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The bit about "when all that was really wanted was the answer if the lawyer knew it off the top of their head" reminds me of people who want an ebay clone for a

• iigs 17y ago
  I think he means he would like a boolean response to "Do you know what this is?" not, "please give me whatever information you have in your cache". Although I can see it the latter way, as well, and it's reasonable to ask for an ebay clone if you can poop one out for $200. There's a lot of stuff I'd buy for $200 if it could be had. But just because I'd buy it at $200 doesn't imply that I'm willing to pay several times that to have one hand crafted, which appears to have been the outcome with the billable time.