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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (139462)	2/18/2002 12:48:21 AM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

>>Do you know how to trade gold futures?<< Yup, just ask Merrill Lynch to connect you to the futures desk. I use Goldman, but their fee's are expensive.

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (139462)	2/18/2002 1:59:52 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

>>One day, talking on the phone to a Webbed friend, I raved about a book I'd read. "That sounds good," he said, tapping away. "I've just ordered it." And that is the beauty of Amazon. For regular users, it has made itself the shortest possible path between wanting and buying. Maybe you could get something cheaper and perhaps you could get it quicker, but probably not by much. Could you get it easier? I doubt it. The pages are fast and not overloaded with graphics. The search engine and one-click ordering system let you find and order something in seconds. But this is not the whole story. Amazon also uses technology very cleverly to inform you, to keep you on the site and to tempt you to buy more stuff. Like this book? Here are another three you might like. Why not read what other users say about them? You can always add them to your wish list. Oh, and people who bought this book also bought these ... Amazon does not simply automate the buying of a book, it makes it into a new experience. It even pioneered the use of associates, kicking back a small percentage to sites that urged readers to buy from Amazon. It now even owns The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). IMDb is one of the wonders of the Web on its own. Its database includes information on more than a quarter of a million film and TV productions made since 1892, almost half a million actors and actresses, 50,000 directors, pictures, film awards, trivia, ratings and more. Buying a video or DVD is only a couple of clicks away too (if you are already signed in). smh.com.au