CHAPTER 3Now Where Did I Put That?

OK, now you're going to hear me start repeating myself. Now you're going to hear me start repeating myself. It's not necessarily because I'm old, although that may have something to do with it, but rather because I introduced some of the topics covered in this chapter in Chapters 1 and 2.

Have you ever noticed that when you try to figure something out you pull out a piece of paper and start jotting down things (OK, maybe you're more of a geek and open up Excel)? For example, if you want to figure out how much it will cost for you to buy every copy of this book so you can burn them, you'll need to know the price, less the volume discount, the cost for shipping, the cost to burn them, and the toxic waste disposal ...

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