IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: July 12th, 2009

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2009-07-14 00:28:51 UTC
Modified: 2009-07-14 00:28:51 UTC

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2009-07-14 04:39:41

Oh. My. God.

The meeting of the 10-year-olds...

You shouldn't post those logs, or your followers will be desillusioned.

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