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source: https://jimeh.me/blog/2007/timeshifted-profiteering/
date: 2007-06-18
archive: zydev.info
tags:
  - opinion
---

# timeshifted profiteering

Let me kick off the new Geeksteria category with this most awesome gem:

Let me kick off the new Geeksteria category with this most awesome gem:

In an
[article linked to on slashdot](http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/12/154248)
about "a University of Washington researcher who couldn't find funds the old
fashioned way has raised funds from private parties to continue with his studies
of 'time travel'."

[Reverend528](http://slashdot.org/~Reverend528)
[replied](http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=238233&cid=19480093):

1\. Profit! 2\. ??? 3\. Invent Time Machine

If you don't get it, you may not be familiar with
[South Park's underpants gnomes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants_Gnomes#The_gnomes).