[LEAPSECS] Synchronization requirement

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <alpine.LSU.2.00.0811121811350.30582 at hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk>, Tony F
inch writes:

>On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>>

>> Savy auction houses deal with such behaviour by not closing the

>> auction "while bidding is ongoing", typically implementing a

>> 30 second wait after the most recent bid before closing.

>> Why eBay doesn't have always been a mystery to me, people would

>> statistically get better prices if they did.

>

>They'd never be able to close any auctions :-)


They would, it works fine in most real-life auction houses.  This is
why you have the famous 

	going once...
	going twice...
	third time anybody ?
	sold to the man next to the woman who clearly isn't his wife...

sort of stuff at art auctions

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