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  • Jammrock
    The Berserker
    • Aug 1999
    • 8661

    #1

    Interesting new Amazon.com feature.

    Amazon.com just announced that is has a new search feature, called "Search Inside the Book." They have put every single non-common word for 120 000 books, which they claim is over 33 million pages, into a massive search engine.

    You can now type lines, names, phrases and anything else you can remember about a book you're looking for an find the match.

    For example, I typed in "Ender Wiggins walked" and it came up with the Ender's Series by Orson Scott Card

    They are even having a contest for the new feature. The grand prize is a segway, others are a $100 gift cert.

    Pretty kool. I'd like to see the hardware that DB sits on!

    Jammrock
    “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
    –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett
  • jonnylane
    MURCer
    • Mar 2003
    • 116

    #2
    I find myself shocked that there are 127 hits for "whippersnapper".

    Very cool, though..

    Jonathan
    I hate flankers...

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    • Helevitia
      Super MURCer
      • Aug 1999
      • 6628

      #3
      Interesting, I typed "beets" and "century" and came up with the book I was looking for wihtin the first 20 of 120 hits. The book is called "Jitterbug Perfume".

      Dave
      Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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      • cjolley
        Super MURCer
        • Aug 1999
        • 7672

        #4
        "spam ballhog" hit "Bored of the Ring" as a single hit
        I'm sold.
        chuck
        Chuck
        秋音的爸爸

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        • Jammrock
          The Berserker
          • Aug 1999
          • 8661

          #5
          Originally posted by cjolley
          "spam ballhog" hit "Bored of the Ring" as a single hit
          I'm sold.
          chuck
          ROFLMAO!!!

          I read the preview of that and nearly passed out from laughter.

          Jammrock
          “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
          –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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          • cjolley
            Super MURCer
            • Aug 1999
            • 7672

            #6
            Originally posted by Jammrock
            ROFLMAO!!!

            I read the preview of that and nearly passed out from laughter.

            Jammrock
            Read the whole thing.
            It's great!
            chuck
            Chuck
            秋音的爸爸

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            • Jammrock
              The Berserker
              • Aug 1999
              • 8661

              #7
              “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
              –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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