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Re:Apple's attention to detail by nerfhammer on Thursday August 26, 2010 @11:53AM (#1636280)
Jobs loves symmetry. Look at his choices in design for mice: symmetrical even to the point of being harder to use.
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Re:Apple's attention to detail by philwelch on Thursday August 26, 2010 @01:19PM (#1636540)
Spheres are more symmetrical than cubes though. Cubes are symmetrical about a high but still finite number of planes--spheres are symmetrical about an infinite number of planes. But I guess it's harder to get a sphere to sit still on your desk, or to fit computer guts into it.
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Re:Apple's attention to detail by nerfhammer on Thursday August 26, 2010 @01:59PM (#1636664)
The hockey puck mouse exhibited radial symmetry
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