To: Phocion; okstate
Okay, then, what about typing two separate lines of text and having them
both appear at
EXACTLY 7:39:32? Here ya go:
687 posted on
09/29/2006 4:17:26 PM PDT by
jdm
(I gotta give the Helen Thomas obsession a rest.)
To: jdm
Guys, he resigned. That ends his involvement in holding the house. The details of what he did and if it's bogus or not can be addressed in the context of his fair trial and all that sort of thing AFTER WE HOLD THE SEAT. The GOP needs a replacement candidate THIS WEEKEND.
689 posted on
09/29/2006 4:19:59 PM PDT by
Owen
To: jdm
When someone's Internet connection is being bogged down, or when the AIM server has a hiccup, there can be a delay in messages that causes them to be received at the same time. That's not a particularly uncommon occurrence either. I don't think much can be proven examining AIM timestamps.
690 posted on
09/29/2006 4:21:30 PM PDT by
Phocion
("Protection" really means exploiting the consumer. - Milton Friedman)
To: jdm
It's not like Foley is typing well anyway.. I mean he spelled "that" "taht". It's certainly possible to type extremely quickly on AIM and have the server "lag" (or overload) where messages are submitted in bulk at the same time rather than when they were actually typed. But that's just speculation on my part.
I tried just now to recreate that exchange on AIM and couldn't get it down to the same second. I got 2 second gaps twice and a one-second game once.
693 posted on
09/29/2006 4:21:57 PM PDT by
okstate
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