Comments on: On the Amazon http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/ The Big Questions | Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:50:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: agio http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-523 agio Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:58:45 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-523 Nobody taught Amazon the difference between a person and a corporate body? That's like librarianship 101. Hilarious. Nobody taught Amazon the difference between a person and a corporate body? That’s like librarianship 101. Hilarious.

]]> By: Metadata FAIL - LibNiblets http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Metadata FAIL - LibNiblets Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:05:10 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-521 [...] love humor that only librarians can appreciate fully. Today I was alerted to a fantastic blog post by author Steve Landsburg. (Thanks, Michael K.) Suppose you’d written a book. And suppose, for [...] [...] love humor that only librarians can appreciate fully. Today I was alerted to a fantastic blog post by author Steve Landsburg. (Thanks, Michael K.) Suppose you’d written a book. And suppose, for [...]

]]> By: Thomas http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Thomas Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:12:08 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-509 Ahh, you are right: That is precisely what confused me. Ahh, you are right: That is precisely what confused me.

]]> By: Steve Landsburg http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Steve Landsburg Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:40:23 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-508 Thomas: I believe in this case that the author actually was "The Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Horse and Ass Meat Research Group", and it was this author name that got mis-parsed. The title happens to be very similar to the author's name, which might have confused you. Thomas: I believe in this case that the author actually was “The Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Horse and Ass Meat Research Group”, and it was this author name that got mis-parsed. The title happens to be very similar to the author’s name, which might have confused you.

]]> By: Thomas http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Thomas Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:37:08 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-507 I guess I'm dumb, but I don't understand why Amazon would be parsing book titles as author names in the first place. I mean, I get the basic premise here ("suppose your name contained both the word 'And' and a comma," and then imagine the wacky capers that could ensue). But in this case there's no "name" that contains an "and" or a comma. There's simply a book title that does. So isn't the real issue that Amazon processes book titles as author names, not that it then does funky things with those names? I guess I’m dumb, but I don’t understand why Amazon would be parsing book titles as author names in the first place. I mean, I get the basic premise here (”suppose your name contained both the word ‘And’ and a comma,” and then imagine the wacky capers that could ensue). But in this case there’s no “name” that contains an “and” or a comma. There’s simply a book title that does.

So isn’t the real issue that Amazon processes book titles as author names, not that it then does funky things with those names?

]]> By: Weekend Roundup at Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Weekend Roundup at Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:05:34 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-478 [...] also met the Ass Meat Research Group, and I said a few words about Paul Krugman. In entirely separate threads, of [...] [...] also met the Ass Meat Research Group, and I said a few words about Paul Krugman. In entirely separate threads, of [...]

]]> By: Virtual Memories » Unrequired Reading: Nov. 13, 2009 http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Virtual Memories » Unrequired Reading: Nov. 13, 2009 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:09:45 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-448 [...] I was going to title MY novel, “Ass Meat In France”! [...] [...] I was going to title MY novel, “Ass Meat In France”! [...]

]]> By: Ass Meat Research Group, RIP at Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Ass Meat Research Group, RIP at Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:03:05 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-400 [...] that this blog is so influential, but I can feel nothing but sadness at Amazon’s response to my post about Ass Meat Research Group and his co-authors Frozen Horse and Chilled and Frozen Hors the Fresh [...] [...] that this blog is so influential, but I can feel nothing but sadness at Amazon’s response to my post about Ass Meat Research Group and his co-authors Frozen Horse and Chilled and Frozen Hors the Fresh [...]

]]> By: Ethan http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Ethan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:27:44 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-381 Haha, Little Bobby Tables meets world! (http://xkcd.com/327/) Haha, Little Bobby Tables meets world! (http://xkcd.com/327/)

]]> By: curse you, stopwords! « Across Divided Networks http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/11/10/on-the-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-378 curse you, stopwords! « Across Divided Networks Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:56:38 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=96#comment-378 [...] in Uncategorized tagged amazon, funny, metadata at 8:56 am by Andromeda Metadata fail at Amazon and the Ass Meat Research Group (surprisingly, safe for [...] [...] in Uncategorized tagged amazon, funny, metadata at 8:56 am by Andromeda Metadata fail at Amazon and the Ass Meat Research Group (surprisingly, safe for [...]

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