just checking in! Question for the group. . .
- lilyvonschtupp26
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just checking in! Question for the group. . .
Hi All,
Didn't mean to be so absent, barely had time to lurk, but all's well in Lilyville. Job's great, but so busy I barely have time to breathe. Just finished the plagiarism tour, giving the talk and discussion 45 times. Each different. Funny how some kids try to look for the loopholes, too. Had great copyright discussion as well with music, movies and inventions. Many didn't know who Sonny Bono was so they didn't get the irony of his sponsoring a copyright extension law.
Trying to limit how many committees I get sucked into, but it's hard to say no.
Would like to pick the collective brain with something! You always come up with great ideas. I need to name a search engine and come up with a cool name for it.
any ideas?
ps. Hope you all have a great holiday season. Am enjoying Duel, but definitely have to Tivo it or else I'd fall asleep between questions.
Didn't mean to be so absent, barely had time to lurk, but all's well in Lilyville. Job's great, but so busy I barely have time to breathe. Just finished the plagiarism tour, giving the talk and discussion 45 times. Each different. Funny how some kids try to look for the loopholes, too. Had great copyright discussion as well with music, movies and inventions. Many didn't know who Sonny Bono was so they didn't get the irony of his sponsoring a copyright extension law.
Trying to limit how many committees I get sucked into, but it's hard to say no.
Would like to pick the collective brain with something! You always come up with great ideas. I need to name a search engine and come up with a cool name for it.
any ideas?
ps. Hope you all have a great holiday season. Am enjoying Duel, but definitely have to Tivo it or else I'd fall asleep between questions.
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Calling it Annie Camaro would make as much sense as Yahoo, Google or Dogpile. Bloodhound is good.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Re: just checking in! Question for the group. . .
Can you tell us something about the search engine that would make its name meaningful? Is it specialized for a particular subject area or location? Is there something unique about its search algorithms that makes it stand out from the exisiting search engines?lilyvonschtupp26 wrote: Would like to pick the collective brain with something! You always come up with great ideas. I need to name a search engine and come up with a cool name for it.
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Re: just checking in! Question for the group. . .
NeedToKnow (or INeedToKnow)lilyvonschtupp26 wrote:I need to name a search engine and come up with a cool name for it.
Whassup
* Either Arglebargle IV or someone else.
- lilyvonschtupp26
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search engine
I can make the search engine design to be anything I want. I figure if I get a good name, I could create the engine around the name. I'm thinking something literary like a search engine for mysteries, or graphic novels. I love some of your suggestions.
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Annie,
perhaps a dog theme and it can be a search engine/directory for dog spas, groomers, only the best and kindest vets, vacation destinations friendly to dogs and of course, Dog Island!
http://www.thedogisland.com/
Lily
the dog lover!
http://www.thedogisland.com/
Lily
the dog lover!
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Re: search engine
I still don't understand. Are you doing this for a school library or are you trying to become the next Google? If the former, what are its needs that aren't already solved by what's already available?lilyvonschtupp26 wrote:I can make the search engine design to be anything I want. I figure if I get a good name, I could create the engine around the name. I'm thinking something literary like a search engine for mysteries, or graphic novels. I love some of your suggestions.
Picking a catchy name and then building a product around it sounds like something the PHB would ask Dilbert to do!

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Wiggins.
Especially given the things lily would like to be able to search for.
Anyone get the referent?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Marley, it sounds like a project for a graduate class, but I could be wrong, as nitrah says.
Especially given the things lily would like to be able to search for.
Anyone get the referent?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Marley, it sounds like a project for a graduate class, but I could be wrong, as nitrah says.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
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Re: search engine
Lily, I'm curious. What is the purpose of a specialized or limited-purpose search engine, when I can find, say, mystery novels or dog groomers on a conventional search site -- and far, far more?lilyvonschtupp26 wrote:I can make the search engine design to be anything I want. I figure if I get a good name, I could create the engine around the name. I'm thinking something literary like a search engine for mysteries, or graphic novels. I love some of your suggestions.
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Since Lily is at a school, maybe the search engine needs to be not so broad as Google, so that certain kinds of pages would not come up for kids to see them. There are also lots of web pages that do not have tags (like maybe on her intranet), but that this kind of engine would still be able to search.
I guess what I mean is, maybe it would be a searcher for her specific library databases, or those of the local school system.
I guess what I mean is, maybe it would be a searcher for her specific library databases, or those of the local school system.
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- silvercamaro
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All of your reasons are good ones, but I should have thought of this one for myself. When Annie was typing in addresses to see if they already belonged to anyone, such as "bloodhound.com," one name she tried was "dogsnose." She was most surprised to discover that she was staring at a porn emporium.Ritterskoop wrote:Since Lily is at a school, maybe the search engine needs to be not so broad as Google, so that certain kinds of pages would not come up for kids to see them.
She asked many questions.

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Marley - search engine project
it's for a workshop on online searching, web page evaluation. . .
we have to design a search engine to meet whatever needs we want it to. I just need a cool name to run with and build the gadget around it. There's a site called Rollio that creates search engines.
we have to design a search engine to meet whatever needs we want it to. I just need a cool name to run with and build the gadget around it. There's a site called Rollio that creates search engines.