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15th August 2002

I wonder if these muppets have heard of eggdrop (created 1993). Something tells me prior art for this one won’t be too hard to find.

Posted 15th August 2002 at 7:34 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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