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Post #228,577 by ben_tilly 10/7/05 3:28:25 AM Reply	Never attribute to malice... Google uses a "redundant array of inexpensive computers". If they don't care about keeping images up to date, then odds are that they aren't worrying about keeping them synchronized across the cluster either. Which would mean that 2 requests could easily come up with 2 different sets of pictures. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #228,584 by ubernostrum 10/7/05 4:22:06 AM Reply	And given... That even with the web search, hits to different Google datacenters (last I heard there were nine of them, I'm sure there are more now since that was a couple years back) can return different results ranked differently, well... looks like no evil is being done at the moment. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird? \r\n[link\|http://www.shtuff.us/\|shtuff]
Post #228,587 by CRConrad 10/7/05 5:17:25 AM Reply	Ah, sorry, didn't mean to - should'a emphasised "looks like"

Wanna see something interesting? - (drewk) - (14) - Oct. 5, 2005, 09:29:43 PM EDT

Try this... - (Yendor) - (7) - Oct. 5, 2005, 09:32:28 PM EDT

Nothing in the first 5 pages -NT - (drewk) - (6) - Oct. 5, 2005, 09:36:20 PM EDT

Er, yeah there is - (Yendor) - (5) - Oct. 5, 2005, 09:38:17 PM EDT

Not on mine - (drewk) - (4) - Oct. 6, 2005, 07:33:39 AM EDT

Apparently we are - (Yendor) - (3) - Oct. 6, 2005, 09:24:20 AM EDT

WTF? -NT - (drewk) - (2) - Oct. 6, 2005, 09:32:41 AM EDT

BTHO me. -NT - (Yendor) - (1) - Oct. 6, 2005, 09:37:30 AM EDT

FWIW, first I saw it, then I didn't any more. -NT - (CRConrad) - Oct. 6, 2005, 04:14:26 PM EDT

I can find your picture in 2 clicks. - (Another Scott) - Oct. 5, 2005, 10:37:26 PM EDT

Google's image index gets awfully stale. - (ubernostrum) - (4) - Oct. 7, 2005, 01:25:48 AM EDT

Nope, that seems to be getting it backwards. - (CRConrad) - (3) - Oct. 7, 2005, 02:59:07 AM EDT

Never attribute to malice... - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Oct. 7, 2005, 03:28:25 AM EDT

And given... - (ubernostrum) - Oct. 7, 2005, 04:22:06 AM EDT

Ah, sorry, didn't mean to - should'a emphasised "looks like" -NT - (CRConrad) - Oct. 7, 2005, 05:17:25 AM EDT

Iffn' you ain't the granddaddy of all liars!
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