> You'll have to ask NYT management if you're curious why they're doing something. I don't have to ask them anything if they are truly doing it arbitrarily. Th

> You'll have to ask NYT management if you're curious why they're doing something. I don't have to ask them anything if they are truly doing it arbitrarily. That's the answer. But the question is if you are confusing "arbitrary" with "not knowing". Which is I guess I am to take that the answer is yes, that you are confused, since you admit to not knowing – which means you can't know that it is arbitrary. How did you end up so confused? > This doesn't follow. If it is arbitrary, why not institute it today on a whim (strike notwithstanding)? Why wait? This indicates that there is planning involved, which suggests that it isn't arbitrary. It does not prove it without a doubt, but when playing the odds…