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Comment author: wedrifid 06 April 2013 05:25:26PM 1 point [-]

Why are you not sure of facts that are subject to easy experiments? (arundelo is wrong)

I have performed the experiment in question and it seems to support arundelo's claim. I am not able to remove this comment. At the very least it demonstrates that the experiment required to prove arundelo's fully general claim is false is not the 'easy' one.

Comment author: TimS 06 April 2013 05:45:08PM *  0 points [-]

Well, now I'm totally confused. Checking Eugine_Nier's account on ibiblio shows that the comment is missing. (Searching for the word "sarcasm" will get you to about when the comment took place, at least as of the date of this comment)

Comment author: wedrifid 06 April 2013 05:55:00PM 1 point [-]

Well, now I'm totally confused. Checking Eugine_Nier's account on ibiblio shows that the comment is missing. (Searching for the word "sarcasm" will get you to about when the comment took place, at least as of the date of this comment)

See my investigation. Short answer: race condition.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 06 April 2013 05:34:16PM *  0 points [-]

Thanks actually experimenting. My beliefs were two months out of date. I stand by my objection to Tim's comment.

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