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4 Mar
Another amazon.com blooper...

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Date: Thu,  4 Mar 99 15:45:28 -0800
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Subject: Another amazon.com blooper...

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From: "Brooks Talley"

...then there's "The Story of Ping," which amazon.com's review describes as

     "The tale of a little duck alone on the Yangtze River, The Story About
     Ping is a sweet and funny book with wonderfully rich and colorful
     illustrations." (snip)

...but the first customer review differs a little bit, starting with:


     "Using deft allegory, the authors have provided an insightful and
     intuitive explanation of one of Unix's most venerable networking
     utilities. Even more stunning is that they were clearly working with
     a very early beta of the program, as their book first appeared in
     1933, years (decades!) before the operating system and network
     infrastructure were finalized." (snip)

-b



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