Amazon recommendations
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I got the CodeGuru book in the thread below recommended to me, one of the lists also that 'may be of interest' to me is described as: "The ultimate gay 'cult' icons" http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/13BNA3BCWPUNI/qid=1039616242/sr=5-1/ref=sr_5_19_1/026-1472598-7811654[^] I've never bought any Liza Minelli, Kenny G or West End Musical Soundtracks in my life! ;P This kinda follows on from that Register article a few days ago about the spiritual book :) -- Paul "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." - David Brent, from "The Office" MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446
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I got the CodeGuru book in the thread below recommended to me, one of the lists also that 'may be of interest' to me is described as: "The ultimate gay 'cult' icons" http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/13BNA3BCWPUNI/qid=1039616242/sr=5-1/ref=sr_5_19_1/026-1472598-7811654[^] I've never bought any Liza Minelli, Kenny G or West End Musical Soundtracks in my life! ;P This kinda follows on from that Register article a few days ago about the spiritual book :) -- Paul "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." - David Brent, from "The Office" MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446
Incidentally, shouldn't the title be "Ultimate 'cult' gay icons"? Otherwise it implies that the results are from gay icons of cults :) -- Paul "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." - David Brent, from "The Office" MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446
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I got the CodeGuru book in the thread below recommended to me, one of the lists also that 'may be of interest' to me is described as: "The ultimate gay 'cult' icons" http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/13BNA3BCWPUNI/qid=1039616242/sr=5-1/ref=sr_5_19_1/026-1472598-7811654[^] I've never bought any Liza Minelli, Kenny G or West End Musical Soundtracks in my life! ;P This kinda follows on from that Register article a few days ago about the spiritual book :) -- Paul "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." - David Brent, from "The Office" MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446
Amazon's recommendations are really going nuts on my account now, as most of the stuff I've bought recently have been christmas presents for people (and so it seems it's confusing whatever it uses to correlate the data) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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Amazon's recommendations are really going nuts on my account now, as most of the stuff I've bought recently have been christmas presents for people (and so it seems it's confusing whatever it uses to correlate the data) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
That's quite a good point actually, the cross-selling and up-selling systems must go bonkers over Christmas... they probably have some way of devaluing any information collected during the holiday season. Mind you, it completely fails anyway if you buy stuff for other people, unless they want to encourage you to buy more stuff for others! -- Paul "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." - David Brent, from "The Office" MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446
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I got the CodeGuru book in the thread below recommended to me, one of the lists also that 'may be of interest' to me is described as: "The ultimate gay 'cult' icons" http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/13BNA3BCWPUNI/qid=1039616242/sr=5-1/ref=sr_5_19_1/026-1472598-7811654[^] I've never bought any Liza Minelli, Kenny G or West End Musical Soundtracks in my life! ;P This kinda follows on from that Register article a few days ago about the spiritual book :) -- Paul "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." - David Brent, from "The Office" MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446
I used to think their recommendations were a good thing, until I ordered the wrong book from them... I had only ordered a couple of programming books and then went back to order 'how to loose friends and alienate people' (comedy), except I order 'how to win friends and influence people' (self help guide) cause I'm clever like that. Now amazon have me down as a depressed geek - really, you should see some of the things they recommend! *sigh*
Dylan
"In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel
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Amazon's recommendations are really going nuts on my account now, as most of the stuff I've bought recently have been christmas presents for people (and so it seems it's confusing whatever it uses to correlate the data) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
benjymous wrote: Amazon's recommendations are really going nuts on my account now You can click on the "why was i recommended this crap?" link and rate or remove products from your profile. This will help make the recommendations somewhat more accurate. I had bought some toys for nieces and nephews recently and I started getting recommended more and more toys until I fixed my profile. -John
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benjymous wrote: Amazon's recommendations are really going nuts on my account now You can click on the "why was i recommended this crap?" link and rate or remove products from your profile. This will help make the recommendations somewhat more accurate. I had bought some toys for nieces and nephews recently and I started getting recommended more and more toys until I fixed my profile. -John
John Morales wrote: You can click on the "why was i recommended this crap?" link Ahh, handy. I'll have a sit down and wade through the recommendations and filter out the rubbish then. Thanks :) (Though I usually only go to Amazon knowing exactly what I'm about to buy anyway, so I'm not sure if there's much point..) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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I used to think their recommendations were a good thing, until I ordered the wrong book from them... I had only ordered a couple of programming books and then went back to order 'how to loose friends and alienate people' (comedy), except I order 'how to win friends and influence people' (self help guide) cause I'm clever like that. Now amazon have me down as a depressed geek - really, you should see some of the things they recommend! *sigh*
Dylan
"In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel
Did it suggest you needed clean underwear[^]? screengrab courtesy of NTK[^] -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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Did it suggest you needed clean underwear[^]? screengrab courtesy of NTK[^] -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
:laugh: Cheers mate, I needed that a good laugh
Dylan
"In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel
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Did it suggest you needed clean underwear[^]? screengrab courtesy of NTK[^] -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
benjymous wrote: Did it suggest you needed clean underwear[^]? I can understand Clean Underwear being recommended for someone buying a book on incontinence. But Ladybug Rain Boots? Cheetah Print Slippers and Suede Headwraps? WTF do they have to do with incontinence? :laugh: Hilarious stuff
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaNOPcode wrote: ...but in America, you're not allowed to thrust, moan or see anything...
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benjymous wrote: Did it suggest you needed clean underwear[^]? I can understand Clean Underwear being recommended for someone buying a book on incontinence. But Ladybug Rain Boots? Cheetah Print Slippers and Suede Headwraps? WTF do they have to do with incontinence? :laugh: Hilarious stuff
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaNOPcode wrote: ...but in America, you're not allowed to thrust, moan or see anything...
Hmm, Guess you need to keep your feet dry, um, and warm. Errm.. And wrap up your head from the embarassment of it all? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
