Posted 584 days ago, but comments are closed there:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=213421" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=213421</a><p>This would've been detected by the duplicate detector I suggested here: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1012215" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1012215</a><p>The question is whether that's a good idea?  I'm reminded of the story "Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson in which a good case is made for forgetting old stuff and allowing new stuff to reinvent, regenerate and possibly reinvigorate ancient ideas.<p>Link to the story: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1055430" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1055430</a>