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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:46:55 -0500
From: Dave Angel <d@davea.name>
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On 12/30/2011 03:37 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:57:06 -0800, Roy Smith wrote:
>
>> Ah, cool.  I didn't know you could do that.  Thanks.
> Who are you talking to, and what is "that"?
>
> Replies with no context are somewhat less than useful. It might have made
> sense in your head when you wrote the reply, but to those reading, it is
> rather cryptic.
>
>
Actually I think he was replying to Roy Smith's message, which has a 
timestamp of 77 minutes later.  Interesting the effects you get when 
some clocks are allowed to drift.



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DaveA