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Re:Sony and LG stop making 3D TV sets by baddox on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @10:30PM (#13478218)
I don't really understand that argument. It seems like everything would be a novelty under that definition. Will we be watching 2D movies in 100 years? What about 1,000 years? Even ignoring the halting problem, how can we possibly guess what is and isn't a novelty under your definition?
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Re:Sony and LG stop making 3D TV sets by emodendroket on Friday January 27, 2017 @11:22PM (#13504898)
> how can we possibly guess what is and isn't a novelty under your definition?

By observing the typical behavior of one person using it?

Think of a Chinese finger trap. It's been around forever. And yet one person is not going to play with a Chinese finger trap every day. Once you experience it and figure it out there's not much to do with it. That's a novelty.

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