michael said:
>   We complile notes into computer instructions all the time,
>   it's not so terribly inefficient.

um, ok, if you say so.


>   How do you think the "posted" list
>   gets created in the first place?

i thought it was in some sensible way.
but now i'm just plain afraid to ask...

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anyway, here's how the questions should be answered:

1.  programs scrape the d.p. website for info about
which books have been posted into which rounds...

2.  when a book is posted into a new round, its file
is copied to the prerelease site, and the prerelease
file posted for the previous round (if there was one)
is deleted.

3.  when a book is posted to p.g., the latest file on
the prerelease site is replaced with a pointer to p.g.

4.  all of this happens _automatically_, with no need
for any human intervention at all.

do you see the difference?  because it's a huge difference.

of course, this doesn't answer the _political_ questions
al asked.  but those answers are above my pay grade...

-bowerbird