http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 4th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 4th 2008 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
And considering what the wages of an average Cuban are, well, forget it, basically.]]>May 3rd 2008 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
NOW THEY CAN PLAY CRYSIS !]]>May 3rd 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 4th 2008 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sarcasm]]>May 4th 2008 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/@Charlie

>http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sarcasm]]>May 6th 2008 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/Please don't make sweeping generalizations.
This is a managed economy controlled by a totalitarian government.

It isn't representative of every managed economy. ]]>May 3rd 2008 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
If it's not opt-in, it's not socialism. Totalitarianism is different, and the losers who run nations like that are just using socialism as a buzz-word.]]>May 3rd 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
One sack to use for a shirt, one sack to use for pants!]]>May 4th 2008 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
Having in consideration that the shortage of power supply is one of the reasons they are moving so slow with unbanning electronic devices it is directly stupid to not release power efficient LCD instead for a slightly few more extra dollars. A dollar that is not wort a shit outside US territory. You know who to blame.]]>May 3rd 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
The difficulty with energy is not in the cost of production, it's in the stability. The power difference between a CRT and an LCD is minimal here, especially since the number of residents able to afford the offered computer is very slim. The difference would barely be a drop in the bucket.

Also, the dollar is worth exactly the same (basically) everywhere in the world. It is currently weak in comparison to other currencies, but it is still worth exactly one dollar.

But you're right on one count: I do know who to blame. I wholeheartedly blame the totalitarian government of Cuba, and the international community that continued to treat that government as legitimate. Good on you Raul, for every little step. Now let's work on the internet.]]>May 3rd 2008 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 4th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
I can say BS.]]>May 3rd 2008 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
Cheaper will definitely not mean cheap, though.

]]>May 3rd 2008 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
Well certainly better than before. A small step is still a step.]]>May 3rd 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/


Please don't kill me, Cuban secret police.]]>May 3rd 2008 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
The Cuban secret police don't have internet, so they won't kill you.]]>May 4th 2008 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/Venezuela is currently working on a suboceanic cable to connect cuba with venezuela so they can be able to have an affordable internet access.
]]>May 3rd 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/Any failure of the cuban economy IS mainly caused by the US, although that doesn't mean it would not have failed on its own if it had gotten the chance.
On the other hand if you aren't capitalist can you ever speak of a 'failed' economy really?
]]>May 3rd 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
The United States promised the Soviet Union that it would not invade Cuba or help anyone overthrow the government there in order to end the Cuban Missile Crisis. Technically, this is Russia's fault if you want to play the blame game.]]>May 3rd 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/I'd say, the blockade only hurts the US and protects Cuba from being flooded by Americans.
The blockade was initially multinational, but every country but the US dropped it decades ago. Nothing is stopping every other country from selling to Cuba. Actually, many western countries do trade with them. If you go to Cuba, you'll find there German and Spanish hotels, European food products (in stores which are too expensive for Cubans). European cars are a plenty, mostly French and quite a lot of Czech Skoda's (German VW owned).
It's nothing but the totalitarian system that is the cause of Cuban misery.

Just to clarify: I have been to Cuba in recent years and I speak Spanish. I have lived under East-European communism. I know what I am writing about first-hand.]]>May 3rd 2008 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/Now Cubans go to America and Smuggle good PCs
while American go to Cuba and Smuggle good Cigars

Thats you economy for you

]]>May 3rd 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/Cubans don't have internet because the government does not want subversive material to get to the hands of the public, pure and simple. The "US Blockade" is just the excuse Fidel and his peeps have been using for the last gazillion years, don't let yourself be fooled, the only real blockade in Cuba is the blockade in your freedom and individuality.]]>May 3rd 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
Good lord, for years and years I hooked my trusty CPM machine up to a modem and BBSed my way, "email", message boards, file transfers, and all!

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But then, we'll want their nation's IT riddled with as many back doors as possible naturally..]]>May 3rd 2008 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/May 3rd 2008 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
As far as I know, US companies are not prohibited from selling stuff to companies / countries even if they know that company / country is going to resell it to Cuba. IMHO.]]>May 3rd 2008 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/cubans-line-up-to-buy-first-legal-pcs/
What's next? Holy Warriors who hate the West using Western technology to attack the West? The sheer hypocrisy of it all!
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