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Re:On Dijkstra's Algorithm by elwell on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @08:53AM (#9413660)
Link says talk was given in 2012 not 1955.
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Re:On Dijkstra's Algorithm by IanCal on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @09:15AM (#9413765)
Assuming this is a serious comment, it's:

Here's a talk I gave (about computing shortest paths for British Rail in 1955).

Rather than

Here's a talk I gave (about computing shortest paths for British Rail) in 1955.

That is, the topic is computing shortest paths in 1955 for British Rail and the talk was given in 2012.

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Re:On Dijkstra's Algorithm by zimpenfish on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @12:01PM (#9414955)
I have to admit it gave me momentary pause for "Wow, I didn't think jgrahamc was -that- old".
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Re:On Dijkstra's Algorithm by jgrahamc on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @12:21PM (#9415116)
:-) True. 1955 < my_dob
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Re:On Dijkstra's Algorithm by elwell on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @02:17PM (#9415901)
Ha, no I was just kidding.
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