On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:20:32 -0800, David Epstein wrote: >On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Paul Brandon went: >>>Times of London reported. Google is "white bread for the mind," >>>Brabazon said. "Google offers easy answers to difficult questions. >> >>Google is a search engine, not a source, so how can you cite it? >>Category error! > >Precisely. I had been about to post that Brabazon does not appear >to know what a search engine is.
I don't pretend to know what Brabazon meant but I'd like to point out that up until November 2006 Google did have an "answer" service. To see the closing notice, see: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/adieu-to-google-answers.html To see the answers.google.com FAQ, see: http://answers.google.com/answers/faq.html For examples of the types of questions and answers that have appeared on answers.google.com, seet: http://answers.google.com/answers/browse?catid=1709 Again, I don't know if this was what Brabazon was referring to or whether she meant that Google could be used to easily find website that *appeared* to provide answers though these answers might be oversimplifications or just plain wrong. -Mike Palij New York University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
