public Boolean get() {
            // Check that this method is called exactly once, by the first
            // thread to synchronize.
            long t0 = System.nanoTime();
            while (waitingThreads() != numThreads - 1) {
              if (System.nanoTime() - t0 > timeout) {
                thrown.set(
                    new TimeoutException(
                        "timed out waiting for other threads to block"