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I have to agree. It sounds like you're trying to reinvent the wheel when the problem can be solved by simply carrying your cell phone with you. It's not like it's a 50lb weight strapped to your back.
OpenRank writes: "OpenRank OpenRank is an open source project to create a better ranking algorithm/process. A processes that can not only be used for searching webpages, but for any other item, in a multi consumer-producer environment such as the internet.
The power that a search engine has by being the gatekeeper to the internet is too important to be hidden away and controlled by a small group of multi billion $ companies. This is why OpenRank is important
Processes such as PageRank used by Google to measure how relevant a website will be to you based on the number of links to that site are fundamentally flawed. The importance given to factors influencing a webpage are no user specific
OpenRank attempts to:
Make this process available to all.
Taylor the search results to the taste of the user.
Be completely open for developers, content creators, people searching, everyone...
OpenRank needs your help to make it possible. The project needs all people — there are many ways to producing a great search and many skill sets are needed.
If you have ideas about
How searching for or ranking of webpages, photos, music, books, etc could be better
VincenzoRomano writes: "The American Insitute of Physics is proving details about an interesting experiment where two scientists prove you can actually rip a fluid (well, not actually water but an undrinkable mixture of water, soap, and certain salts).
The result is that if you drag a cylinder fast enough, the fluid gets ripped into several parts, with separate surfaces, which take as long as a few hours to close up. Nice photos of the experiment are provided for the sake of curiosity."