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Old Thu Apr 07, 2011, 06:42pm
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I don't know what makes an event "random," but simultaneity is possible within the time frame of human perception. Events occurring within about .04 seconds of each other are not discriminable by the human eye.
Ah, but we're NOT humans. We're umpires. We are expected to make rulings within that .04 second timeframe.

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Old Thu Apr 07, 2011, 07:42pm
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Get an out. Just be consistent with it.
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Old Thu Apr 07, 2011, 08:45pm
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OK gentlemen, we are way past goofy now.
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