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A comment on The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978). Parent comment

Re:The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978) by jmcqk6 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @11:31AM (#25594116)
Why are Stradivarius violins held in such high regard?

The presence of natural resources is not the same as having the craftmanship able to best utilize them.

And when scarcity of resources are not a problem, craftsmanship becomes even more important to people.

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Re:The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978) by thanatos519 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @11:50AM (#25594308)
Precise instructions of exquisite violin construction followed by acoustic parameters of concert halls and then hq multichannel recordings of said instruments played in set halls would indeed be an effective use of bandwidth
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Re:The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978) by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:41PM (#25595619)
An impulse response would be significantly more effective.
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