Abstract
Choice on an epic scale disoriented Firpo, and once inside the megastore’s maze of glittering electronics, he had to ask a salesman for help. Could the young man recommend the best automobile navigation system for a first-time user? The boy chewed on his mirth and eyed Firpo as if to say, You, Sir, are totally clueless, aren’t you? Firpo could neither confirm nor deny. “They all lease the same databases,” the clerk told him, pinching and zooming the air. “They do exactly the same thing.” It seemed a simple matter of picking the packaging you liked most. “They all lease the same databases,” the clerk told him, pinching and zooming the air. “They do exactly the same thing.” It seemed a simple matter of picking the packaging you liked most. Firpo liked the box that showed the streets of a sprawling city with a route in red floating above them.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 263-271 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319425955 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319425948 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
Keywords
- Bering strait
- Bridge height
- Music module
- North atlantic gyre
- Sale discount
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Computer Science
- General Social Sciences
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Physics and Astronomy