From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 01/01/2013 10:09 PM, Moe Trin wrote:   
   > On Mon, 31 Dec 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   > , Adam wrote:   
   >   
   > Happy New Year!   
   >   
      
   >   
   >> The only exception I can think of is trying to increase an eBay bid   
   >> within the last 60 seconds before the auction ends.  The most   
   >> competitive auctions are usually won by a bid placed just before the   
   >> closing.  (If I want something that badly, I can stay home!)   
   >   
   > That's probably the correct solution.  In most cases, you'd probably   
   > get away with bidding from a hot-spot, but the risk is non-zero.  (But   
   > then, the risk of eBay isn't exactly zero either.)   
   >   
   If looking for non-zero risk in anything, you need to be somewhere other   
   than Earth. Actually, somewhere other than our current space-time   
   continuum.   
      
   Personally, I think a risk-free life sounds like the most incredibly   
   boring thing I can think of.   
      
   TJ   
      
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