[Redundant/inappropriate lists elided]. The page at Amazon. COM claims that the book in question will ship in December of this year. I seem to recall having read announcements in years past that the book would ship in the respective years. Methinks that a mere claim of a future ship date in 2001 may be considered insufficient proof that the condition of the wager has been met by at least one of the parties to the wager.
Just my $0.02, --Lucky, who will order the book once it ships. Which unfortunately has yet to come to pass. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. A. Hettinga > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 5:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Digital > Bearer Settlement List > Subject: True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier > > > > --- begin forwarded text > > > Status: U > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 23:45:04 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Matthew Gaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Order Now: True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace > Frontier > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [Note from Matt: I made a small wager in palladium that Vinge's True > Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier would be > available to order prior to Jan. 1, 2002 with a well known > Cypherpunk. And I > won. Acct# 101893.] > > > At 3:03 AM -0700 8/13/01, Well known Cypherpunk wrote: > >Subject: Re: BTW- I'll bet you... > > > >OK - Done deal, if you'll accept the modification that it be > orderable > >and shippable by Amazon or other on-line bookstore within a > week after > >that. > > <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312862075/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/ 103-1236763-4454202> True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge, James Frenkel (Editor) List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%) This item will be published in December 2001. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives. See larger photo This item qualifies for free shipping on orders over $99! Click for details Great Buy Buy True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Fron... with The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge today! Total List Price: $42.90 Buy Together Today: $31.52 You Save: $11.38 Paperback - 384 pages (December 2001) Tor Books; ISBN: 0312862075 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 28,271 ************************************************************************ ** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ ************************************************************************ ** --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
