The reliability of dates on websites

[Laurence Horn]

On Mar 15, 2013, at 9:48 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> But fortunately, no lives are at stake.
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Not even cats'.  And not even half-lives.

LH
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> On 3/15/13, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> At 3/15/2013 11:13 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:
>>> Words and phrases can have commercial value. People will be planting
>>> evidence with fake dates.
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>> And what do we propose to do about faked dates on *paper*
>> imprints?  It's been known to happen.  Let alone simple, innocent
>> mistakes, or later confusions about the year because publication was
>> before Lady Day?
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>> I suspect the same kinds of confirmatory arguments and evidence can
>> be applied to both electrons and paper.  Or does Heisenberg's
>> uncertainty principle apply only to the former?
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>> Joel
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