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Steve Jobs is like The Force

a: Steve Jobs ~
b: The Force in Star Wars

What: "The influence of Steve Jobs is like The Force in Star Wars, it is strong in Apple, built into its very core (pun intended) and while the magic of Jobs cannot be replicated, the institutional memory knows What Steve Would Do."

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Writer: Mic Wright
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Date: Aug 24 2011 7:59 PM


POLITICAL CASTOR OIL?

a: Ron Paul ~
b: the medicine

What: " Ron Paul is like the medicine that we know we need to take to get well, but cannot make ourselves do it, because it tastes so bad. So, we continue to drink the sweet Kool-Aid, even though we know it will damage our health on the long term."

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Writer: Archie Whitehill
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Date: Aug 25 2011 1:08 PM


Stalinism Is Like The Borg Collective

a: Stalinism ~
b: the Borg collective

What: "Stalinism is like the Borg collective one has been assimilated and now is an automaton in the hive"

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Writer: shazam20007
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Nov 17 2011 6:38 PM



a: Biomolecules ~
b: tiny molecular machines

What: "Many biomolecules are like tiny molecular machines that need to change their shapes and visit many states toperform their biological functions. For a complete molecular understanding of a biological process, one needs tohave information on the relevant stable states of the system in question, as well as the pathways by which thesystem travels from one state to another."

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Writer: Benoi't Roux et al.
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Date: Dec 24 2014 10:52 AM



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