Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:43:42 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: Brian Sobolak <sobolak@mindspring.com>, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Scylla (pat. pending) and Charibdes.NET Message-ID: <20011031214342.C45932@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10110311138120.50500-100000@moo.sysabend.org>; from ragnar@sysabend.org on Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 11:38:41AM -0800 References: <196141366504.20011031111007@mindspring.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10110311138120.50500-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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Jamie Bowden said on Oct 31, 2001 at 11:38:41: > :Why not support your local bookseller instead? > > Because paying more for a smaller selection is right up there on the list > of stupid things to do with your time. Is it? Depends on how you define "stupid". One can't leaf through a book at Amazon, or read a few pages, or browse an entire bookshelf looking for something that grabs your attention. So if you're so cost conscious, perhaps one can do the browsing at the bookstore and the purchasing at Amazon. Personally, if I like the book that much, I'd rather pay a bit extra and have it right away. Oh, and many booksellers do have catalogues and are willing to order stuff for you. Their selection is not so much worse than Amazon's. - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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