorld they're asking a simple but valid question: Are tablets just too expensive? They point out that, weight-for-weight, pure silver is cheaper than most tablets, and that, like jewelery, tablets are highly thievable. The worst thing might be that the nascent tablet platform gets written-off as a high-priced niche for people with more money than sense."
Last time I tested my brick of silver could not connect to the 802.11 network that we have here, until they do I find the tablet much more useful.
wrong disaster, you need the werewolf apocalypse to have any use for your brick of solid silver
People, what a bunch of bastards
My AAPL stock is up like 40 fold in the last 20 years. So yeah, I'll go with Steve Jobs' vision instead of yours, if it's all the same to you, Nostradamus.
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I am not sure if that is a car analogy or not.
Fiats are indeed rare in the US, but not too rare, and easy to identify by their cheap-yet-econmical styling.
Who's this "we" that you speak of. Fiat currency is as rare as some asshole with ulterior motives decides it should be. I'm not trying to imply that gold is the solution, ...
Having owned a few Fiats, I think a Fiat backed currency is a terrible idea. The damn things just don't last. And convertibility? Hah! It's all one way. You spend currency to buy one, lots more to keep it running, and then you can never get squat for it if you want to sell it. Gold is a much better choice.
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