tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22451554.post3736780501180694401..comments2022-12-05T08:34:26.278-05:00Comments on Rapid Communications: Finding ISBNs in the the digits of πDavid J. Fianderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08649853579641241634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22451554.post-50981611290677223012015-02-01T10:12:21.146-05:002015-02-01T10:12:21.146-05:00Since it takes less than a second to check all the...Since it takes less than a second to check all the zeros and ones to see if they're valid, it would take less than ten seconds to check all the other languages' potential ISBNs. The problem is that it would take a long time to run those ISBNs against WorldCat to see if they were actually used, and WorldCat's data on non-English books is probably not as good as its data on English content.David J. Fianderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06026474806112407436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22451554.post-77407377634761770502015-01-29T04:46:48.824-05:002015-01-29T04:46:48.824-05:00Hello David,
thanks for that, fun. Any reason to l...Hello David,<br />thanks for that, fun. Any reason to limit your tool to english ISBN apart from performance questions ?symachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588455996617530269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22451554.post-16664798069692090162015-01-20T18:18:16.655-05:002015-01-20T18:18:16.655-05:00The next, ultra-geeky step, is to parse the ISBNs ...The next, ultra-geeky step, is to parse the ISBNs to identify the publishers involved....David J. Fianderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06026474806112407436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22451554.post-56722698098463846562015-01-20T18:16:24.522-05:002015-01-20T18:16:24.522-05:00Many thanks for this David, I've updated my or...Many thanks for this David, I've updated my original post with your further research - now, to start analysing your dataset for trends... :)Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.com