Filinia photos
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Filinia photos
I was trying to get a specific species ID for a rotifer and went to Google to search "Filinia photos". Surprising.
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Re: Filinia photos
In what way?Olympusman wrote:Surprising.
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When I saw Olympusman's note, of course I could not resist asking Google about Filinia photos.
Given his expressed surprise, I figured that I was going to get a bunch of semi-porn photos of somebody named "Filinia".
But instead I got a bunch of pictures of rotifers, which of course matched what Olympusman said he was looking for.
So, what I'm curious about is whether a) Olympusman was surprised that Google actually gave him what he was looking for, or b) something else is going on.
--Rik
Given his expressed surprise, I figured that I was going to get a bunch of semi-porn photos of somebody named "Filinia".
But instead I got a bunch of pictures of rotifers, which of course matched what Olympusman said he was looking for.
So, what I'm curious about is whether a) Olympusman was surprised that Google actually gave him what he was looking for, or b) something else is going on.
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That only gets 3 responses, clearly an indication that quotes were a bad idea, but still not very surprising (if you understand what quotes do):Pau wrote:Try it with quotes "Filinia photos"... I suppose this is the origin of Mike's surprise
I guess the reason I'm continuing to pursue this question is that I'm interested in the general issue of why the "same" query for two different people gives two very different results.
Is it a matter of search bubbles, or behind-the-scenes translation of one word into another, or visible but unrecognized differences between the queries, or ... ?
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Filinia
Yesterday in addition to rotifers got Asian brides. Did a virus sweep and voila no Asian brides.
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Filinia
Pau and Rik got it. Using quotes, Google somehow mixed together "Filinia" and "Filipina." Computers - go figure.
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