"Technically you could also write a db engine that reads over HTTP, but this must be a terrible idea" If you go to this url you can probably find some contact

"Technically you could also write a db engine that reads over HTTP, but this must be a terrible idea" If you go to this url you can probably find some contact info to tell the NY Times people how terrible their idea is: http://code.nytimes.com/projects/dbslayer http://code.nytimes.com/projects/dbslayer