Communism is not possible because of dick-headed predators like you, my friend, and others who live the "American Dream" at the expense of the rest of the world (where you think comes the resources to sustain the American standard of living?)... True communism implies real cooperation, something that your sick society is unable to imagine, let alone put into practice.
Many things. For example, in this design nothing prevents me from using a battery with twice the capacity (and thickness) as the format is standardized it easier to find the battery you want and a back cover to accommodate the extra volume. I can put a more advanced camera than would be economically viable to a mass-produced mobile phone, I can put additional devices that do not exist in a common cellphone only specifying that such devices have the same format as one of several device slots. It's like being able to mount your phone as if it were a personal desktop computer.
Imax/3D cinema on Brazil is shit (serious). The exhibitors want to save money so they buy cheaper projectors (and insufficient for the job) and inadequate projection screens (but cheaper), resulting in a blurred and too dark image. So, when I want to watch movies with family I have a dedicated computer connected to a 50-inch LED TV (samsung) and a reasonable 5.1 sound set.
Capitalism worked so far for not being a "pure" capitalism as written in the books, the government has intervened in the worst cases, avoiding more or less well the worst excesses. The problem is that the "economists" (bankers, financiers and other really dangerous criminals) insist on taking this "unwanted intervention," and if this really happen one day... I hope your favorite God have mercy on us.
I know, but as I wrote for others it does not mean that we are forced to swallow such injust things as "normal". It's like lemmings, they all think it's normal to jump off cliffs although it is not healthy to jumping off cliffs
Correct. The problem that I raised in my previous review is when this "pricing" borders on the ridiculous, if you have not noticed. Or if you want in other words: I know very well that the owner can ask a million for a property he spent only a hundred thousand to build... But do you really, really think something like that is... just? I do not think so.
Especially when considering that the "sacred free market" is a lie and this same owner can manipulate things so that you will have no choice but to pay this million not to stay on the streets. Think about it.
The funny part is that I am not a "comrade", boy. But it does not stop me from realizing a wrong thing when I see one. The way of thinking of you humans is too binary (black/white) for my taste.
You are the only idiot here, pal. Only idiots think things like that are "normal". Your culture of "every man for himself and to hell with everyone else" is sick, you know?
Hum... Sorry, I thought my line of reasoning was simple enough to be understood by anyone. Reread as this: If the house costs x, x + 50% is kind of expensive but acceptable. X + 100% already becomes expensive, and X + 200 is ridiculous. Better now?
Your idea is interesting (the micro-apartments) but it would only work if the owner is not a greedy idiot wanting to charge enough to make even this idea infeasible.
Being a normal foreigner, I find it disturbing as you Americans think it's normal to pay 500,000, 800,000, a million for homes that cost 100,000 to be built just because the greedy owner thinks he can charge a million. In a more normal country, this is called extortion. Google to this point have so much money that he could build their own city where he wanted and let these bastards rot waiting for a sucker to pay the price they want.
What I find funny on this is that I see everybody criticizing the performance of the gun (and some in a very arrogant way) but no one noticed that he did this project for the sheer fun of doing it.
I think that the problem is actually the fact of the ISPs (cellphone or fixed) selling a service that they are not able to provide. For example, my mobile operator sells me a 1mbps plan but their structure can only provide me actually 256kbps. The carriers insist on selling what they will never be able to fulfill and that is the problem.
Well said. And I would add that normally advertisers hide the specifications because they want you to buy crap for the price of decent or the only thing they have to sell is junk. As in a normal situation no one would buy the garbage they produce then they have to disguise that fact with propaganda and lack of information.
Depends. As long as the size of your population is less than the number of people that your environment can sustain you will be ok. But at the moment that your population grow more than the capacity of the environment to sustain it, you're screwed (And I find disturbing how every single economist miserably fails to understand this).
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Communism is not possible because of dick-headed predators like you, my friend, and others who live the "American Dream" at the expense of the rest of the world (where you think comes the resources to sustain the American standard of living?)... True communism implies real cooperation, something that your sick society is unable to imagine, let alone put into practice.
"The truth is that phones are so cheap now"
Only on the "first world". Below the Equator (except Australia) cellphones are always a expensive gadget.
