"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
news:8KIGc.34726$a24.6231_at_attbi_s03...
> Methodology:
>
> Click on the link provided by Mr. Celko.
> Scroll down to the "product details" section.
> Read the sales rank there (note that it's changed since then.)
> --> "Amazon.com sales rank: 16,754"
> subtract one :-)
> --> 16,753
> Go to www.google.com
> search exactly as follows:
> site:amazon.com "sales rank: 16753"
> Click on the link
>
> Often when a site doesn't provide some bit of
> info directly, there's a way to get to it with
> judicious use of google features.
>
> For example, if you want to know if a given
> 32 bit number is prime, often times the fastest
> way to decide is to google for it. If it's prime,
> it'll be on some indexed page of prime numbers
> somewhere.
Very clever. Now, I wouldn't be surprised if you invent how to do
aggregation and joins via google.
Received on Wed Jul 07 2004 - 10:34:28 CDT
