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Re:Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Unless You Plan on Learning Mor... by herval on Sunday February 08, 2009 @11:30AM (#472226)
Reinvent the wheel if you think you can improve the concept - but never just for the sake of doing it...
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Re:Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Unless You Plan on Learning Mor... by bsaunder on Sunday February 08, 2009 @11:06PM (#472927)
You mean like airtrax? ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPmC4KPvOfg

I think people should be encouraged to reinvent wheels. Sometimes it's the firm foundations of something that everyone takes for granted that need to be questioned and reexamined.

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