Yeah, I think the detail here is that the rate was an auction result, and thus more like what happens in the secondary market. Moreover it was, as you say, "dark days".
The times when (1) and (2) were tried were also pretty dark days, if I remember right.
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Date: 2011-12-27 03:22 am (UTC)The times when (1) and (2) were tried were also pretty dark days, if I remember right.