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Siplus:

quote: Sure you get to have a laptop and what not, but whats the point if you don't have time to use it.  
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uh, i'm on my laptop right now--what do you mean i don't have time to use it  :confused:  

in case you people are unaware, you don't have to work 23 hours a day. i'm not quite sure how much my parents work, but it's probibly somewhere around 8 (i get about 10 hours a week, but i'm only in hs w/ a sucky part time job...)

 
quote: Once again we see that if the motive is the task itself we get a better result than when the motive is money.
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no, actually, this is the first one i've seen. but i don't like macs, so it doesn't really do anything for me. i'm sure that there are many senerios where when "the motive is the task" will produce a better product, but when "the motive is money" there is much encentive (i'm not saying that is good, or bad)

Kintaro:
How much pay does stallman get, NONE.

Steve Jobs is a nice guy, i'll have to have a beer and a chat with him one day.

And then theres torvalds, he does things for the hope of World Domination. But that doesnt bother me!

billy_gates:
Actually I've heard that Steve is a real ass hole, in terms of his personal life. but that doesn't matter.  I also agree that money is a huge incentive for anything.  But it can be a problem, if for instance the amount of money is based on the speed of creation, then u will get crap.  However, if the amoung of money is based on hours or quality of prodcut then u get good results.  Also most people don't work all ends of their lives, and some things you use on your way to and from work.  Like a nice car, a nice stereo, an iPod or other MP3 player, cell phone, etc, etc.  So even in daily tasks you have extras that aren't required that make your life better because you spice up your drive, etc ,etc.

zoolooo:
Name one useful invention/development that originated through the pure pursuit of profit.

All great inovations were done because the person was inclined/compelled to do it.  Money and profit is never a factor beyond funds to continue the work.

Those who make the profit are those who steal the ideas of others.

zooloo

Calum:
you idiotic capitalists (a few posts up the page) who think that people who have too much money do not harm you should really think again.

what is it keeps your capitalist economy on the go? public spending! yes that's right kids, now you see that the more saving that is going on, the less spending there is, yes? now you can see that the richer one person is, the more saving that person will do (unless they are addicted to spending in which case they won't be stupidly rich for long).

The way that the economy is trying to deal with this is by putting most people who are not rich into permanent debt. you know that 75% of people in western countries are actually in debt? ridiculous.

so the richer the rich are, the faster the economy goes down the shitter. why do you think the US economy is so far in debt? capitalism, that's why.

i agree with X11, we need to cap income. above a certain rate i think that 100% should go to the state, this way it would give people an incentive to stop earning far too fucking much, and we would all be better off.

[ March 24, 2003: Message edited by: Calum: crusader for justice & peace ]

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