approx 100 assorted computer/ math/other books

[Joona I Palaste]

Roedy Green <roedy at seewebsite.com> scribbled the following
on comp.lang.c:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:40:03 +0000 (UTC), Stephan Eggermont
> <stephan at stack.nl> wrote or quoted :
>>You might benefit from the following observation: 
>>if you have to scroll to see original text, you can safely
>>ignore the post, as it won't be interesting.

> Infuriatingly, it is not always true.  Some intelligent people
> APOLOGIZE for snipping even a comma from the entire previous
> discussion. Somebody must have taught them you are supposed to quote
> EVERYTHING.

At the very least, people should snip out signatures, barring the case
when they have an actual comment on the signature itself. Such as mine.
The quote came from Mika P. Nieminen, my former boss, who was commenting
a roast sausage.

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