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:Jill: Our ''new'' dad never misses our games!
 
:Jill: Our ''new'' dad never misses our games!
 
:Cueball: ''Nooo!''
 
:Cueball: ''Nooo!''
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Cueball (holding a smartphone, to White Hat): Lots of apps let you plan your trips using real-time bus, train, and traffic data. They try to predict which route will be faster, but aren't always right.
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Cueball continues: Instead of just ''planning,'' my new app lets you send "ghost" versions of you along different routes, simulating their travel using the real-time data. [Illustration of several paths from origin to destination, some with clones of Cueball drawn with gray lines]
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Cueball continues: That way, you can see which route turned out to be faster in practice, you can also race your past selves.
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[Soon...]
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Cueball, leaving a car and holding a briefcase and phone, chasing a ghost: Ugh, lost to the bike ghost ''again.''
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Cueball: Hey, my key won't work.<br>
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Ponytail, on other side of door with ghost: I'm sorry, but we've decided to replace you. This floaty guy is much more punctual.
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Girl with ghost: Our ''new'' dad never misses our games!<br>
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Cueball: ''Nooo!''
  
 
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