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Onan the Clumsy
8th Jun 2004, 20:10
...does it take Windows XP five full minutes to look for a file - by name - on one poxy hard drive, when Google can search the entire freaking internet for a phrase embedded within a document in less than a second?
:confused:
Maybe we should run Google XP
Maybe we should run Google XP
That would be brilliant. Just a bare OS which does exactly what it says on the tin.
I wish.
DeepC
Naples Air Center, Inc.
8th Jun 2004, 20:50
Onan the Clumsy,
Why does your hard drive take so long? (Sounds like you could use a good bit of tweaking!) ;)
Richard
goates
8th Jun 2004, 21:34
Google has several thousand (70,000 worldwide is a number I read somewhere, but can't confirm right now) servers that are constantly searching and cataloguing the internet. WindowsXP can do something similar on your hard drive, but it is still affected by file fragmentation etc. The speed of your processor and hard drive will also have an effect on this.
goates
amanoffewwords
8th Jun 2004, 22:09
goates, here? (http://www.tnl.net/blog/entry/How_many_Google_machines)
goates
9th Jun 2004, 00:37
amanoffewwords - That would be the one. Thanks. :D
goates
Naples Air Center, Inc.
9th Jun 2004, 12:30
goates,
I bet S.E.T.I. (http://www.seti.org/) would love to get their hands on all those spare CPU Cycles! :)
Take Care,
Richard