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  1. 05-09-2009, 11:52 AM #1
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    Interesting read from The New Yorker

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    From the article:

    "The writer believes that the five-blade razor is no better or worse than the three; the three no better or worse than the two. Nevertheless, every possible variation on the razor was unleashed, pointing toward a strange but basic truth of life and marketing alike: that it is after a problem has already been solved that ever more varied and splendid solutions to it start to appear."
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    Very interesting read! Thanks!
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    The writer seems to be spot on. Sad enough he never heard of SE's, DE's or str8's.....

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    Good read.

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    [...] Devil’s Theory of Innovation
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    When the writer’s teen-age son recently wanted to start shaving, the writer bought him a bag of disposable Bics.
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