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== In popular culture == [[File:Evil_empires_bumper_sticker.png|thumb|A famous "Evil Empires" ([[Soviet Union |USSR]] and [[United States|US]]) bumper sticker made by J. Walker. It was first published in July 1990.]] Walker's interest in [[artificial life]] prompted him to hire [[Rudy Rucker]], a mathematician and science fiction author, for work on [[Cellular automaton|cellular automata]] software. Rucker later drew from his experience at Autodesk in Silicon Valley for his novel ''[[The Hacker and the Ants]]'', in which one of the characters is loosely based on John Walker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fourmilab.ch/nav/topics/faq.html|title=Frequently Asked Questions|access-date=January 29, 2019|archive-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121121907/http://www.fourmilab.ch/nav/topics/faq.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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