[mrkeen]

> The analogy here would be the choice between a 1 second flight to somewhere random in the suburb of your choosing in any city in the world versus a 10 hour trip putting you at the exact house you wanted in the city of your choice.

Wouldn't the first part of the analogy actually be:

A 1 second flight that will probably land at your exact destination, but could potentially land you anywhere on earth?

[hansvm]

To be fair, that sounds like an extraordinarily fun prospect.

[8note]

That somewhere could be the middle of the Pacific, and it just drops you without a boat