re: #239 Obdicut

No, Ace. This is an attempt to solve the natural language problem— among other things. This is basic science research. Search engine companies are working on refining their algorithms; the basic science of this type is not yet mature enough to actually be worth the investment of private companies.

This is the typical pattern: The government sponsors the basic science research, huge breakthroughs are made, and then are exploited by private companies refining them. Google’s patented algorithms, and their secret ones, are not groundbreaking new ones, but based off of public work. The algorithm was developed by— gasp— Stanford University, and licensed by Google.

really? you mean it was licensed for free by Google? they just walked in and said “hey, hand over the license you knobs”?

good grief