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May. 9th, 2007 01:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jack"Your Amazon.co.uk order[1]. We are sorry to report that the following items have been delayed." Yeah, I was expecting that. It's like watching a "File copying, time remaining" dialog.
I admit predicting the unpredictable is a great art. But for how many months does it have to be delayed before the algorithm can pick up on that? It basically doesn't exist. So why the optimism? [2] Start extrapolating, ok?
I don't want to say "I don't want it" because I *do*. If it were actually delivering ever, I'd be happy. But there isn't a "I don't believe you, I'm shopping second-hand" button :)
[1] Sorry M :)
[2] OK, I suspect there's a database entry "delivers in N weeks" that's human entered, so whenever it doesn't show up, that's the new estimate. It was rhetorical, ok?
I admit predicting the unpredictable is a great art. But for how many months does it have to be delayed before the algorithm can pick up on that? It basically doesn't exist. So why the optimism? [2] Start extrapolating, ok?
I don't want to say "I don't want it" because I *do*. If it were actually delivering ever, I'd be happy. But there isn't a "I don't believe you, I'm shopping second-hand" button :)
[1] Sorry M :)
[2] OK, I suspect there's a database entry "delivers in N weeks" that's human entered, so whenever it doesn't show up, that's the new estimate. It was rhetorical, ok?