> -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:charlie.grie...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:04 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: New Search Engine > > That was on CFC-Dev, and I'd like to think it was a joke. He said he > was > 90% done with the search engine because he had completed the front end > (which one would imagine consists of a text input and a submit button). > > Then yeah, I think the rest of the plan was to store all of the data > from > the internet in RAM :)
Actually that's sorta (kinda, if you squint) true: http://www.labnol.org/internet/search/google-query-uses-1000-machines/7433/ Google holds the ENTIRE search index in RAM which also means that a single search query (which takes about 0.2 seconds) touches over 1,000 machines. Or course this isn't "holding all of the Internet in RAM"... but it could be argued that, well, it IS kinda like holding all of the Internet in RAM. ;^) Neat stuff. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321172 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
