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Pastimes : The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread.

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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (1749)	6/4/2000 5:34:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	of 12235

Jon, you obviously wanted me to point out that if people had a WWeb gadget, with good old encrypted Q, [EudoraCoin encrypted QUALCOMM issued currency - or even US$ if they are wanted], each person could bid for available spaces in the flight path. The plane with the highest bid, adjusted for expected flight time and therefore consumption of the flight path and blocking of other flights if they were a slow plane, would get to be next in line. Then, all would be happy and have a LOT of fun bidding for a position. Rich people in a hurry who were stuck on the United flight would bid $100,000. Poor people on the flight who didn't really even want to go to Washington would bid nothing. People between would bid according to their own circumstances. The plane with the most money would go! Freeloaders would have to hope they were in a plane with lots of first class passsengers [who had not been upgraded or were merely aircrew traveling home]. It would surely induce a lot of conversation on each flight instead of sullen silence and cursing of the weather - which would NOT help anyone's happiness. People would ask what their neighbours had bid. There would be happy discussions about whether it was enough! Imagine the cheering when a plane 'hit the bid' and zoomed off down the runway with no delay! The same could be done with holding patterns for landing slots in normal rush hour traffic. High-bidding planes could come on down. Impecunious tightwads would have to divert before their fuel ran out to Peoria. Air Traffic controllers who could pack them in 18 seconds apart instead of 20 seconds would get BIG bonus payments. Pilots who could turn off on the first taxiway instead of dozing off to the end of the runway would get 'First Taxiway' fees. Then they could start 'hitting the bid' for WWeb spectrum and capacity space to email or phone home to tell the folks that they were on the way! No delay! Oh happy day. Planes at the bottom of the bid queue could give up, go back to the airbridge, unload and tell people to come back in 6 hours. Futures contracts for 3pm could be bid. People could wait in 'comfort' at the terminal instead of cramped in their seat being offered muesli bars. Moving money, not voice, or 'data', will be the Big-Time killer application and money-making achievement of QUALCOMM Incorporated. They have got 724 Solutions on the case. Mqurice

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