These Amazon Products Are No Joke, But the Online Reviews Are
What is it about the book “A Million Random Digits With 100,000 Normal Deviates” that brings out the wiseguy in people?
Rand Corp.’s 600-page paperback, which delivers exactly what it promises, sells for $64.60 on Amazon.com. Yet 400 people have submitted online Amazon reviews, most of them mocking the 60-year-old reference book for mathematicians, pollsters and lottery administrators.