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Originally Posted by lil brown bat
Actually, "predictability" derives from everybody doing what you expect them to do, not from everybody doing the same thing. There's an important distinction.
I agree...that is what I meant by 'working from the same rule book'.

It is ironic tho...on the one hand we advocate the value of predictability, but on the other, I always recommend planning for Murphy and expecting the unexpected.
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