Pivoting

[Eric S. Raymond]

Achim Gratz <Stromeko at Nexgo.DE>:
> >Would anybody notice a warning message from a program that's been running for
> >19 years?
> 
> No, but if it was a time server that systems still followed, it'd take your
> network down quite fast these days.  Figuring out why would be a minor
> nightmare.

Huh?  Why would it not be discarded as a falseticker?

Isn't this one of the cases outlier filtering is for?
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