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thaumasiotesyesterday at 10:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

But that can't be their motivation, because the museum was only targeted by coincidence.

Most people are unwilling to spend a few thousand dollars on a project that accomplishes nothing other than costing them a few thousand dollars. So we're curious what Brandon White was thinking.


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vadanskyyesterday at 10:39 PM

I think the theory was he had a rare copy and wanted to drive the price of it up.

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bsderyesterday at 10:39 PM

> Most people are unwilling to spend a few thousand dollars on a project that accomplishes nothing other than costing them a few thousand dollars. So we're curious what Brandon White was thinking.

1) You vastly underestimate the persistence of Internet trolls with too much time and money. It doesn't take many; it only takes one.

2) This could be someone testing the seams so that they can sell their services on more important targets.

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