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Comment Re:They said that about cell phones (Score 5, Insightful) 386

Yeah, but the time limit is 20 years. It's not the OMGWTF time limit on copyrights in the U.S. (life of the creator plus 70 years, or 120 years for corporate copyright), but it's long enough to get some money out of it.

I mean, think about it. 20 years ago, cell phones were fairly large things that could really only make/receive phone calls. Now look at what they can do.

So, yeah, right now, you can't do much with Google Glass or a driverless car. But where will we be in terms of those things in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?

Comment Re:Cheaper (Score 1) 349

Because more than one airline is doing the A to C route. If airline company #1 is charging $200 for a trip from A to C, but company #2 is charging $180 for the same service, and the quality isn't that different, more people will go with company #2.

Company #1 then responds by lowering their price for the A to C route to $175. Or to $160. Whatever they can afford to set it to and still make a profit.

Comment Re:What the fuck (Score 1) 221

In most cases, theaters make very little money off of the ticket price, regardless of what movie is showing. I mean, think about it... the price of a ticket is the same at a theater regardless of whether you're watching "The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies" or "Horrible Bosses 2".

The real money the theaters make is off of concessions. Soda is about a 600% markup, popcorn is 800%.

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