[nkrisc]

Not directly related, but tangential anecdote:

I was visiting another state and while there I decided to check out a local, independent book seller. While browsing I found a very interesting and niche book a had never heard of about the linguistic and archaeological history of the proto-Indo-European language and the people who spoke it. I purchased it with cash. Perhaps a week later, the book was suggested to me by Amazon. Of course I had already bought it, but I took it as an example of how accurate their recommendation algorithm could be.

For anyone interested, the book was The Horse, The Wheel and Language.

[sharemywin]

sure it wasn't The Catcher in the Rye?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118883/synopsis

:)