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 Here we describe the anonymity for a threshold alpha mix during
 steady-state (i.e., messages arrive with various alphas at a regular rate, and
-the mix fires at regular intervals). In this case the threshold mix is
-indistinguishable by a local observer from a timed mix.
+the mix fires at regular intervals).
+% In this case the threshold mix is
+% indistinguishable by a local observer from a timed mix.
 %% XXX Actually, we need another assumption if we want steady-state to
 %% still mean that we fire at regular intervals. It seems this assumption
 %% is that the alphas we receive are uniformly distributed? -RD
@@ -249,8 +250,9 @@
 
 If the adversary does know the strategy (although still not the actual
 $\alpha$) for each incoming message, then the anonymity of $M$ is
-unaffected by the strategy that other messages use for choosing $\alpha$
+less affected by the strategy that other messages use for choosing $\alpha$
 in a steady-state network.
+%% used to be "is unaffected"
 %% XXX I'm not sure I buy this. Compare the situation when other users
 %% use high-variance strategies or low-variance strategies. Doesn't Alice
 %% get different anonymity in these cases, even if the adversary does know

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