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> Anything you can do on a netbook can be done faster and more accurately on a supercomputer.

What about:

  - developing software while on a flight?
  - recording field data for an experiment?
  - using hibernate or sleep to save power?
  - connecting to a projector for a presentation?
  - ...
The point is that it's important to use the right tool for the job, and that for many tasks a netbook is vastly preferable to a supercomputer. "Working backwards from" use the right tool for the job seems more instructive than your implication (whatever it was).


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