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Re:On paying for software by rootlocus on Sunday June 10, 2018 @11:35AM (#17278581)
You would probably pay for: the replicator, the recipe,the ingredients and the energy used by the replicator. However, Star Trek has a different economy from ours.
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Re:On paying for software by mathgeek on Sunday June 10, 2018 @11:52AM (#17278661)
Star Trek has no economy except for its fictional one. Their economy of fabricators is itself a fabrication. At best, it represents an ideal.
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Re:On paying for software by rootlocus on Sunday June 10, 2018 @12:02PM (#17278711)
Which is why the original argument is pointless.
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