Death Star is surprisingly cheap...

runawayprisoner · February 28th, 2012, 15:16

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/20...weapons-system

LOL.

Great economic refresh. Also tells you just how far we have gone as civilization... despite talks that the economy is having a recession.

In fact, I think it's simply that we are outgrowing the economy.

I'd bet anything that in the future, you could order Death Stars online... like pistols.

Radix865 · February 28th, 2012, 16:24

That might be, but I just think we'll blow ourselves back to the stoneage at some point... Fallout, here we come!

*starts building my own railway rifle*

Hmm, I wonder if they sell railway spikes at the local mall...

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Phil · February 28th, 2012, 16:45

lol. This is cool because I just re-watched Star Wars again a few days ago. We need to start work to make that weapons station FULLY operational.......and for the love of good, put a door on the reactor shield and make sure your deflector shield does not get compromised by a couple of teddy bears.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · February 29th, 2012, 13:15

Last time I checked one didn't need to get Aircraft carriers out into space so add another Qaudrazillionbajillion to the price for all the rockets and their fuel.

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Kaizen · February 29th, 2012, 14:16

Load of crap.

When the gdp increases, it doesn't actually increase at all. The numbers are just inflated but the macros are worse.
In this real world, gdp decreases as the numbers go up.

The wages people earn today are a lot less than the average in 1950 if you adjust for inflation and cost price indexing. In whatever years they claim the gdp is above 20,000 times, the cost of steel would be more than 20,000 times more.
Todays quadragigataxmasterajillion price estimate doesn't apply after in the future.

Smilley · February 29th, 2012, 14:41

Naturally it's BS. Not only would you need to build a Death Star, you'd need to power its internal systems (life support, ventillation, lights, computers, ...) and weapon systems (both the planet destroyer and the point-defense turrets), you'd need for it to have a self-sustaining ecosphere so you don't need to stock up on vast quantities of food, water and air, and, last but not least, you'd need to propell it. Just the fuel to move it from one system to another would cost a fortune.
But that's all part of standard suspension of disbelief.

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February 28th, 2012, 15:16	#1
runawayprisoner Level 9998 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Java Posts: 9,377	Death Star is surprisingly cheap... http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/20...weapons-system LOL. Great economic refresh. Also tells you just how far we have gone as civilization... despite talks that the economy is having a recession. In fact, I think it's simply that we are outgrowing the economy. I'd bet anything that in the future, you could order Death Stars online... like pistols.

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Smilley Hopeless Optimist Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Austria Posts: 3,013	Naturally it's BS. Not only would you need to build a Death Star, you'd need to power its internal systems (life support, ventillation, lights, computers, ...) and weapon systems (both the planet destroyer and the point-defense turrets), you'd need for it to have a self-sustaining ecosphere so you don't need to stock up on vast quantities of food, water and air, and, last but not least, you'd need to propell it. Just the fuel to move it from one system to another would cost a fortune. But that's all part of standard suspension of disbelief. __________________ No$GBA Quick FAQ: Spoiler: Q1: Savegame doesn't load. A: Set correct save type. Look here, divide by 8! Q2: "Cannot Read Data" error A: See above! Q3: Snapshots? A: Only work for GBA games. Q4: NDS linking, NDS with GBA slot, Picto-Chat, trading, ... A: Not yet available. Q5: When do we get a new version? A: We don't know. Martin won't tell. Q6: Donation down? A: Yes, and we can't do anything about it either. Q7: Game stops without appearent cause. A: Turn the Sound option on. Q8: No$Zoomer problems. A: See here! Q9: What do I need for Pokémon HG/SS? A: This.

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February 28th, 2012, 16:24	#2
Radix865 ~sta~are~ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Finland, now further below the arctic circle. Posts: 5,631	That might be, but I just think we'll blow ourselves back to the stoneage at some point... Fallout, here we come! starts building my own railway rifle Hmm, I wonder if they sell railway spikes at the local mall... __________________

February 28th, 2012, 16:45	#3
Phil 339.9 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 14,777	lol. This is cool because I just re-watched Star Wars again a few days ago. We need to start work to make that weapons station FULLY operational.......and for the love of good, put a door on the reactor shield and make sure your deflector shield does not get compromised by a couple of teddy bears. __________________ Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others

February 29th, 2012, 13:15	#4
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,428	Last time I checked one didn't need to get Aircraft carriers out into space so add another Qaudrazillionbajillion to the price for all the rockets and their fuel. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

February 29th, 2012, 14:16	#5
Kaizen John Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 5,525	Load of crap. When the gdp increases, it doesn't actually increase at all. The numbers are just inflated but the macros are worse. In this real world, gdp decreases as the numbers go up. The wages people earn today are a lot less than the average in 1950 if you adjust for inflation and cost price indexing. In whatever years they claim the gdp is above 20,000 times, the cost of steel would be more than 20,000 times more. Todays quadragigataxmasterajillion price estimate doesn't apply after in the future.