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This is required if the concept is abstract.

No one needs to be told what a flying car does and why it moght be useful. But things like PDF or REST are too abstract to understand just by the definition.

Really we don't know what we want. Even the people who designed home computers probably couldn't imagine most of their applications--they just figured it would be useful somehow.




> No one needs to be told what a flying car does and why it moght be useful

...actually, I’ve long been skeptical of this one’s utility, so you may need to enlighten me! I guess it lets you skip traffic in some cases? Doesn’t seem worth the enormous cost of gas.

Am I being like those people in the article?


Maybe? All I can say is that there are a lot of things i didnt think I wanted until I tried them, and now I cannot live without.

"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."




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