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Re:As Uber Comes to New York, Its Legality Is Questioned by joshu on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @11:59PM (#4477912)
It is like the floppy disk icon for saving.

Someday hailing a cab will be a button that says "hail a cab" and no more.

There should be a word for this.

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Re:As Uber Comes to New York, Its Legality Is Questioned by wickedchicken on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @12:34AM (#4478005)
> There should be a word for this.

Roughly, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph

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Re:As Uber Comes to New York, Its Legality Is Questioned by Simucal on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @12:19AM (#4477962)
Anachronism maybe?
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Re:As Uber Comes to New York, Its Legality Is Questioned by Evbn on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @12:35AM (#4478007)
Skeuomorphic
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