Random Analogies
Steampunk
a: Steampunk ~
b: a snapshot from the last moment in human history
What: Author Scott Westerfeld says Steampunk is like a snapshot from the last moment in human history when technology was intelligible to the layman. The Internet is global and seemingly omniscient. Westerfield describes iPods and phones as "microscopic workings encased in plastic blobjects."
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Writer: Linda Thomas
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Date: Jan 18 2011 2:14 AM
# 768 Critique Analogy
Binary Logic
a: Binary logic ~
b: driving through Manhattan
What: "Binary logic is like driving through Manhattan and only to be able to drive straight and make right turns. Ternary logic is being able to drive straight and turn left and right. Not only can you get somewhere potentially faster, in a one-way grid, you now can reach places you couldn't reach before."
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Writer: Peter Lablans
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Date: Oct 30 2011 11:02 AM
# 1462 Critique Analogy
Genomics As Player Piano......
a: The gene ~
b: a piano key
What: "The gene is like a piano key," says James Shreeve, author of an upcoming book, The Golden Code. "Up to this point, we've been going after notes. Now we have the keyboard. You had to have that level of detail to understand the music."
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Writer: James Shreeve
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Date: May 7 2013 5:49 PM
# 2985 Critique Analogy
a: Epidermis ~
b: army of the skin
What:
" The Epidermis is like the army of the skin which defends the boundaries of the human body."
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Writer: Rajan Choudhary
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Date: Jul 24 2015 3:43 PM
# 7997 Critique Analogy
