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Subject: Re: Maximum Likelihood Estimation
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On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> wrote:
> Most people on this list consider 88888 dihedral to be a badly
> programmed bot.

For what it's worth, I think it's a very cleverly programmed bot.  It
usually makes just enough sense for me to wonder if there really is a
human being behind the keyboard.

-- 
Jerry