The free market made AM stereo the great success it is today. And US cell phone service is one of the greatest acts of piracy and fraud in recent times, making people pay to receive calls, amazing! The bearded lady still sells tickets. You know, the cell phone companies wrote the rules in the US. They should have gotten their own area codes for starters, so the land lines wouldn't get crowded out of available numbers so quickly. It drove me mad to have my area code changed three times over the years to accommodate the bastards.
You would be much happier in the laissez faire paradise of Somalia. You know, in case you are interested in the present, where we live, well, maybe not you:-)
And when a particular service-provider disappoints me, I want to be able to switch to a competing one in a matter of hours...
Doesn't happen that way, the protected monopoly does not allow you a choice. So, first off you have to ban exclusive franchises. And then you might have to weasel out of the contract you signed with the service. Rights to access are paramount. Only a public utility can provide that.
Hey, if you don't want to pay for infrastructure maintenance, don't blame the crooks your reelect to steal the money for themselves. It's time to cut the government loose from the corporate politburo that owns it.
Happens just before every presidential election. Staged events to be sure, to steer the election one way or another... but the mere possibility of an upset makes everybody a bit jittery for a short while.
Looking at the pictures, it appears that most of the Earth is inhospitable for humans and not overrun by them at all. We're still picking low hanging fruit (and have only dug about 5 miles deep) when it comes to the abundance the planet has to offer. All the water we use is less than 1% of what is available and about 11% of the total land surface is used for agriculture.
This is why we have to turn them into public utilities and abolish all exclusive franchising. They only get away with this because they are a protected monopoly.
And there's some new cell phone out, can't remember the name... I was just reading about it too... Ah well.. doesn't matter, I sure remembered the price, and it's way outta my league, guess I'll have to make do with whatever throwaway comes out of Santa's sweatshop.
There is no reason for "ethics" to cost extra. None. It is a complete fraud.
Yeah, I'll allow the Scientology exception, for now. But somebody like Dice has the money to fight it, not bloody likely they ever would, it's biting the hand that feeds.
With comments, you can always post a 'correction'.
Yes, it's the pricing structure, using "ethical", that is the scam. They do the same thing with organically farmed foods. We shouldn't let people charge extra for being "ethical". We need to take the undue profits out of unethical. The burden of incentive rests on the buyer.
Well, instead of accepting their numbers, let's just demand that the big boys act ethically and keep the costs down. Fairphone will always be a niche market for rich boys to buy themselves some absolution. Meanwhile poor people have to keep buying conflict diamonds, I mean phones, because that's all they can afford.
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The free market made AM stereo the great success it is today. And US cell phone service is one of the greatest acts of piracy and fraud in recent times, making people pay to receive calls, amazing! The bearded lady still sells tickets. You know, the cell phone companies wrote the rules in the US. They should have gotten their own area codes for starters, so the land lines wouldn't get crowded out of available numbers so quickly. It drove me mad to have my area code changed three times over the years to accommodate the bastards.
You would be much happier in the laissez faire paradise of Somalia. You know, in case you are interested in the present, where we live, well, maybe not you :-)
...the same way that my city made it illegal to have wells and septic systems when they decided to run water and sewers to homes...
Sounds like those politicians need to be voted out. Otherwise, who's gonna listen?
I repeat, do not treat a private service as a public square. That's a horrible idea.
And when a particular service-provider disappoints me, I want to be able to switch to a competing one in a matter of hours...
Doesn't happen that way, the protected monopoly does not allow you a choice. So, first off you have to ban exclusive franchises. And then you might have to weasel out of the contract you signed with the service. Rights to access are paramount. Only a public utility can provide that.
In California! Of course! So is Russia's and China's.
Hey, if you don't want to pay for infrastructure maintenance, don't blame the crooks your reelect to steal the money for themselves. It's time to cut the government loose from the corporate politburo that owns it.
And keep on trollin' brutha! You the man!
As long as reelection rates remain at 98%, I will assume the voters approve..
Happens just before every presidential election. Staged events to be sure, to steer the election one way or another... but the mere possibility of an upset makes everybody a bit jittery for a short while.
Looking at the pictures, it appears that most of the Earth is inhospitable for humans and not overrun by them at all. We're still picking low hanging fruit (and have only dug about 5 miles deep) when it comes to the abundance the planet has to offer. All the water we use is less than 1% of what is available and about 11% of the total land surface is used for agriculture.
100% scaremongering without any rationale whatsoever
Apparently you've never done any fund raising...
The present growth rate permits us about 400 years...
It's much better to invest in telecom, or maybe it was a few years ago. This bubble has, at best, nine months left in it. Bargain hunters get ready!
Nope, the regs are designed to keep the competition out. And so are the very contracts that grant exclusivity. You got it completely backwards.
Like everything else, as good as we want it to be.
This is why we have to turn them into public utilities and abolish all exclusive franchising. They only get away with this because they are a protected monopoly.
Go shop at an organic foods store.
And there's some new cell phone out, can't remember the name... I was just reading about it too... Ah well.. doesn't matter, I sure remembered the price, and it's way outta my league, guess I'll have to make do with whatever throwaway comes out of Santa's sweatshop.
There is no reason for "ethics" to cost extra. None. It is a complete fraud.
Well, there ya go! If you had voted republican, none of this would've happened.
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Whoops! Will Slashdot have to take that down, like some Scientology thing?
Yeah, I'll allow the Scientology exception, for now. But somebody like Dice has the money to fight it, not bloody likely they ever would, it's biting the hand that feeds.
With comments, you can always post a 'correction'.
Yes, it's the pricing structure, using "ethical", that is the scam. They do the same thing with organically farmed foods. We shouldn't let people charge extra for being "ethical". We need to take the undue profits out of unethical. The burden of incentive rests on the buyer.
Well, instead of accepting their numbers, let's just demand that the big boys act ethically and keep the costs down. Fairphone will always be a niche market for rich boys to buy themselves some absolution. Meanwhile poor people have to keep buying conflict diamonds, I mean phones, because that's all they can afford.