Web Search Engine D***sizing (was :Re: Oldest person)

Michael M. Butler (butler@comp*lib.org)
Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:25:30 -0700


"More powerful"? In one sense, yes. The Inktome engine (which is what Hotbot uses) is based on a loosely-coupled maspar array of commodity computers, and its strong suit is frequent scans of the entire Web. However, I continue to use both AltaVista *and* Hotbot. Each has strong and weak points. Hotbot can over-filter at times.

I also bought AltaVista for my PC. It works adequately. I don't think Inktome is offered for individual sale--so in that arena, at least, AltaVista wins. YMMV.

MMB

10:06 PM 5/31/97 -0700, you wrote:

>I heard on TV a couple of days ago that a woman has proof that she is

>126 years old. She was from South America, possibly Brazil. Sorry I

>can't tell you any more - I didn't see the full story. Maybe someone else

>saw the whole feature (?)

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>BTW HotBot is a much more powerful search engine than Alta Vista.

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>Tony B. Csoka

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>On Sat,31 May 1997, Max More wrote:

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>> For something I'm writing, I'd like to be sure that I have the latest on

>> the age of the oldest person (according to validated records). I don't have

>> a current Guiness Book of Records and, to my surprise, I couldn't find it

>> with a quick AltaVista search.

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>> As far as I know, the current record is 121 years and some months. Can

>> anyone tell me if this has been beaten?

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>> Max

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>> "Growing old is no more than a bad habit that a busy man has no time to form."

>> Andre Maurois, The Art of Living

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>> Max More, Ph.D.

>> more@extropy.org

>> http://www.primenet.com/~maxmore

>> Author: The Augmented Animal (Forthcoming: HardWired, 1998)

>> President, Extropy Institute, Editor, Extropy

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