As a developer who has build shopping systems on the internet, I think Amazon is using the U.S. government as a tool to eliminate competition. Can I go out and start a store and say I invented how you check-out at a super market, or pay for tickets at a movie, or wait in line at your local town fair? I think we seriously need to take notice to this issue because it affect the the whole idea of a "free market" on the internet. Amazon clearly did this knowing it could sue the crapload out of anyone who decided to open up shop on the internet. Skott
Capitalists love things that are disopsable. Remember the advent of disposable razors? It only took a very short period of time before people started cutting their feet on them as the washed up on the beaches and shores. Disposable means more profit potential for those people making chips. If a computer chip is as inexpensive to make as a potato chip, they can still charge you more for something that will eventually fall apart. I've been running dos on an an old AT machine in my basement for years. It still works like a charm. Ah, heck, we're all disposable computers anyway, right?:)
I agree with you totally. We throw away so many things that could be recycled and put to good use. The technology behind throw-away chips could bring us closer to other more influential technology (other than bringing us closer to needing more room in landfills for computer chips).:) Skott
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As a developer who has build shopping systems on the internet, I think Amazon is using the U.S. government as a tool to eliminate competition. Can I go out and start a store and say I invented how you check-out at a super market, or pay for tickets at a movie, or wait in line at your local town fair? I think we seriously need to take notice to this issue because it affect the the whole idea of a "free market" on the internet. Amazon clearly did this knowing it could sue the crapload out of anyone who decided to open up shop on the internet. Skott
Does anyone remember the movie "Running Man"? I guess reality is finally catching up with us. Skott
Capitalists love things that are disopsable. Remember the advent of disposable razors? It only took a very short period of time before people started cutting their feet on them as the washed up on the beaches and shores. Disposable means more profit potential for those people making chips. If a computer chip is as inexpensive to make as a potato chip, they can still charge you more for something that will eventually fall apart. I've been running dos on an an old AT machine in my basement for years. It still works like a charm. Ah, heck, we're all disposable computers anyway, right? :)
I agree with you totally. We throw away so many things that could be recycled and put to good use. The technology behind throw-away chips could bring us closer to other more influential technology (other than bringing us closer to needing more room in landfills for computer chips). :) Skott