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Re:Cloning Is Lame. Google Should Do It To Facebook Anyway. by k33n on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @09:15AM (#1471253)
> And that’s why it’s time for Google to just plane clone Facebook.

What's a plane clone, Michael Arrington?

Re:Cloning Is Lame. Google Should Do It To Facebook Anyway. by stcredzero on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @09:27AM (#1471291)
A 2-dimensional clone?
Re:Cloning Is Lame. Google Should Do It To Facebook Anyway. by ulysses on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @11:23AM (#1471681)
Wow, that'd be pretty useful terminology. Most clones, particularly of the "programmed a version of foo site in just 7 hours" type, are indeed 2-dimensional clones, just copying the look without implementing the underlying complexity.

"Plane clone" is definitely in my vocabulary, now.