Put a black/opaque back cover on your unit, problem solved. Which part of the sentence "modular design" you do not understand?
Many things. For example, in this design nothing prevents me from using a battery with twice the capacity (and thickness) as the format is standardized it easier to find the battery you want and a back cover to accommodate the extra volume. I can put a more advanced camera than would be economically viable to a mass-produced mobile phone, I can put additional devices that do not exist in a common cellphone only specifying that such devices have the same format as one of several device slots. It's like being able to mount your phone as if it were a personal desktop computer.
in Brazil. Google translator is becoming even worse, I left this escape.
Imax/3D cinema on Brazil is shit (serious). The exhibitors want to save money so they buy cheaper projectors (and insufficient for the job) and inadequate projection screens (but cheaper), resulting in a blurred and too dark image. So, when I want to watch movies with family I have a dedicated computer connected to a 50-inch LED TV (samsung) and a reasonable 5.1 sound set.
Engineers and designers are two species doomed to live in eternal conflict :-)
Capitalism worked so far for not being a "pure" capitalism as written in the books, the government has intervened in the worst cases, avoiding more or less well the worst excesses. The problem is that the "economists" (bankers, financiers and other really dangerous criminals) insist on taking this "unwanted intervention," and if this really happen one day ... I hope your favorite God have mercy on us.
I know, but as I wrote for others it does not mean that we are forced to swallow such injust things as "normal". It's like lemmings, they all think it's normal to jump off cliffs although it is not healthy to jumping off cliffs
"(Shrug) Economics describes reality, whether you like it or not."
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ahhh... hehe... hahah... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GOOD ONE! Please stop now,, my belly hurts! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Dude, please... Read about manipulation of markets, cartels, manipulation of stock markets ("bolsa de valores" on my country).
I was talking about the total cost, included ground. Usually I don't need to be so explicit to be understood.
Correct. The problem that I raised in my previous review is when this "pricing" borders on the ridiculous, if you have not noticed. Or if you want in other words: I know very well that the owner can ask a million for a property he spent only a hundred thousand to build... But do you really, really think something like that is... just? I do not think so.
Especially when considering that the "sacred free market" is a lie and this same owner can manipulate things so that you will have no choice but to pay this million not to stay on the streets. Think about it.
The funny part is that I am not a "comrade", boy. But it does not stop me from realizing a wrong thing when I see one. The way of thinking of you humans is too binary (black/white) for my taste.
You are the only idiot here, pal. Only idiots think things like that are "normal". Your culture of "every man for himself and to hell with everyone else" is sick, you know?
Hum... Sorry, I thought my line of reasoning was simple enough to be understood by anyone. Reread as this: If the house costs x, x + 50% is kind of expensive but acceptable. X + 100% already becomes expensive, and X + 200 is ridiculous. Better now?
Your idea is interesting (the micro-apartments) but it would only work if the owner is not a greedy idiot wanting to charge enough to make even this idea infeasible.
Being a normal foreigner, I find it disturbing as you Americans think it's normal to pay 500,000, 800,000, a million for homes that cost 100,000 to be built just because the greedy owner thinks he can charge a million. In a more normal country, this is called extortion. Google to this point have so much money that he could build their own city where he wanted and let these bastards rot waiting for a sucker to pay the price they want.
What I find funny on this is that I see everybody criticizing the performance of the gun (and some in a very arrogant way) but no one noticed that he did this project for the sheer fun of doing it.
Dune :-)
I need one to deal with desktop wars here (and some clients) :-)
I think that the problem is actually the fact of the ISPs (cellphone or fixed) selling a service that they are not able to provide. For example, my mobile operator sells me a 1mbps plan but their structure can only provide me actually 256kbps. The carriers insist on selling what they will never be able to fulfill and that is the problem.
Well said. And I would add that normally advertisers hide the specifications because they want you to buy crap for the price of decent or the only thing they have to sell is junk. As in a normal situation no one would buy the garbage they produce then they have to disguise that fact with propaganda and lack of information.
"Advertisements work on you. Unless you aren't human"
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Depends. As long as the size of your population is less than the number of people that your environment can sustain you will be ok. But at the moment that your population grow more than the capacity of the environment to sustain it, you're screwed (And I find disturbing how every single economist miserably fails to understand this).
This. I would not have said it better