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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by samatman on Friday August 16, 2013 @10:53AM (#6224331)
Metaphor is not reality, but that metaphor is terrible. I'm an archer: you want as many arrows as fit in the quiver, and as far as more wood, well, we've switched to carbon fiber shafts for a reason. When you shoot an arrow, velocity gets you to your target, and velocity penetrates it too. Extra weight is a literal drag.
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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by DigitalJack on Friday August 16, 2013 @10:58AM (#6224357)
Go the other way. You could have 500 arrows made with toothpicks or 5 traditionals.
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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by samatman on Friday August 16, 2013 @12:54PM (#6225191)
Our modern "arrow" is essentially a field point expelled via explosion at incredible velocity.

It's a bad metaphor.

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