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Hey that is interesting - IMDB's name folder is an indexed list... ordered by.... ? nm0000001: Fred Astaire nm0000002: Lauren Bacall nm0000003: Brigitte Bard
by mk_stjames 2y ago
Hey that is interesting - IMDB's name folder is an indexed list... ordered by.... ?
nm0000001: Fred Astaire
nm0000002: Lauren Bacall
nm0000003: Brigitte Bardot
nm0000004: John Belushi
nm0000005: Ingmar Bergman
nm0000006: Ingrid Bergman
...
It seems it is alphabetical, based on last name, but the first list must have been a very small select list, and then it rolls over around 9xx to start another list of people at A, etc etc....
I wonder how that database was populated / why that way.