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This is sort of an off topic personal rant but one of the things that most annoys me is when I'm at the supermarket and see someone holding the door of the freezer wide open standing there trying to make up their minds which frozen food to purchase. Upon occasion I have asked these people if they have difficulty seeing through the glass door. Invariably I am given a blank or hostile stare.
Of course the fact that they hold the door open causes condensation to build up on the door making it impossible to see through it so the next person comes along and opens it so they can see what is in the cooler.
Maybe there should be timers installed on the doors and you have an energy waste cost added to your frozen item price at the checkout if you keep the door open for more than 10 seconds per item. Maybe some combination of Smart Dust and RFID technology could be used to keep track. No, I'm not serious.
Perhaps that functionality can be added to the new "DataBar" system:
New York Times, June 6, 2009, "The Bar Code Is Taking a Leap Forward"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/business/07novel.html
-- Philip B. / Washington, DC
Kiashu and Thatsit-- You are making a serious error of equating secondary goods with primary goods. If you have a shiny new house (a primary good) you experience that as higher living standard. If you have had to provide a new supply for your electric sockets you don't look out the window at the big generators (secondary goods) and experience a higher standard of living thereby. Indeed you might even be annoyed by the degraded view.