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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by anoonmoose on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:03PM (#14029187)
I think it's more of a birthday paradox type of deal...you get enough people in a thread, it becomes increasingly likely that at least one knows of a long-ass quote that is relevant to the situation.
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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by schoen on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @04:10AM (#14030499)
The birthday paradox might not be a good technical analogy: the number of ways to collide grows quadratically, while the number of people who can individually think of quotes grows linearly.
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