Comment on Microsoft is DeadComments−kingsidharth15y> 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?−corin_15yThe 'because' refers not to them seeming dangerous, but to his knowing, in 2007, that they did seem dangerous in 2001.−ashearer15yIf they hadn't seemed dangerous, Paul wouldn't have written the essay.
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> 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?
The 'because' refers not to them seeming dangerous, but to his knowing, in 2007, that they did seem dangerous in 2001.
If they hadn't seemed dangerous, Paul wouldn't have written the essay.