Clueless Resumes by Google.

Often when I do a search on some long-lived or outdated technology I get back a slew of hits on resumes with "Skills" sections that specify, in excruciating detail, the author's proficiency with Lotus 1-2-3, MS-DOS (and the specific versions), dBase, and on an on with other long-abandoned platforms. Some of these are obviously electronic detritus, like abandoned student home pages from 1999, but most appear to be recent documents.
I know the common fresh-out-of-college mistake of putting every programming language you've ever heard of on the list of skills on your resume, but people usually learn the folly of this pretty quick - certainly after a few years of work experience gives them some real skills to put down.
Are these people so desperate they're putting in anything that might remotely get a hit on a recruiter search, or clueless as to what employers actually look for when screening resumes?