Excelent summary! Maybe the last precondition you're looking for is:
"Every producer and buyer know the trading and market rules. They must know the general conditions of how the market works."
I had to translate it... And my english isn't perfect.
We had a discussion (my classmates and me) and the result of it was that there can't be a free market. Every company will try to improve their product and lower their costs, so the one who does it first breaks with the free market. They'll try to take advantage of every chance they have. Not even petrol or gas markets are free: every company have different technologies to get a better product. As petrol is something you take from the earth, the location matters. Also, as it's limited you can't enter and leave freely.
There are even natural monopolies: "when a single company is able to provide a product cheaper than a group". That happens when the Demand curve cuts the Middle Costs curve in it's descending section.
Maybe solar/wind power energy is a free market, but it depends on the companies who sell the generators.
...You could sell them cellphones too! Think about it! You'll be getting a lot of profit from them, and you're getting rid of them in the long term!
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Now the Vatican is going to forbid cellphones.
Sperm are sensitive to temprature. Too high and they kick off.
Wait... How do people who live in hot places reproduce? By mitotical process?
Temperature can be one of the answers. It's known that professional drivers have problems with sperm... It's also known that people who use +4 hours their cellphones travell a lot and most of them are stressed to. I think it's not only the cellphone, but a combination of problems that degrade the sperm quality.
As Monkey said:
Silly? Of course.
Unnecessary? Definitely.
Madness? Possibly, but unlikely...
Impractical? No kidding.
Anyways, it plays "Singing in the Rain" as the first song when you power/open your umbrella.
You can find EVERYTHING on Buenos Aires, from rich people to the most poor human being. The problem here are not the resources but the administration. I travelled a lot in my country (Argentina), and you can tell this things:
-The south part of the country is very wealthy, with a lot of money and has a lot of resources.
-The center part of the country: you can find middle class and wealthy people.
-The north: poor peolpe (who work in almost-slavery conditions and earn less than what they need) and rich people, who are in the goverment.
One of the problems seems to be that our pliticians have been the same for 50 years, and corruption is something common, mostly in the north.
I live in the capital city, Buenos Aires, and you can find:
-A district called "Puerto Madero", a very modern, full of turist, zone. It has a lot of casinos, hotels and restaurants. Apart from that, it's full of private yachts.
-Not very far it's located my district, "Flores", in which people are mostly middle class.
-Closer than my district to Puerto Madero, there's the "Villa 31", a very poor zone.
I want to add something you said to that(I don't know about him but I'm not from US so be a little more creative about me and I'm sick of people that keeps stereotyping the different nationalities).
Well, I'm sick of people that keeps stereotyping the different nationalities too, but I'm playing the same 'game' than everybody does here. It seems that if you don't play it you're out.
Well, I live in Argentina, so I can tell you what the situation is like here. There are people with a lot of money, that own towns or entire provinces (most of those ppl are in the goverment, that's obvious), people with a normal economic situation, who can buy a house or two, have a computer (or 3, as I do) and a car, and there are poor people.
That plan is going to work, not for all the children, but for a small quantity. I think that plan is going to work, partially, but it is going to work.
My guess is that for 99% of the children in these countries, the laptops will be totally useless, because what those kids really need is food, a clean source of water, and (especially for the girls) a chance to go to school and become literate. On the other hand, it's possible that 1% of them will really be helped, and among that 1% might be some of the future Bachs and Einsteins of the world.
Just because we're outside the US doesn't mean we aren't enough intelligent to operate a computer.
Well, they have food, a clean source of water, a chance to go to school, they only need a teacher.
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That's true, but there's feedback also. Engineering calls for innovation and that may require research. A virtuous cycle.
What about this?
Are you sure you can assert that?
That's what Bill said.
Oh, you know... That's what she said.
Which design would you like? Cambodian, Egypcian or Mayan?
We always knew we were the overlords of this planet. I should have a pyramid too!
I also do. If I want to listen to some music I use a CD or DVD Player, my computer DVD unit is always in use for something else.
I still use the command line...
Excelent summary! Maybe the last precondition you're looking for is:
"Every producer and buyer know the trading and market rules. They must know the general conditions of how the market works."
I had to translate it... And my english isn't perfect.
We had a discussion (my classmates and me) and the result of it was that there can't be a free market. Every company will try to improve their product and lower their costs, so the one who does it first breaks with the free market. They'll try to take advantage of every chance they have. Not even petrol or gas markets are free: every company have different technologies to get a better product. As petrol is something you take from the earth, the location matters. Also, as it's limited you can't enter and leave freely.
There are even natural monopolies: "when a single company is able to provide a product cheaper than a group". That happens when the Demand curve cuts the Middle Costs curve in it's descending section.
Maybe solar/wind power energy is a free market, but it depends on the companies who sell the generators.
...You could sell them cellphones too! Think about it! You'll be getting a lot of profit from them, and you're getting rid of them in the long term!
--
Now the Vatican is going to forbid cellphones.
Wait... How do people who live in hot places reproduce? By mitotical process?
Temperature can be one of the answers. It's known that professional drivers have problems with sperm... It's also known that people who use +4 hours their cellphones travell a lot and most of them are stressed to. I think it's not only the cellphone, but a combination of problems that degrade the sperm quality.
As Monkey said: Silly? Of course. Unnecessary? Definitely. Madness? Possibly, but unlikely... Impractical? No kidding. Anyways, it plays "Singing in the Rain" as the first song when you power/open your umbrella.
I live in the capital city, Buenos Aires, and you can find:
-A district called "Puerto Madero", a very modern, full of turist, zone. It has a lot of casinos, hotels and restaurants. Apart from that, it's full of private yachts. -Not very far it's located my district, "Flores", in which people are mostly middle class. -Closer than my district to Puerto Madero, there's the "Villa 31", a very poor zone.
Well, I'm sick of people that keeps stereotyping the different nationalities too, but I'm playing the same 'game' than everybody does here. It seems that if you don't play it you're out.
Just because we're outside the US doesn't mean we aren't enough intelligent to operate a computer. Well, they have food, a clean source of water, a chance to go to school, they only need a teacher.