Those aren't the same thing. f(a) != f(b) != f(c) is unsurpising.

Just because you don't personally, and explicitly define the inputs of the algorithm does not mean that they are none, or that they are static.

Of course, this also means that you can never do the "same thing" twice, because space and time are nice like that.

I think a more appropriate headline/analogy/Simpsons reference would be, "dig up, stupid".

Or perhaps even better, "the business of failure has failed: we need to make it work again!"