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   XPost: alt.sci.physics.new-theories   
   From: john@jfeldredge.com   
      
   On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:58:49 -0700, Brian Davis wrote:   
      
   > They're just conducting an empirical test that this isn't possible -   
   > otherwise the winner of the auction would be able to make a mint, and   
   > send the money or valuable information back in time to pay for the   
   > auction. Oh, no, wait a minute, the seller kindly allowed a grace   
   > period, because he can't manipulate time... oh, wait...   
   >   
   > Or, maybe they're a few nuts short of a squirrel. I wonder which has the   
   > higher probability...   
      
   After reading the EBay page, I did a Google search.  Apparently this guy   
   has been trying to sell his manuscript for some time, without success.   
   When it didn't sell for ten million dollars, he upped the price to 25   
   million dollars, apparently thinking that the higher price would make it   
   more desirable.  In one case, he told someone posing as a member of the   
   press that he would be willing to give an interview, but the reporter   
   would have to pay him one million dollars before the interview would take   
   place.   
      
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