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Re:Mistaken Identifiers: Gene name errors introduced inadver... by emiliobumachar on Sunday April 21, 2013 @10:20AM (#5584914)
It's a "broken damn" effect. Once the first one got through, it resonated with everyone's previous knowledge.
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Re:Mistaken Identifiers: Gene name errors introduced inadver... by hwh on Sunday April 21, 2013 @10:35AM (#5584965)
nah, the "broken, damn" effect is me taking my lunch break. You're of course talking of the "broken dam" effect :-)
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