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alcaray — 7/31/2003 6:39:01 PM (archived)

A patch of dirt (or hydroponics material) must be sacrificed for a period of time to make a tomato. How will this cease to be the case?

If you want to postulate ST replicators, and further postulate that they don't cost anything to create or run, I'll jump right on your bandwagon.

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Star Trek and technological abundance - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 6:45:53 PM
- re: The Glorious [Industrial] Revolution - Mary Anne - 7/30/2003 4:09:35 AM
  - Distressing excerpts, MA...thanks again for your insights (n/t) - McFly - 8/1/2003 6:34:51 PM
  - re: The Industrial Revolution - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2003 8:14:00 AM
- re: Star Trek and technological abundance - Robert - 7/29/2003 9:56:05 PM
  - The costs never approach zero - alcaray - 7/29/2003 10:53:55 PM
    - Sure they can - Robert - 7/29/2003 11:39:08 PM
      - Godbots and replicators - SDG - 7/31/2003 7:08:56 PM
        
        re: Godbots and replicators - Robert - 8/1/2003 12:39:39 AM
      - Human labor is not the only cost, and robots cost money anyway (n/t) - alcaray - 7/30/2003 4:33:17 PM
        
        Apply some imagination - Robert - 7/31/2003 12:23:33 AM
        
        Sorry, I'm not following you - alcaray - 7/31/2003 6:39:01 PM
        
        Replicators and robots - Robert - 8/1/2003 12:58:32 AM
        
        Perfect Societies - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/31/2003 1:32:48 AM
        
        re: Perfect Societies - Robert - 7/31/2003 5:21:30 AM
        
        Every now and then... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/31/2003 9:01:56 AM
      - re: Sure they can - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2003 6:32:53 AM
  - re: Star Trek and technological abundance - Marcia - 7/29/2003 10:20:00 PM
    - Ferengi and ethno-religious stereotypes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2003 11:42:37 PM
      - I think you're reaching a bit... - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2003 7:14:12 AM
        
        re: I think you're reaching a bit... - Marcia - 7/30/2003 8:57:00 PM
        
        re: I think you're reaching a bit... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/30/2003 9:29:52 PM
        
        re: Reaching. - Marcia - 7/30/2003 10:43:24 PM
        
        re: I think you're reaching a bit... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/30/2003 8:44:36 PM
      - re: Ferengi and ethno-religious stereotypes. - Robert - 7/30/2003 2:01:10 AM
        
        re: Ferengi and ethno-religious stereotypes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/30/2003 8:00:45 PM
    - The impact of productivity on the value of labor - Robert - 7/29/2003 11:34:37 PM
      - re: The impact of productivity on the value of labor - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2003 8:22:30 AM
        
        Going astray - Robert - 7/30/2003 3:31:35 PM
        
        re: Going astray - Marcia - 7/30/2003 10:23:03 PM
        
        Going seriously astray - Robert - 7/30/2003 11:45:30 PM
        
        Well, if this sort of thing bothers you, you better skip this one. - Tom Brosz - 7/31/2003 8:40:32 AM
        
        Circling the wagons - Robert - 7/31/2003 5:04:48 PM
        
        re: Circling the wagons - Tom Brosz - 8/15/2003 10:07:14 PM
        
        re: Marxism - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/16/2003 7:24:50 AM
        
        re: Not at all. - Marcia - 7/31/2003 1:10:53 AM
        
        re: Not at all. - Robert - 7/31/2003 4:33:21 PM
        
        re: Ignore that last paragraph. T'was an extra cut-n-paste. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/31/2003 1:16:41 AM

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