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Re:Dropbox May Not Be LeBron James, but Is Still in the Game by mangeletti on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @03:42PM (#11029598)
Interesting; what made you think of this?

Also, will I be able to sync my locker with my desk drawer? :)

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Re:Dropbox May Not Be LeBron James, but Is Still in the Game by diogenescynic on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @03:54PM (#11029682)
It's not that far-fetched. Omni and MakeSpace are both already selling 'on-demand' physical storage and have similar business models to what shasta outlined. They pick up your stuff and store it somewhere, like Iron Mountain does for documents.
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Re:Dropbox May Not Be LeBron James, but Is Still in the Game by shasta on Thursday February 04, 2016 @01:17PM (#11035959)
Further confirmation of Poe's law...
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Re:Dropbox May Not Be LeBron James, but Is Still in the Game by TranquilMarmot on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @06:20PM (#11030732)
I know you're joking about syncing but once my teleportation startup finished its series A....
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Re:Dropbox May Not Be LeBron James, but Is Still in the Game by tamana on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @11:14PM (#11031936)
You can't teleport. Scan it locally and provide VR at other locations.
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