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Building two is hardly twice the cost. The design and development work has surely got to be more costly than fabrication, assembly and installation. Not that t
by MiguelHudnandez 14y ago
Building two is hardly twice the cost. The design and development work has surely got to be more costly than fabrication, assembly and installation.
Not that this nit-pick changes the nature of the discussion.
- excuse-me 14y agoThat's the point of the joke. In the real world you can build two bits of identical high tech equipment for little more than the cost of one - in military procurement the normal rational rules of supply and demand don't apply
- bradleyland 14y ago1) My comment wasn't meant as a serious critique of the situation 2) Econ isn't my forte anyway C) You have my permission to stop being pedantic and laugh D) I switched from numbers to letters, lest anyone develop the impression I am at all serious :) When you make bullet lists like this, you can throw in a smiley emoticon and it will confuse at least a handful of people 6) Hope this made your Monday a little brighter :)
- olliesaunders 14y agoPure class. I love this guy.