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Re:Ask HN: Diaspora hasn't updated their blog in a month. by gamble on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @11:01PM (#1597046)
There are hundreds of technology 'startups' out there that exist to fleece investors. None of them go out with a bang as in The Producers, because it's far more lucrative to maintain the illusion of a technology perpetually on the cusp of commercialization so they can continue raising round after round of fresh investments.

Examples:

-Phantom Entertainment

-Moller International

-Blacklight Power

Re:Ask HN: Diaspora hasn't updated their blog in a month. by jacquesm on Tuesday August 17, 2010 @07:32PM (#1612769)
Moller has to be the longest running scam in history by now.
Re:Ask HN: Diaspora hasn't updated their blog in a month. by gamble on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @12:34AM (#1613264)
Four decades and counting, with just one SEC violation. Only suckers rob banks...