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I don't know if like me you use Amazon. Of course! I've often wondered how they come to the "those who bought book A also bought book B". I'm sure the Amazon computers grab the links.
I have a passing interest in Tim Worstall's, about to be published, 2005 Blogged.
And I got a bit of a shock when the book suggested by Amazon's computers was this controversial number!
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Tony,
Regarding the big book on masturbation......what disturbed you about it?
I'm always getting these ridiculous recommendations from Netflix and Amazon and mystifying that they are, I just ignore them. It can be impossible to wonder at the madness of corporate business. These things are based on boolean search references and that is computers, they can never make any sense.
Or are you bothered 'cos the book might appear to be rude?
brendan
Posted by: brendan stallard | 15 October 2005 at 03:00 PM
Tony,
Regarding the big book on masturbation......what disturbed you about it?
I'm always getting these ridiculous recommendations from Netflix and Amazon and mystifying that they are, I just ignore them. It can be impossible to wonder at the madness of corporate business. These things are based on boolean search references and that is computers, they can never make any sense.
Or are you bothered 'cos the book might appear to be rude?
brendan
Posted by: brendan stallard | 15 October 2005 at 03:05 PM
Brendan,
Nothing disturbing. In fact on reflection, I not sure the book is all that controversial. T'was the link- people who ordered Tim's anthology - the book is not published until November- also bought Martha Cornog's opus.
Ahh It's just struck me Bloggers are wankers!
t
Posted by: Tony Hatfield | 15 October 2005 at 05:41 PM
A lot of bloggers seems to be into ego-masturbation, could be where the link comes from. Still, don't know if that's the sort of clientele Monsieur Worstall is after.
Posted by: Sam | 18 October 2005 at 04:20 PM
You say,
A lot of bloggers seems to be into ego-masturbation.
Present company, of course, excepted!
t
Posted by: Tony Hatfield | 19 October 2005 at 02:38 PM
Naturally!
Posted by: Sam | 21 October 2005 at 09:55 PM