Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 47271
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2007/7/12-14 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd, Computer/SW/Editors/Vi] UID:47271 Activity:kinda low
7/12    kchang, i edit the motd all of the time, NOT ONCE have i seen
        myself as the possible editor of the motd on your page.
        \_ Sure. What is your method of editing motd??          -kchang
        \_ Sure. What is your method of editing motd? Are you using one of
           the methods below?
           http://csua.com/24/?disclaimer=1
        \_ All motd edits are done by me. -- ilyas
           \_ Your statement is only 48% true.
        \_ I was running some tests for a while to see how good the detection
           method is.  It wasn't that hard to avoid the detector nor was it
           hard to get tagged as a highly probable author of everything.
           You're kidding yourselves if you use that page to determine who
           wrote what.  It is amusing but not very accurate.
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