Hammond does not believe Dr. Grant's discovery. The control room and the computerized cars are able to communicate and share information via the computer screens. They review one of the dinosaur counting systems used to monitor the dinosaur population. The control room shows that the park has only 238 dinosaurs in it, as expected. Malcolm asks them to change the system, slightly, so that the expected number of dinosaurs is not 238 but 239. They make the adjustment and are surprised to discover that the computer now shows there are 239 dinosaurs in the park. They run the test again, looking for 300, and it comes back with 292 dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
Malcolm points out that it is not a computer glitch, but simply that the computer is searching for the expected number.....
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