Xref: utzoo comp.edu:3333 comp.unix.questions:23678 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!ccncsu!debussy.cs.colostate.edu!petersja From: petersja@debussy.cs.colostate.edu (james peterson) Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Summary of responses regarding Jim Joyces Unix Bookstore Keywords: books, unix, mail order Message-ID: <7858@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Date: 11 Jul 90 14:43:59 GMT References: <1581@stsci.edu> <37505@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: news@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU Distribution: usa Organization: Colorado State Computer Science Department Lines: 15 In article <37505@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> lauther@janus.berkeley.edu (Ulrich Lauther) writes: > >Why is it that in civilized countries a bookstore gets you a book that is >not in stock typically within 24 hours, but not so in the US? > Isn't it obvious? You've answered your own question. The US is *not* a civilized country. -- james lee peterson petersja@handel.cs.colostate.edu dept. of computer science colorado state university "Some ignorance is invincible." ft. collins, colorado 80523