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Comment Don't believe it (Score 1) 105

If airlines can eliminate the top 10% of their passengers, they won't see any savings in fuel. That's because they'll just make the seats 10% smaller and then cram in 10% more paying passengers. That may increase their overall profit as those extra paying passengers will more than offset the cost of the extra fuel. Eventually only midgets and children will be able to afford to fly. OK, maybe I'm taking it a bit too far.

Comment Re:"Ownership" of actor's lines ? (Score 1) 38

I can see him trademarking a scene from a personal video he had made of himself, but if he trademarked a scene from a movie, wouldn't the movie studio have a preceding claim ? Couldn't they sue him for copyright violation if he essentially copied a scene from their movie to trademark ? If the studio allowed a third party to use a scene from their movie that he was in would that trump his trademark ? Sounds messy. Lawyers will probably be the only winners.

Comment Big Difference (Score 1) 154

The old local power plants cost more to run than buying electricity from the grid. However with Bezos' version of time share, you'll still need to pay for the network, and you'll still need to buy or rent a local terminal / Chromebook / Cloud P/C. That local device won't need powerful hardware, but it will need some. So the costs are almost the same, especially if you factor in a monthly 365-like subscription. Sounds like a perfect use for all those old P/Cs that aren't allowed to run Windows anymore ( or those Win7 boxes in the closet ). Put Linux and something like Libreoffice on them and they're more than enough to serve almost any business requirement. And even if you are forced to use some cloud software, they'll do as a Cloud P/C for no additional cost. Instead of a requirement for a whole new generation of business appliances, Bezos' vision could recycle generations of existing hardware,

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