I searched for "Cnn" and got 0 results. I searched for "Amazon" and got a five random results, including the IMDB page for "Rambo, Part 2." If this were really like AltaVista, I'd get 3 trillion results and have to use advanced Boolean logic to cut that down to the most useful 7,000 - so I guess having no results is sort of easier...
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Great movie. I think it's available on Amazon...
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#12Is this supposed to be a joke? I can't tell. The index is certainly extremely limited.
The challenge is not building the search engine, it’s in building the index. That’s why google wants every drop of data
True, but you have to start somewhere. Plus he did say his end goal was still 10 years away so it's not like he is he's under any disillusions about the work involved
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#13Sounds too good to be true. What's the catch?
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#14I would prefer we work more on something like YaCy
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#15One of colleagues argues that search has become infrastructure and thus there should be an offering from the state which is also responsible for other infrastructure.
There was a (failed) attempt by the EU I know about. And I don’t see that happening in the near future.
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#16The minimalistic layout is a pleasure to use compared to AltaVista's bloated UI.
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#17> has a ranking model that encourages a good ratio between content and markup (less markup/script is better)
Well, I'm sold!
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#18Is this supposed to be a joke? I can't tell. The index is certainly extremely limited.
> Hosted on: 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 2 GB HDD
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#19Sounds too good to be true. What's the catch?
it doesn't work very well
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#20One of colleagues argues that search has become infrastructure and thus there should be an offering from the state which is also responsible for other infrastructure. There was a (failed) attempt by the EU I know about. And I don’t see that happening in the near future.
The state spending money to provide you a search engine to select the information they want to show you?
Just sounds like a terrible idea.