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tabtab
Woz is a known prankster. Take with a grain of salt. Pranks are how he and S. Jobs got to know each other well.

My favorite of theirs is a box to mess with the college TV's reception. Students in the TV room were used to fiddling with the rabbit-ears antenna to get better reception. Using their interference gizmo, The Steves would "train" the students to make strange movements with the antenna to get better reception. Once they had so much fun getting students to dance on whim that they gave themselves away by laughing too hard.

Having grown up with rabbit-ear antennas I can relate. Finicky things they were.

_bxg1
This is not something that any sane person would "prank" about. I think doing so might actually be a crime.
vikramkr
This wouldn't be a "prank," it would just be a lie. And it's not the sort of thing your average rational smart person would lie about either
tabtab
It was worded as speculation. It's not illegal to speculate if its stated as such.
downerending
It's clearly something that no one could know, nor would it make a whit of difference if they could know. It's a lame joke. Laugh. Or don't laugh.