Google Search Result Grouping by Similar Documents (Links)

What does Google really need in times of more and more and more (similar) Content online? They need a software that can tell them if a document or a link (the text / article behind the link) has similar content to other links. They need to compare links / pages on similarity and group them in link-families, not find similar links / pages (that is f*cking boring and annoying).

Why would such a Feature help the User?

As the internet content grows and grows there are a lot of articles and webpages out there that talk about the same content (new product release, Gossip about Obamas wife being “A proud American”, etc.). This blows up your search result and actually does not give you a better search result quality. It just gives you more quantity (more of the exact same sh*t). In the long run that is like eating to many Hamburgers in one day. It makes you fat and ugly and slow and drives up your healthcare costs. Sorry, I am not against fat people I just try to make an example.

Why does the feature “search for similar pages” not make any sense?

Again, if I click onto “search for similar pages” in Google, this will just give me more “Noise” and less “Quality”. Of what use are ‘100’000  Results / Pages found’ if I anyway can not look at them all? Google only delivers 1000 _real_ pages per search anyway (actually it can be far less then that). Every Google-Search-Result never contains more then 1000 valuable links to the entered search term.

The 1000-Valid-Google-Link-Question: More Quality

So now, if Google could tell me – of the valid 1000 Links it has found – which ones are actually similar THAT would be a huge improvement. A HUGE IMPROVEMENT! Let me give you an example: Once the iPhone was released there was zillion of press coverage about the basic key features: Turn the phone, increase image size with your fingers, Visual VoiceMail, etc). Why not just group all the articles that cover the basic features in one link category (find the similar documents) and separate the similar content from say an article that explains one feature in particular with a lot more in-depth coverage?

I know a software that can do above and I am working on it. I am working on a Google-Search-Result-On-The-Fly-Analysis that will group your Google-Search-Result by similar content behind the links. A Google-Filter that will make your life so much better!

Let me know if you want to fund my Idea! I want to keep it OpenSource!

Qemu rocks my Balls off! Oh my God!

I just installed the latest version of Qemu on my Gentoo machine and I am impressed how easy the installation was. I am really impressed. I did not have to configure any interface or stuff, I just installed Qemu Version 0.9.1 and also KQemu (1.3.0 pre11) put in the CD of my Windows XP copy and ran these commands:

$ qemu-img create -f qcow2 /path/to/xp.cow 1300M

$ qemu -hda /path/to/xp.cow -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -m 384 -localtime

and then to boot into my XP from my Gentoo:

$ qemu -hda /path/to/xp.cow -boot c -m 1000 -localtime -k de -usb -soundhw all

Man, Fabrice Bellard I am just a bit baffeled how easy and smooth this went. Thank you!

OMG: Sound works as well.

This is far more easy to install then VirtualBox for me. Vista does not work yet though at least not during my last try.

Vista-Qemu-Update:

Vista does not want to install. I get following error:

qemu acpi vista error

I googled and this seems to be an ACPI related error. Maybe my Bios does not fully support ACPI to the satisfaction of Windows Vista.

Update: There seems to be a solution for this problem, I just searched the qemu-mailinglist-archives.

Update 10.4.2008: Guess what, now it works quite smooth! Just installing Windows Vista on my Qemu-Gentoo.

StealthSIM, NextSIM, “Bladox”-SIM, Which one works with Baseband 04.03.13_G

I am seeing different postings on EBAY of people selling SuperSIM and NexSIM cards that claim they can get a signal with Phones that have the iPhone modem Firmware-Version 04.03.13_G (1.1.3) – can anybody confirm these rumors?

Thank you for your Feedback.

UPS is worse then DHL and TNT

I do not know but I always thought that UPS is better then DHL and TNT. But they are not. I payed USD 60 for a tiny chip to be shipped from Canada to Switzerland and they wanted to deliver the parcel at 11.58 right before noon. Well I was not there and asked if they can redeliver the pacakge. Then I found out that UPS baisically doesn’t redeliver on the same day. Well DHL and TNT do that. Then I asked if I could specify the time when the driver could deliver again. Not possible with UPS. But it is possible with DHL and TNT. DHL and TNT both can reach their drivers by phone and give them instructions. UPS can not do that. They can only send them One-Way messages. Why can’t UPS be a little bit more customer friendly? I mean after all UPS is more expensive then DHL and TNT but their Service is far worse.

Windows Vista – The Ultimate Crap

I bought a legal copy of Windows Vista. I installed Windows Vista properly with the correct Product-Key. Now – WOW – a Windows Vista Update is out so I went and installed that. But: After the Update, Windows Vista wants me to enter my product key again. I do that. But then it tells me my product key has already been registered and is being used and that I should buy a new product key! WTF? What the F*ck??? This is total Bullshit. I spend several 100 Dollars for my Windows Vista Ultimate and then THIS happens! WTF?

What are they thinking at Microsoft? Deactivating MY copy of Windows Vista Ultimate after every Update? I am not surprised that Windows Vista loses so much business to Windows XP.

Lest just get one thing straight. So far Windows Vista to me is the ULTIMATE Crap! Do not buy Windows Vista! Just don’t touch it.

Use Linux or buy a Mac.

Update: After dropping out of the Helpline several times and going half crazy and spending lots of time on the internet not being able to work with my latest Vista-Update, I  finally was able to reactivate my updated Windows Vista after I reactivated it _BY_PHONE_. Man! We live in the internet age! Why the heck do I have to update the latest Version of Vista by phone? I mean if this would be Windows 95 – ok – I would understand. But not Windows Vista, the latest, newest and supposedly best product so far of Microsoft. Gimme a break please.

Where is Google heading?

Voting on Search Results makes absolute no sense to me. I want to search when I use Google, I do not want to vote. Straightforward, Plain and simple search. Please introduce content recognition and proper cross-language search. Greetings from Zürich to California.

Sync your iPhone with Linux – who has done that?

Hi

Is there anybody out there who as synced his iPhone with Linux? I am looking for a tool similar to jpilot for Palm. So far I have not found a software that will sync the content (specially Address Book and Calendar) with my Gentoo-Linux .

Any help is greatly appreciated.