Side point - Lower down the list of the "she being brand" search had the
cummings poem included in a book of poetry about Americans and their
cars... and anyone who's read "she being Brand" knows that it might kind
of talk about a car, but has absolutely nothing to do with a car.

... that and this book has capitalized his name.  Dumbasses.

- Jim, finally found something to do with that English major.  Sigh.

Jim Campbell wrote:

>True, but if I search for something specific like "she being brand", I
>get a book of e.e. cummings poetry - exactly what I was looking for.  
>Change your search to this:
>
>"style sheet" +CSS
>
>Something to cut down on the feng shui - nothing but style sheets.
>
>- Jim
>
>Kevin Graeme wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Yeah, I saw that too. The search results seem pretty well weighted towards
>>title and author so that they come up first. But searching for something
>>like "style sheet" comes up with a crapload of hits for books that aren't
>>about CSS or even stylesheets as a concept.
>>
>>New Asian Style: Contemporary Tropical Living in Singapore
>>Excerpt from page 53: ". . . 12-seat dining table formed from a custom-made,
>>3-m (10-ft) long sheet of glass atop twin Ming-style huanghuali side tables.
>>Huanghuali benches each sit two guests at . . ."
>>
>>Thinking Styles
>>Excerpt from page 30: ". . . to college bookstores and find some of them
>>selling answer sheets for electronically scored stan- Functions of Thinking
>>Styles 31 dardized tests. Students not only have to study for . . ."
>>
>>-Kevin
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:08 AM
>>Subject: Amazon's killer new toy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>>
>>>You can search for any term in every page of every book Amazon.com
>>>sells.  It's amazingly fast, too.  I did a search for "spinach quiche"
>>>and it returned a big list of books, with the words as they appear, and
>>>when you click on them, you get a scan of that page with the word
>>>highlighted.  Nothing new in the interface, just put in something in the
>>>book search and have at it.
>>>
>>>This is more fun than Googling :)
>>>
>>>- Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>
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