Scientist Finds PageRank-Type Algorithm from the 1940s
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| BernardSwiss Aug 25, 2013 11:54 PM EDT |
Totally off topic -- but you might find it interesting anyways: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/417529/scientist-finds-... |
| djohnston Aug 26, 2013 12:06 AM EDT |
Yes, I found it to be interesting. "Nothing new under the sun" comes to mind. A good read. Thanks. |
| gary_newell Aug 26, 2013 3:16 AM EDT |
I think Yahoo uses a pagerank algorithm developed in the 1700s. |
| Bob_Robertson Aug 26, 2013 9:23 AM EDT |
Oooo! Tulips! |
| gus3 Aug 26, 2013 12:11 PM EDT |
This is why so many mathematicians speak of "discovering" algorithms, not "inventing" them. Even John McCarthy "discovered" Lisp; he did not invent it. http://www.paulgraham.com/rootsoflisp.html |
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