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10/1/2013 7:05:50 PMUSrankQuantum_Menace before revert after revert
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1 Well, you know the broken window fallacy-- "inefficiency creates jobs". Jobs that don't contribute anything necessary and could be put to good use elsewhere, but if you can force taxpayers or consumers to subsidize them, who cares? 1 Well, you know the broken window fallacy- "inefficiency creates jobs". Jobs that don't contribute anything necessary and could be put to good use elsewhere, but if you can force taxpayers or consumers to subsidize them, who cares?
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3 Other than those pesky taxpayers and consumers that is. 3 Other than those pesky taxpayers and consumers that is.
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5 It appears worst in computer tech because the processing power keeps growing exponentially. That doesn't justify the requirements of new software that doesn't use all that power (or worse, uses it but doesn't actually need to). It also makes it much worse when computers can't be upgraded. 5 It appears worst in computer tech because the processing power keeps growing exponentially. That doesn't justify the requirements of new software that doesn't use all that power (or worse, uses it but doesn't actually need to). It also makes it much worse when computers can't be upgraded.
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7 I wonder if this is part of why Apple likes to cram all its hardware into a fused-together, un-upgradable package that can't be fixed personally (and is usually replaced by Apple rather than fixed at all). I think of it as the "iPod mentality". 7 I wonder if this is part of why Apple likes to cram all its hardware into a fused-together, un-upgradable package that can't be fixed personally (and is usually replaced by Apple rather than fixed at all). I think of it as the "iPod mentality".