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   TJ to All   
   Re: OT: Off-Topic   
   02 Jan 13 13:19:36   
   
   From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 01/02/2013 08:53 AM, TJ wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
   Crap. That should have been "If looking for a *zero* risk in   
   anything..." I plead insufficient coffee this morning.   
      
   TJ   
      
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