Al 01/03/11 21:57, En/na Walter Bright ha escrit:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Yah, there are many variables. Add to those many handling details that influence the process. TDPL has certainly sold more than 1830 copies by now (= the collector's edition count) but booksellers have no obligation to send older prints first, so it all depends on which batch they have handy when shipping. Also I'm sure some smaller booksellers have gotten a batch from the collector's edition that hasn't been sold yet.
> 
> It could be like milk. You buy a new carton of milk, and shove it in the refrigerator. When you need some, you grab the carton in front, which is the new one.
> 
> So the old milk remains "in stock" for months, years, ...
> 

milk + years = poison :-)

To solve this, somebody invented FIFO (first in, first out), and FILO (first in, last out), to solve storage problems.

-- 
Jordi Sayol

Am 02.03.2011 01:26, schrieb Jordi Sayol:
> Al 01/03/11 21:57, En/na Walter Bright ha escrit:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Yah, there are many variables. Add to those many handling details that influence the process. TDPL has certainly sold more than 1830 copies by now (= the collector's edition count) but booksellers have no obligation to send older prints first, so it all depends on which batch they have handy when shipping. Also I'm sure some smaller booksellers have gotten a batch from the collector's edition that hasn't been sold yet.
>>
>> It could be like milk. You buy a new carton of milk, and shove it in the refrigerator. When you need some, you grab the carton in front, which is the new one.
>>
>> So the old milk remains "in stock" for months, years, ...
>>
> 
> milk + years = poison :-)
> 
> To solve this, somebody invented FIFO (first in, first out), and FILO (first in, last out), to solve storage problems.
> 

You'd need a fridge with two doors: one in the front, one in the back. Insert new food in the front, get food to eat from the back (or the other way round). But reinsert opened food in the back (or, in the alternative case, in the front).

;-)

Daniel Gibson wrote:
> You'd need a fridge with two doors: one in the front, one in the back. Insert
> new food in the front, get food to eat from the back (or the other way round).
> But reinsert opened food in the back (or, in the alternative case, in the front).

Cleaning out what's in the back of the fridge is always a terrifying experience.

"Daniel Gibson" <metalcaedes@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ikk423$2e9r$5@digitalmars.com...
> Am 02.03.2011 01:26, schrieb Jordi Sayol:
>> Al 01/03/11 21:57, En/na Walter Bright ha escrit:
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> Yah, there are many variables. Add to those many handling details that influence the process. TDPL has certainly sold more than 1830 copies by now (= the collector's edition count) but booksellers have no obligation to send older prints first, so it all depends on which batch they have handy when shipping. Also I'm sure some smaller booksellers have gotten a batch from the collector's edition that hasn't been sold yet.
>>>
>>> It could be like milk. You buy a new carton of milk, and shove it in the refrigerator. When you need some, you grab the carton in front, which is the new one.
>>>
>>> So the old milk remains "in stock" for months, years, ...
>>>
>>
>> milk + years = poison :-)
>>

milk + years = cheese :)

>> To solve this, somebody invented FIFO (first in, first out), and FILO (first in, last out), to solve storage problems.
>>
>
> You'd need a fridge with two doors: one in the front, one in the back.
> Insert
> new food in the front, get food to eat from the back (or the other way
> round).
> But reinsert opened food in the back (or, in the alternative case, in the
> front).
>
> ;-)

I think grocery stores sometimes have fridge cases that.

Alton Brown has a fridge on the Good Eats set that his crew hacked up that way for "fridge POV" shots and for "The Lady of The Refrigerator".

Daniel Gibson napisał:

> You'd need a fridge with two doors: one in the front, one in the back. Insert new food in the front, get food to eat from the back (or the other way round). But reinsert opened food in the back (or, in the alternative case, in the front).

Or a cylinder-shaped refrigerator with rotating food shelves. Put new stuff in the front and turn the shelf slightly clockwise to expose oldest food for eating.

Ain't circular buffers yummy?

-- 
Tomek (the patent holder ;-)