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one of the few things slashdot is still occasionally good at. (pity so few of the stories are interesting enough to actually bring out the interesting people anymore.)

Neal Stephenson's reply to a Slashdot QA [1] is definitely one of the better things I've read on the internet.

[1] http://slashdot.org/story/04/10/20/1518217/neal-stephenson-r...

Indeed, I'm pretty sure that's the best thing ever posted on Slashdot.

Specifically, the Stephenson-Gibson conflict.

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