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Re:Google Scribe - Get autocomplete suggestions as you type by sigil on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @01:26AM (#1671123)
Congratulations, you just found a fixed point attractor.
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Re:Google Scribe - Get autocomplete suggestions as you type by troymc on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @02:57AM (#1671250)
I think a fixed point attractor would be a word or phrase where it goes naturally but then doesn't have any more suggestions: a dead end.

This is more of a periodic-solution attractor.

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