magic formula

2007-09-24 Thread jon louis mann
>>Let me get this straight. You claim that there are revolutionary >> inventions, that would allow us to economically obtain energy from, >> say, solar power, and they are well documented. Yet, none of the >> solar sites references the clearly established documentation for this >> inven

Re: magic formula

2007-09-24 Thread William T Goodall
On 25 Sep 2007, at 00:36, Nick Arnett wrote: > On 9/24/07, jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> not sure waht you mean about-- >> -- a feedback-based market can't self-regulate >> goods and services that violate the law of diminishing >> returns, a/k/a network effects. > > > For most

Re: magic formula

2007-09-24 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/24/07, jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > not sure waht you mean about-- > -- a feedback-based market can't self-regulate > goods and services that violate the law of diminishing > returns, a/k/a network effects. For most products, the more you sell, the lower the marginal value

Re: magic formula

2007-09-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Kevin B. O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 9:14 AM Subject: Re: magic formula > On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 08:15 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: >> - Original Mes

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2007-09-24 Thread jon louis mann
The problems I see with Microsoft have nothing to do with the sort of behavior you allege. They really are problems with capitalism itself Nick thanks for that analysis, nick. i am not a techi, but i understood the gist. all i know about bill gates is what i have heard, mostly negative.

Re: magic formula

2007-09-24 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/21/07, jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > i assume you are a capitalist? if you ran a highly profitable business > that you had invested all your borrowed capital in, and had to retool > because someone had a better way, would you quietly go bankrupt if > there was a way you co

Re: magic formula

2007-09-24 Thread Kevin B. O'Brien
On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 08:15 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 6:18 AM > Subject: RE: magic formula > > > > My belief is that in

Re: magic formula

2007-09-23 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 6:18 AM Subject: RE: magic formula > My belief is that in the last generation, large US capitalistic > organizations have favored more feudalistic governa

RE: magic formula

2007-09-23 Thread Robert J. Chassell
I suppose you'd say I have a small business with one employee (me). So, I guess I'm a capitalist. Dan Minettte is not a large-scale, monopoly or oligopoly capitalist like Microsoft, Toyota, or the national oil company in Saudi Arabia. (As far as I know oligopolies are more common than mon

RE: magic formula

2007-09-21 Thread Dan Minettte
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jon louis mann > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:02 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: magic formula > >> Let me get this straight. You claim that there are

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2007-09-21 Thread jon louis mann
Let me get this straight. You claim that there are revolutionary inventions, that would allow us to economically obtain energy from, say, solar power, and they are well documented. Yet, none of the solar sites references the clearly established documentation for this invention...even though it is

RE: magic formula

2007-09-20 Thread Dan Minettte
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of jon louis mann > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:37 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: magic formula > > Could you give me some example patents of revolutionary

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2007-09-20 Thread jon louis mann
Could you give me some example patents of revolutionary inventions that were bought up and buried? Dan M. good grief dan, i don;t have time for that! it should be self-evident, anyway. why do you think the world is still dependant on oil? if you are going to put me through that, you win!-) jon

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2007-09-20 Thread Dan Minettte
> > Ah, the magic of cinema. :-) You do know that movie is based on a > magical view of chemistry, right? > > of course. but i do not doubt that corporate industry has impeded > progress in research and develop of more competitive products, or > bought the rights. Could you give me some exampl