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Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun) by iosvpn on Thursday June 21, 2012 @05:16PM (#4144230)
Wait a second. Isn't Neil working on a realistic sword fighting video game? Kind of hypocritical, don't you think?
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Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun) by beambot on Thursday June 21, 2012 @05:23PM (#4144264)
Don't forget his employment at Intellectual Ventures -- which is largely regarded as a patent troll.
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Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun) by lukejduncan on Thursday June 21, 2012 @10:30PM (#4145133)
Do you have a reference for the IV link?

EDIT: Should have googled it myself. For reference http://web.mac.com/nealstephenson/Neal_Stephensons_Site/Inte...

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Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun) by Apocryphon on Thursday June 21, 2012 @06:21PM (#4144476)
Making a realistic sword fighting game would be quite the feat for the advancement of human creativity and virtual entertainment.
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Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun) by Ralith on Thursday June 21, 2012 @07:27PM (#4144668)
Not exactly spaceships, fusion, and feeding Africa, though.
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