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(...) Dietmar/Rufus, I think you were perfectly fine posting to .market.buy-sell-trade. I've read and re-read your message three times and I don't see anything that makes it into an auction. Your post didn't contain the word "bid" or the word (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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Disagree. A single round sealed bid auction is still an auction. (URL) Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com (URL) - - Web Application Integration! (URL) Lugnet(tm): (URL) Member ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet. NOTE: I have left CTP, effective 18 June 99, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) --Todd (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) sealed bid auctions" should be allowed in bst. :) (...) (URL) would seem to fit my definition of a science. To me, something is a science if you use the scientific method (including things like Psychology, Sociology, Math and Computer Science) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Grr. Hot button. (...) bidder" while neglecting to to define what a "bidder" is and while also failing to mention the key notion of preemption or leapfrogging. That same dictionary also defines "bid" (verb) in the context of trade as simply to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Here is some food for thought... If you have a square that encompasses the points (-1,-1), (-1,+1), (+1,-1), (+1,+1), then that's called the "unit square" in mathematics. If you have a cube that encompasses the eight points (-1,-1,-1), (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) [long explanation snipped] (...) I agree. (That's a strong argument, though most people probably wouldn't agree with me. Sorry, I'm a math person :-) (1) -Shiri (1) Please don't hold that against me... ;-) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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