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Old 05-12-2015, 01:55 PM   #122
Marin
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Jeffrey-- One more thing, sorry, but I didn't want to let it slip by unacknowledged.

As something of a professional storyteller I really like the imagined dialogue and visuals painted by your analogy of the introduction of the sextant to navigation. How cool it would be to know what the reaction was of the traditionalists. And of course it's a perfect parallel to the introduction of new technology today. I remember when the iPad came out and reviewers and other folks were grumbling that "it's just an oversized iPhone but it doesn't even have a phone in it."

Anyway, thanks for your sextant scenario. Playing the scenes in my mind has made my day.
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