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: All, : Although it would be excellent if the "Ian C G Bell" on alt.fan.elite who posted the "Let's make up with Braben" message was *really* Ian Bell, sadly I think it's a very un-elaborate hoax. : In the first post, the poster forgot to change the Organization in the message, so it said Warwick University. Bell lives in East Anglia, and works from home. : This message was canceled, along with my message and BabyBrain's message pointing out that it said "University of Warwick" in the org line, and : a new message was posted, this time with the Organization line changed to Ian Bell Inc. : However, the headers still showed Warwick as the NNTP posting host and in the path. Looks like the post originated at wisteria.csv.warwick.ac.uk - I believe that machine is in Warwick's CS dept. (wow, they still name their machines after flowers. Anyone remember poppy.csv.warwick.ac.uk in the days before JIPS?) : I pointed this out. That message got canceled too by someone else, presumably the hoaxer. : At least they can't cancel this. Look for this week's Frontier News as the story unfolds. : I really really *wish* it was IB posting that message, but sadly - no way can that be true!

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