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Re:How the design of a WWII plane led to the concept of user... by flomo on Monday July 13, 2020 @06:15AM (#23819122)
On the other hand, back in the 1980s Lee Iacocca was promoting American Innovation with the Chrysler talking car.

So imagine a 1983 K-car saying "The door is ajar. The door is ajar. The door is ajar. The door is ajar," until you went insane. I think the option only lasted for a year or two and then was buried very deeply.

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Re:How the design of a WWII plane led to the concept of user... by xattt on Monday July 13, 2020 @06:56AM (#23819365)
The urgency of the message is lost.
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