[R] Inconsistent linear model calculations

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Below is direct copy from command terminals of both pcs (mandrake 92
with r 171; mandriva 2008 with r 251, respectively).

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> dubious<-read.table('/path/to/file/dodgy.csv')
> dubious

  V1  V2    V3    V4    V5       V6     V7
1  1 300 39.87 39.85 39.90 39.87333  90000
2  2 400 45.16 45.23 45.17 45.18667 160000
3  3 500 50.72 51.03 50.90 50.88333 250000
4  4 600 56.85 56.80 57.02 56.89000 360000
5  5 700 63.01 63.09 63.14 63.08000 490000
6  6 800 69.52 69.82 69.63 69.65667 640000
>
> lm(V6~V2+V7,data=dubious)

Call:
lm(formula = V6 ~ V2 + V7, data = dubious)

Coefficients:
(Intercept)           V2           V7
  2.553e+01    4.332e-02    1.480e-05

>

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> dubious<-read.table('/path/to/file/dodgy.csv')
> dubious
  V1  V2    V3    V4    V5       V6     V7
1  1 300 39.87 39.85 39.90 39.87333  90000
2  2 400 45.16 45.23 45.17 45.18667 160000
3  3 500 50.72 51.03 50.90 50.88333 250000
4  4 600 56.85 56.80 57.02 56.89000 360000
5  5 700 63.01 63.09 63.14 63.08000 490000
6  6 800 69.52 59.68 69.63 66.27667 640000
> lm(V6~V2+V7,data=dubious)

Call:
lm(formula = V6 ~ V2 + V7, data = dubious)

Coefficients:
(Intercept)           V2           V7
  1.937e+01    7.168e-02   -1.537e-05

>

Below is the csv file itself:

1 300 39.87 39.85 39.90 39.87333  90000
2 400 45.16 45.23 45.17 45.18667 160000
3 500 50.72 51.03 50.90 50.88333 250000
4 600 56.85 56.80 57.02 56.89000 360000
5 700 63.01 63.09 63.14 63.08000 490000
6 800 69.52 59.68 69.63 66.27667 640000

Enjoy! :)