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From: rjk@mgweed.UUCP (Randy King)
Newsgroups: net.lang
Subject: Re: How many times do you "sync"?
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Date: Sat, 4-Feb-84 19:47:27 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  4 19:47:27 1984
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Paranoia?  Maybe.  Slip of the finger?  Possibly.  The theory as it was
told to me is that "sync" is typed 3 times, each followed by a carriage
return.  Why?  Perform the following test:  Type sync N times, randomly
using RETURN and DELETE as the termination character.  Ask a bystander to
tell you how many of those "sync" commands on your screen were executed.
Hence, the thought was that if done N times, at least one would end in a
RETURN and be performed.   Maybe.
						Randy King
						mgweed!rjk