Submitted and killed earlier as blog-spam:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3944856" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3944856</a><p>Significant discussion there, including the fact that it's a hoax: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3945848" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3945848</a><p>Quoting that link:<p><pre><code> I contacted the curator at the Lincoln Museum by email.
His reponse:
This is entirely a hoax. Clever, too. We have an official
statement to that effect due within the hour. -James
James M. Cornelius, Ph.D. Curator,
Lincoln Collection Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
112 N. Sixth St. Springfield,
IL 62701-1310 217.785.7954
http://www.alplm.org</code></pre>