On a lark, he decided to build a clone of the much-trumpeted Segway Human Transporter, and when he was done he posted the details at his Web site.
The tweets suggest that Facebook didn't just build a clone of Secret, or an a pseudonymous chat app like the old Internet Relay Chat.
In Huludao, a navy installation on China's northeast coast, workers are said to have built a rough clone of the Crimea test center, complete with a ski ramp for ascending jets.
Facebook's response was to build a clone called Slingshot, which didn't take off.
It also built a Snapchat clone, over the course of just a few days, in a move that seemed to be little more than a display of power: the big dog saying essentially, 'if this is what people want, we can do that too, and without breaking a sweat.'.
One result is that German start-up land has built a reputation of being predominantly Revenge of the Clones (clearly there are exceptions, but…).
But Maz Jadallah, a money manager in San Franciso, said he had built a portfolio that "clones" the strategies of top-performing hedge fund managers by tracking their specific holdings, which they are required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission every quarter.
I've had a bass guitar made which is like a clone of the bass guitar I made in 1961, before I joined the Stones and didn't have money to build one, so I bought one.
Thus, a clone of the cell donor is created.
"I feel he is a clone of Eddie," he said.
