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Re: Google's "Bacon number" search

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Post by waterlesscloud »

sethish wrote: post #5
waterlesscloud wrote: post #4

I wonder what the cutoff for notability is. It seems to work for big names but not bit part players. Oracle Of Bacon works with all of imdb, but I guess google can't use that resource...

Boo, I have a bit part listed on IMDB and it does not work on my name.

I'm thinking they're using something like wikipedia movie entries as the source. Something that just lists topline cast. As some other threads mention, cameos from even well-known types may not be factored in.

Re: Google's "Bacon number" search

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Post by dylanz »

mixmax wrote: post #10

I'm disappointed it doesn't work with Erdös numbers. I thought Google was supposed to be a geeky company.

I was at a dinner event in New Zealand, started talking to this old guy about random topics, and as it turns out... he has an Erdös number of 1. I was definitely a bit floored as he started to describe what they worked on (in person at one point), especially as most of what he spoke of went right over my head. It was a pretty neat and random thing to experience.

As for a "Bacon Number"... I'm giving myself a 1. I actually have a plate of bacon sitting right next to me, and that's the bacon that matters the most.

EDIT: As per jerf (good catch!), I can confirm that I am not actually bacon. I changed my "bacon number" above from 0 to 1.

Re: Google's "Bacon number" search

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Post by smcl »

Weird, Adolf Hitler is meant to have a Bacon number of 3, but he doesn't return anything on Google. From the Wikipedia page:

Adolf Hitler was in Ewige Jude, Der (1940) with Curt Bois Curt Bois was in Great Sinner, The (1949) with Kenneth Tobey Kenneth Tobey was in Hero at Large (1980) with Kevin Bacon

Re: Google's "Bacon number" search

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Post by 3JPLW »

dexter313 wrote: post #26

7 http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow...

It should be 2.

  William Shatner was in Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)[0] with Denise Richards[1]
  Denise Richards was in Wild Things (1998)[2] with Kevin Bacon
Source: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse373/11wi/h...

[0] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107659/fullcredits#cast

[1] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000612/

[2] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120890/

Re: Google's "Bacon number" search

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Post by jerf »

dylanz wrote: post #32
mixmax wrote: post #10

I'm disappointed it doesn't work with Erdös numbers. I thought Google was supposed to be a geeky company.

I was at a dinner event in New Zealand, started talking to this old guy about random topics, and as it turns out... he has an Erdös number of 1. I was definitely a bit floored as he started to describe what they worked on (in person at one point), especially as most of what he spoke of went right over my head. It was a pretty neat and random thing to experience. As for a "Bacon Number"... I'm giving myself a 1. I act…

That would still be 1. To have a bacon (non-capital) number of 0, you would have to be the bacon.

Re: Google's "Bacon number" search

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Post by twoodfin »

3JPLW wrote: post #34
dexter313 wrote: post #26

7 http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow...

It should be 2. William Shatner was in Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)[0] with Denise Richards[1] Denise Richards was in Wild Things (1998)[2] with Kevin Bacon Source: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse373/11wi/h... [0] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107659/fullcredits#cast [1] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000612/ [2] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120890/

Shafter, not Shatner.

This guy is famous in Baconumerology, but I am skeptical that all the links included count as "films".

Re: Google's "Bacon number" search

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Post by bratsche »

opinali wrote: post #21
essayist wrote: post #17

It took me a while to find someone with a Bacon number>2: Prince

Try foreign and old actors, e.g. Mazzaropi (famous Brazilian comedian from the 1950'-70's), Google computes a bacon number 5... but The Oracle of Bacon returns 3, they have a bigger database.

I got to 3 with Bela Lugosi. I couldn't get any further, so I finally turned to the comments to see who had >3.

Re: Google's "Bacon number" search

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Post by picklefish »

essayist wrote: post #17

It took me a while to find someone with a Bacon number>2: Prince

Me too. I had to go to foreign child actors. Found a 4 with Kåre Hedebrant who played the kid, Oscar, in "Let the Right One In" (The original swedish version of Let Me In)

Edit: However, oracle of bacon says he's only a 3...

Re: Google's "Bacon number" search

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Post by huhtenberg »

jerf wrote: post #35
dylanz wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was at a dinner event in New Zealand, started talking to this old guy about random topics, and as it turns out... he has an Erdös number of 1. I was definitely a bit floored as he started to describe what they worked on (in person at one point), especially as most of what he spoke of went right over my head. It was a pretty neat and random thing to experience. As for a "Bacon Number"... I'm giving myself a 1. I act…

That would still be 1. To have a bacon (non-capital) number of 0, you would have to be the bacon.

I'm pretty sure there's plenty of a well-marbled tissue where my abs used to be :)
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