Dear Chris and all,
Sorry if annoyed you, that was not my intention...
1) I entered your search phrase into Google and the first hit, of many, was
that Stanford research paper you refer?? (I enclose the url to the result
page below for those interested.) There seems to be several possible "audit
trails". Scholar also return many hits?? This time I don't see your point.
2) Our discussion could, in my opinion, be seen as a good example of a
discussion of an artifact, mediated in part by the artifact itself.
3) The academia would be well served by researchers working out good,
proper, useful ways to utilize new media, like Wikipedia, web 2.0 etc,
search engines. These offer many possibilities and challenges (like those
pointed out by Chris), worthy of our attention. This list, is in my opinion,
a good example of useful ways to enhance academic work through new media.
(Incidentally, I find through Google, Wikipedia and JISCMAIL.AC.UK claims
that this list is maintained using LISTSERV which is claimed to have been
developed by a student in Paris.)
/Lars
http://www.google.com/search?q=Stanford+Research+Google&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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Ämne: Re: SV: Dissemination (from ecology and journals threads)
Lars Albinsson wrote:
> I guess it is for instance possible to use Google to find information on
> what went into Google?
You can guess what you like but if you google "Stanford Research Google"
you get only one reference (on the first page) to this issue from
Google's own site at http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html
This makes it plain that the software was designed at Stanford by two
graduate students, no indication whether it was part of a research
project or what degrees they were enrolled for (or even if they were
awarded). It mentions no research at Stanford or by Stanford staff or
students. It indicates that Stanford effectively asked them to move
google off the university servers.
But help is at hand. bing.com finds three relevant hits on the first
page including this proper paper that sets out the research and
indicates the wider context in research at Stanford.
http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html
I expect Google Scholar would have found that
Well done Microsoft (now I have to wash my nmouth out with soapy water)
So as I said, until somebody provides a proper account with an audit
trail, subject to critical review we know very little (we may believe
plenty)
best
Chris
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