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Economics

One Clean Machine

Jeff Taylor | 4.8.2004 3:20 AM

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Hey, when this filth-skipping DVD player hits the market, I got a few discs that might get smoke pouring out of the thing.

And who would you bet on in a cage match, Hollywood or Wal-Mart? If Wal-Mart wants such a device, chances are they'll sell a billion of the things.

(via Fark)

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Jeff Taylor is a contributing editor at Reason.

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