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   Kevin Reilly  did eloquently scribble:   
   > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007  wrote:   
      
   >>Of course, the other alternative which seems much more likely is someone   
   >>who's never owned ANY 8bit machine and just posted that to cause trouble.   
      
   > I'd like to believe anyone young and inexperienced enough to still get   
   > their kicks from trolling wouldn't have the first clue about 8-bit   
   > format wars, and would be far more likely to target current music or   
   > movie newsgroups with their flame-bait. I could be wrong, though. Usenet   
   > is a strange and unpredictable place.   
      
   Also recall the entire archive is available on google groups.   
   Trolls prolly search for groups that have flamewars, then just post to them   
   randomly with something in the hope of sparking one.   
      
   Note that he's not responded since he started the thread.   
   Common that, with trolls.   
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