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		kingsidharth on Jan 9, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft is Dead > I know they seemed dangerous as late as 2001, because I wrote an essay then about how they were less dangerous than they seemed. Didn't get it. They seemed dangerous because Paul wrote an essay?

swores on Jan 10, 2011 | [–]

The 'because' refers not to them seeming dangerous, but to his knowing, in 2007, that they did seem dangerous in 2001.

ashearer on Jan 10, 2011 | [–]

If they hadn't seemed dangerous, Paul wouldn't have written the essay.

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