I was just thinking: If we started cloning a specific Cow for all our beef needs, why would we still need other cattle? When the price of the cloned beef drops to a reasonable level compared to "natural" beef, the incentive for the old practice is gone. So...what happens then? Would anyone notice if the natural cow went extinct? Would anyone really care?
Even if we could "grow" perfect steaks without the rest of the animal, somehow the practice will be banned. Yes, I'm looking at you, animal-rights extremists and religious wackos.
Because we had the character to tell the truth and to face the consequences of our actions, we were terminated.
The consequence of their action (illegally downloading software) was to be terminated. Nobody was fired for having the upstanding character to admit doing something wrong. The employees are whining like a criminal who pleads guilty but doesn't want any punishment.
(And does anyone else think that it almost seems like embezzlement?)
"...legitimately explain why having so few real choices in paid TV service/broadband service/land line phone service benefits me..."
The cost of the infrastructure for those things (tele/cable lines) is pretty high, I would assume. If so many companies tried to provide the service, they would all, presumably, need different networks -> more random cables all over the place, including your house.
Psst: I think these businesses are "moderated" by local gov'ts also, because they are legal monopolies on a small scale (or big scale for the national corporations).
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I was just thinking: If we started cloning a specific Cow for all our beef needs, why would we still need other cattle? When the price of the cloned beef drops to a reasonable level compared to "natural" beef, the incentive for the old practice is gone. So...what happens then? Would anyone notice if the natural cow went extinct? Would anyone really care?
Even if we could "grow" perfect steaks without the rest of the animal, somehow the practice will be banned. Yes, I'm looking at you, animal-rights extremists and religious wackos.
"...legitimately explain why having so few real choices in paid TV service/broadband service/land line phone service benefits me..." The cost of the infrastructure for those things (tele/cable lines) is pretty high, I would assume. If so many companies tried to provide the service, they would all, presumably, need different networks -> more random cables all over the place, including your house. Psst: I think these businesses are "moderated" by local gov'ts also, because they are legal monopolies on a small scale (or big scale for the national corporations).