From: cryofan@mylinuxisp.com
Date: Sun Apr 27 2003 - 06:50:59 MDT
Nathanael Allison <jubungalord@hotmail.com> said:
>
> I recently searched for just basic world statistics on the net. I searched
> for things like land mass, dollars per person (GNP), and population for
> countries. I found that there were major differences in basic numbers. For
> instance in the top 5 countries for land mass I came across 3 different
> orders. Economy statistics were different on the 5 different sites I
checked
> out.
>
> What can be done about this? Is there programs that could either change
the
> info or tell the page/page owner that the info is wrong. Is this something
> that will be around until AI can deal with it?
>
> Why do search engines work so screwed up? I just know basic programming
> could someone explain to me why there are all these problems?
>
>
Land *mass*? Curious stat, that one. Maybe you want "land area" or
just "area" in square miles or Km?
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