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Thursday, January 06, 2005
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Who knew that the smarts behind Google's search technology are pigeons!!!
Here's an excerpt from Google's Pigeon Technology Whitepaper.
By collecting flocks of pigeons in dense clusters, Google is able to process search queries at speeds superior to traditional search engines, which typically rely on birds of prey, brooding hens or slow-moving waterfowl to do their relevance rankings.
When a search query is submitted to Google, it is routed to a data coop where monitors flash result pages at blazing speeds. When a relevant result is observed by one of the pigeons in the cluster, it strikes a rubber-coated steel bar with its beak, which assigns the page a PigeonRank value of one. For each peck, the PigeonRank increases. Those pages receiving the most pecks, are returned at the top of the user's results page with the other results displayed in pecking order.
7:59:39 PM 
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The cable guy revisited the Partnow Manse today. New external connectors were installed outside the house and the connection was weather proofed. So, we're back up at full (high)speed on the Internet connectivity front. Hopefully, it will stay that way.
7:34:14 PM
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Tonight's ipodmyphoto is a shot of the Ski Boy. It was taken this summer after his very first geocaching expedition - which was a huge success!
7:30:36 PM
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