Numbered Comments – not just the li css though.

I’m wanting to have my comments numbered like MikeIndustries.com has his done. I’m just wondering how and where to pull that number from as the ID isn’t the same thing.

Not This: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/28350

This (example – view his comments and notice the large number aligned right behind the comment post)
http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/10/sifr-3-request-for-requests#7751

Thanks

EDIT: Also Like this site’s comments….

http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2005/11/10/colors.html#comments