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In the event of the war/natural disaster/other bad it may offer our best hope for a "New New York", but only if it survives - and it has thus been salted away somewhere safe (which may be what prevents it from being used for such a future purpose).
This article reminds us of Eco's On the Impossibility of Drawing a Map of the Empire on a Scale of 1 to 1 and Calvino: "Now the kids don't remember any of that. To them, Tokyo was always what it is now: forests of high-rise buildings and neon lights. I remember the old Tokyo, and that sometimes makes me sad even now. But it is a faded memory." (Yoko Ono on Tokyo, which was rebuilt without plans of the pre-war city due to the censorship of artists). Good links to other map stuff on this Metafilter thread.
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Dave Winer, Busta Rhymes fan, is a bit peeved with RFB's comparison of Movable Type and Radio. "No mention of Radio's news aggregator" he says. Rodcorp has just discovered the News tool, and we believe it rocketh very large.
10:50:47 PM
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John Robb (or is it the WSJ?) suggests that product design is partly reponsible for low-cost airline success.
Big changes at American Airlines. The company will now manage flights to minimize costs vs. maximize revenue. This basically says that the Southwest Airlines model has won the battle. For passengers this is going to mean, lower fares, fewer 1st class seats (if any), very long connect times, and odd flight times. One of the major factors contributing to the change: online travel bookings. Why? Online travel sites typically list flights by cost, and not by the total travel time (as it is with most travel agent terminals), with the least expensive at the top. Low cost usually wins given this lay-out.
Check it at this pay-for WSJ link. Marketeers might say "duh, yeah John... presentation", but rodcorp likes how John puts it: the humble Sort by... list, destroyer of incumbents...
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