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Re: What makes an something an auction
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Wed, 1 Sep 1999 20:42:45 GMT
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> > Disagree. A single round sealed bid auction is still an auction.
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> > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=auction
I agree with Larry on this one. Though I think that "single round
sealed bid auctions" should be allowed in bst. :)
> One might also argue that computer science is science. (It's not.)
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> --Todd
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=science
It 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) and Webster's
definition 3 seems good to me.
"3 a : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or
the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested
through scientific method b :such knowledge or such a system of
knowledge concerned with the physical world and its phenomena :
NATURAL SCIENCE"
Ben Roller
(Further discussion on the science, if any, should be moved to
lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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