[ericc]

Is http://nycs.bigheadlabs.com/ the only way to access those posts that are not linked anymore?

You must have an API that gets you access to these unlinked posts, correct?

[jey]

i = 0

while True:

    i += 1

    if not urlfetch('http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=%d' % i):

        break

# implementaton of urlfetch() left as an exercise to the reader