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Mucus
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Alright....I have no idea where the link for this originally came from, it might have been Slashdot.org or it might have been Trektoday.com

In any case, check this out...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0670672238/cu/7/102-3499875-6540169

Read the first/second review

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Aethelwer
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Pong.

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Teelie
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I remember that book, or the cartoon from years ago...
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Lee
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That reviewer is a genius. And out of more than 3000 readers, most agree - only 50 found his review unhelpful!

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The Talented Mr. Gurgeh
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"The Story About Ping has earned a place on my bookshelf, right between Stevens' Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment, and my dog-eared copy of Dante's seminal work on MS Windows, Inferno."

LMFAO!

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