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Steven M. Schweda wrote:

>> But, since any specific transaction is unlikely to take such a long
>> time, the spread of the run is easily deduced by the start and end
>> times, and, in the unlikely event of multiple days, counting time
>> regressions.
> 
>    And if the pages in books were all numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
> 9, 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., the reader could easily deduce the actual number for
> any page, but most folks find it more convenient when all the necessary
> data are right there in one place.

To my mind, books are much more likely to cross 10-page boundaries
several severals of times, than Wget is to cross more than just one
24-hour boundary. And, there's always "date; wget; date"...

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Micah J. Cowan
Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer...
http://micah.cowan.name/

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