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Comment Re: Bad ideas that just won't go away (Score 4, Insightful) 148

The computing interfaces on Star Trek were designed to work well for the audience watching them, which meant they had to make clear the information they needed to know (which wasn't necessary the information the putative users needed to know) and "usability" was a nonfactor. They worked well for that, but trying to use them as an actual user interface is indeed a bad idea.

Comment Re:Someone is confusing copyright with trademark. (Score 1) 56

No, trademark is about using an image ot phrase to identify a specific brand as such and not an imitator. That is why trademarks do not transfer to types of good and services other than the one for which the trademark was originally issued. To use a famous example, Apple Records and Apple Computer do not infringe on each other's trademarks.

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