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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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