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Re:It's a Trap: Emperor Palpatine's Poison Pill by geon on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @10:33AM (#10738295)
The author + the reader?
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Re:It's a Trap: Emperor Palpatine's Poison Pill by kej on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @10:52AM (#10738441)
I always heard it explained as the author plus everyone who laid the groundwork in the field. Sort of a standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants thing.
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