eBay sniping

From: Jeffrey Sharp <jss_at_subatomix.com>
Date: Mon Apr 28 13:33:00 2003

On Monday, April 28, 2003, Mike wrote:
> Not true! I can bid at 1 to 2 seconds left and no proxy bidding software
> is going to have time to see my bid posted, download the new web page,
> process the data, calculate a new bid and upload the new data, all withing
> 1 second.

See, you're talking practical. I was talking theoretical -- it's easier to
argue my point when computers are infinitely fast. :-)

-- 
Jeffrey Sharp
Received on Mon Apr 28 2003 - 13:33:00 BST

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