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Re:Jeff Bezos commissioning a giant clock to last 10,000 years. by erik_nygren on Friday June 24, 2011 @05:36AM (#2691594)
Aha, figures. Would have been surprised if it had been the other way around, he doesn't seem to have any ideas that are his own. Then again, I guess that's the hypothesis of somethingrather - there are no new ideas.
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Re:Jeff Bezos commissioning a giant clock to last 10,000 years. by arethuza on Friday June 24, 2011 @05:43AM (#2691609)
"there are no new ideas"

There is an order of avout in Anathem, the Lorites, who are based around that very idea.

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Re:Jeff Bezos commissioning a giant clock to last 10,000 years. by alanfalcon on Friday June 24, 2011 @06:34PM (#2694208)
http://www.everythingisaremix.info/everything-is-a-remix-par...
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