[jdm]

Okay, then, what about typing two separate lines of text and having them both appear at EXACTLY 7:39:32?

Here ya go:

[Owen]

Guys, he resigned. That ends his involvement in holding the house. The details of what he did and if it's bogus or not can be addressed in the context of his fair trial and all that sort of thing AFTER WE HOLD THE SEAT. The GOP needs a replacement candidate THIS WEEKEND.

[Phocion]

When someone's Internet connection is being bogged down, or when the AIM server has a hiccup, there can be a delay in messages that causes them to be received at the same time. That's not a particularly uncommon occurrence either. I don't think much can be proven examining AIM timestamps.

[okstate]

It's not like Foley is typing well anyway.. I mean he spelled "that" "taht". It's certainly possible to type extremely quickly on AIM and have the server "lag" (or overload) where messages are submitted in bulk at the same time rather than when they were actually typed. But that's just speculation on my part.

I tried just now to recreate that exchange on AIM and couldn't get it down to the same second. I got 2 second gaps twice and a one-second game once.