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Kidicious
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Diety of Kidiverse
Mar 2003
time: 21:35
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Originally posted by Solomwi
No, he built his business by digging the ditch himself. When it got big enough to buy another hoe, he hired someone else. By the time I got there, it was a multimillion dollar business and he needed another engineer, so he made me pretty well off, as well. I assure you, I didn't mind being exploited.
Bottom line is that people needed ditches, and he was able to provide them, so he got rich. |
You said he got rich digging ditches, which you now say is not true.
Ah, but I'm too busy giving constructive input to the refugees to be bothered with this now.
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Velociryx
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of Candle'Bre
Apr 1999
time: 05:35
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And Kid....while I realize that in a few years time, our island home will, no doubt, become the A#1 tourist spot for fat cat party elites, what are you doing skulking around the island now? Don't you have Kidatopia to run?
I mean, you're more than welcome to stay, of course, but if you're going to stay, then perhaps you'd be good enough to lend a hand in some way...
-=Vel=-
EDIT: And yes, it is. In less than 24 hours we've reached parity with the Kidatopia development, and will soon be steaming past it.
I'd call that progress...
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:35
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Not everyone will be at the "top" but if given an equal start I would bet that our "poorest" person would be better off than anyone in kidland, after a while. The reason . . . only people that want to work hard and get ahead will want to join. If each of our people is more productive than a Kidland drone, we can surpass Kidland.
On an island with few people and limited resources, we are a microcosm of a free market economy in which labour and resources are both scarce. But labour cannot bid up their wage too much so that it becomes impossible to pay.
Oh and vel, we obviously need both a government and a number of business entities. The government would need to set out the basic rules of the society. Obviously someone needs to get some pay to do all that so it seems only appropriate that there be an auction for some limited resources like housing plots, farmland and the like. I don't know if we will need any taxes or not since I son't know if the government will supply services like water and sanitation. The other option of course is for some entity to agree to provide those services at an annual fee. Maybe I do it and take 2 fish or some eggs a week in return for the use of latrine-- That seems only fair as I would have to be digging new ones from time to time
** obviously the government would have to have laws prohibiting the cutting of banana trees and laws regarding basic sanitation-- you know don't sh** where you live
There is much to work out
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:35
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Some good news and some bad within my research into oceanic islands. LOts of plant life and no predators but water is the biggest problem so my dream of ample water may be hard to realize.
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/edu...oceaniclife.cfm
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• Flightless insects
Island insects risk being blown out to sea by the wind, so many have evolved into flightless forms. The strip-like wings of a fly found on Tristan da Cunha and Gough islands are useless for flight. Similar trends can be seen in the grasshoppers of the Galapagos Islands, and moths on other islands.
• Gigantic Reptiles
Oceanic islands have few reptiles, but those that evolve here become unusually large, perhaps because there is no competition from large mammals for space or food.
The Komodo dragon found only on Komodo Island and a few continental islands in the Sunda group in Indonesia is the world's largest lizard, growing to 2.5m long! The giant tortoises of Aldabra and the Galapagos Islands grow to gigantic sizes.
• Conservation Concern
Island flora and fauna are particularly vulnerable to extinction, and animals brought on to islands by humans can wreak havoc. For example, because island plants have not developed defenses (like spines, thorns or a nasty taste) against large herbivores, they are easily wiped out when people bring in domestic stock like goats. Flightless and ground-nesting birds are defenceless against pet cats and the rats that come off ships.
Humans are affecting island wildlife in other ways. Oceanic islands are favourite holiday destinations and uncontrolled tourism can destroy wildlife habitats, especially along the coasts. Large areas of unique island vegetation have been cleared for pineapple plantations in Hawaii.
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24-08-2004 21:03
ACK!
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