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Re:The Google Question: Is The Hacker Ethic Compatible With ... by capisce on Sunday March 17, 2013 @08:00AM (#5388938)
The most desperate needs are hunger and thirst, necessary to survive. Doesn't sound like an area were a lot profit can be made though. I'd say the highest potential to turn a profit is from those with the most money to spend frivolously.
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Re:The Google Question: Is The Hacker Ethic Compatible With ... by etherael on Sunday March 17, 2013 @10:59AM (#5389395)
Possibly, but the market amongst people with a lot of money to spend on frivolities is quite saturated, and by nature any entry you make into that market is easily ignored by your target audience.

Contrast it with say an aeroponic backpack which would harvest moisture from the air and cultivate a personal crop of an edible tuber root for aforementioned meeting thirst and hunger needs.

Totally speculative of course, but anything of that magnitude which could be pulled off would be an absolutely wild profit maker and would not be prone to being ignored by the just plain old hungry and thirsty target market.

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Re:The Google Question: Is The Hacker Ethic Compatible With ... by ef4 on Sunday March 17, 2013 @11:24AM (#5389500)
> The most desperate needs are hunger and thirst, necessary to survive. Doesn't sound like an area were a lot profit can be made though.

That's just silly. How do you think Monsanto or McDonalds makes their billions?

And where are companies like those investing the most heavily and seeing the biggest growth in profits? Not here in the rich west.

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