is it possible to learn D(2)?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 12/19/10 9:57 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 12/19/10, lurker<lurk at lurk.net>  wrote:
>> Does this mean that Facebook is not paying you that well, after all? I could
>> donate like $82 to you to give away three more books. No need to mention my
>> name, after all I'm just helping the poor.
>>
>
> I'm pretty sure it means he got a couple of free books from the
> publisher to give away for free. ;)

The main issue is perceived value. Books are not T-shirts as significant 
time would have to be spent on reading them. Say I had 40 people in the 
audience and 40 books. Then it would have been like passing around 
marketing samples of no perceived value.


Andrei