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> Nobody seems to understand why Mallery is squatting on this rather than making it publicly available. Clearly he's hoping John Titor shows up and offers to e
by nullc 3y ago
> Nobody seems to understand why Mallery is squatting on this rather than making it publicly available.
Clearly he's hoping John Titor shows up and offers to exchange priceless insights about the future in exchange for access to the code in order to repair some weird embedded system in the far future. :)
More seriously, its not uncommon for people to have unrealistic expectations of the value of the things they've collected. They liked them enough to collect them, after all. People seeking them out might help cement the inflated valuation.
The sad thing is that when people die the people that inherit the assets often see no value in them at all and lose or discard them.
- skissane 3y ago> More seriously, its not uncommon for people to have unrealistic expectations of the value of the things they've collected. Does anyone know how much Mallery paid at the auction? It makes a big difference whether it was $50 or $50,000 If he paid a significant sum for it, he may still be clinging to hopes of an eventual return on his investment.
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- eschaton 3y agoRumor is he presented an unpaid invoice for on the order of $10K to Topping’s estate and got the IP that way. If it’d actually gone to auction I was l prepared to pay quite a bit more.