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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Did EGA Save PC Gaming?
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:50:39 +0100
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On 21/07/2024 21:26, Zaghadka wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 14:10:09 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
>>
>> That's the thesis of a recent article*, anyway. I'm not sure I agree
>> with it but it's a good excuse for a ramble about old-timey games and
>> hardware.
>>
> I'm just going to invoke Betteridge's Law here...
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
> 

In the UK we have the Daily Mail law, that means that any of their front 
page headlines is highly likely to be at best misrepresenting the truth 
and at worst just lying. The rest are something minor about the royal 
family or calling our most senior judges enemy of the people as they 
upheld the rule of law.