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Comment on I’m not ever touching Swedish money again by Willem de Leeuw

Willem de Leeuw — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:23:11 +0000

It’s not just Sweden where you can do this. Going back many years I rarely carry cash when I’m in the Netherlands or England.

Comment on I’m not ever touching Swedish money again by Richard Tull

Richard Tull — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:44:29 +0000

What are you doing in Sweeden?

Comment on I’m not ever touching Swedish money again by gobanknoteless

gobanknoteless — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:02:26 +0000

I think you rush to judge. Do consider the today’s situation with the proposed one in all its aspects and then compare and choose.

Comment on I’m not ever touching Swedish money again by nobody

nobody — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:23:34 +0000

Good luck with your self imposed jail

Comment on I’m not ever touching Swedish money again by gobanknoteless

gobanknoteless — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:32:46 +0000

Since mobile telephony covers practically every part of the country, it’s not easy to imagine any real difficulty to operate. As for power loss, please be realistic. For how long periods such a loss occurs and how many transactions need to be done this exact period of time? Any way should you read and consider the full proposal at gobanknoteless.wordpress.com you ‘ll see that the benefits are huge and can surely help to overcome any minor drawbacks.

Comment on I’m not ever touching Swedish money again by Guest

Guest — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:04:15 +0000

You’d better have some cash-friendly friends around should municipal power go out for any period of time…
Oh, and don’t plan on doing any hiking in the more remote regions of the country.

Comment on I’m not ever touching Swedish money again by Wednesday links: misleading counselors - Abnormal Returns | Abnormal Returns

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:55:17 +0000

[...] Swedes can get by without touch ing cash these days. (Ultimi Barbarorum) [...]

Comment on I’m not ever touching Swedish money again by gobanknoteless

gobanknoteless — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:38:57 +0000

Hello, and a Happy New Year.
I was delighted reading your post, since I ‘m trying a year now to make my proposal of GOBANKNOTELESS known. I have posted it at wordpress (gobanknoteless.wordpress.com) where you can see that pretty much the same arguments as yours are being set forward. I insist on keeping coins in use due to the easiness they offer in very small transactions plus – mainly – to not have the Church arguing about the church candles (believe me it will be a strong opponent if we move against it).
I ‘d be happy to exchange further details and clarifications

Comment on Contact by Sir Steevus

Sir Steevus — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:24:46 +0000

Baruch, where art thou?

Comment on About by Octavio Milliet

Octavio Milliet — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:27:59 +0000

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Comment on Apple as hegemonic swarm by Puntino

Puntino — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:15:07 +0000

When do you decide to take them off the crack and try to get them to join in?

Comment on Apple as hegemonic swarm by FT Alphaville » C-suites in Motion

FT Alphaville » C-suites in Motion — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:10:08 +0000

[...] link: SchmApple. – Ultimi Barbarorum (2007) Apple as hegemonic swarm – Ultimi Barbarorum [...]

Comment on Apple as hegemonic swarm by Kaleberg

Kaleberg — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:53:28 +0000

This ignores all the little software and add on developers that Apple supports. Sure, they don’t help you if you are some big corporate outfit, but there are tens of thousands of little LLCs, etsy sellers, iPad cover designers and the like who eke out a living in their ecosystem, an ecosystem that Apple created.

What is sad is that a lot of companies could have done this well if they had taken their own products seriously, not pushed for every last dollar and been willing to listen to their own engineers.

Comment on Apple as hegemonic swarm by Space Ghost

Space Ghost — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:01:18 +0000

Apple doesn’t dominate the PC market, they’re actually #3 in terms of sales. HP and Dell both dwarf them, but Apple’s sales are growing. They’re pretty clearly targeting an affluent niche rather than trying for max sales in this particular industry.

Comment on Apple as hegemonic swarm by Kenan

Kenan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:24:48 +0000

I agree with Puntino. I’m not saying that apple is or isn’t a good investment, but I have never owned an apple product in my life. I own a dell laptop that I am happy with; I can use the internet, use excel and do all the work that I need to do, just as efficiently as someone using a mac. In addition I recently renewed a cell phone contract with at&t and bought, what I consider a kick ass samsung touch screen phone for $1 (normally priced around $350). I am 23 years old by the way, and all my friends have smart phones. I just don’t think I need to be constantly connected to internet; I am happy with a phone that I can use to talk to people, text people, take pictures, use as storage, and listen to music with.

As far as the market valuation of aapl goes, if your buying it would seem that your main assumption is that consumers won’t turn into practical cheapskates like me.