On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:01:24 -0700, "Dr. MacQuigg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> For the future: > > Wouldn't it be nice if debian.org just listed the contents of each > package on a webpage. Then we could use Google for these searches. > Why do so many websites have their own home-brew search engines, when > Google will do the job much faster and more reliably? ..one reason not to, is the monoculture problem, according to google search experience documented over at http://groklaw.net/ , it is possible to "poison" the searches by manipulating meta tag info etc to divert tons of irrelevant stuff into SCO history searches, a lot of the stuff I find sorting SCO on dates on http://news.google.com listed as "5 minutes ago", turns out to be 5 days, weeks or months old. ..cure is, try _several_ search engines, and consider homebrewing. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
