by "Francis A. Miniter" <miniter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sep 12, 2007 at 02:35 PM
Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:
> Allan Adler wrote:
>
>> Recently, I was at a library and noticed someone sitting by some books
>> being sold by the library. This person was using a laptop to connect
>> via wifi to Amazon. Apparently he/she was looking up the sale books
>> at Amazon, but I couldn't see in greater detail what was being done.
>>
>> My guess is that he/she is listed at Amazon as a bookseller and was
>> listing the library sale books as being available from him/her, setting
>> the price at a level that would be competitive with the ones already
>> listed.
>
>
> Or maybe he/she was trying to find out if the books were worth buying.
>
Yes, the imputation of evil motives is somewhat akin to a violation of
Ockham's
Razor.
Francis A. Miniter