Message Forum: Re: I bit

Re: I bit

Posted By: Nyperold, on host 216.78.94.30
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at 16:01:28
In Reply To: Re: I bit posted by Howard on Monday, March 13, 2006, at 15:19:35:

> > > OK, I bit on the random Rinkworks feature and it got me "Book a Minute," which is a list of super-condensed books. I selected "Mars," by Ben Bova. It took about a minute.
> >
> > Hang on a minute! I thought the whole point was that it was one per minute... so you're getting just *less* than your one-minute's worth of book... aren't you?
> >
> > Hey!! Mr. Stoddard? Why aren't your books-a-minute actually a minute's worth of reading?
>
> This is one of those rare cases when it's better to be short changed. The whole purpose is to save time, y'know.
> Howard

Which is a good thing, because a few of them take longer to load than to read.

Nyperold

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Message:	> > > > OK, I bit on the random Rinkworks feature and it got me "Book a Minute," which is a list of super-condensed books. I selected "Mars," by Ben Bova. It took about a minute. > > > > > > Hang on a minute! I thought the whole point was that it was one per minute... so you're getting just less than your one-minute's worth of book... aren't you? > > > > > > Hey!! Mr. Stoddard? Why aren't your books-a-minute actually a minute's worth of reading? > > > > This is one of those rare cases when it's better to be short changed. The whole purpose is to save time, y'know. > > Howard > > Which is a good thing, because a few of them take longer to load than to read. > > Nyperold
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