Re: Altavista better than Google for genealogy searches

John Prentice wrote:
> JJ206 wrote:
>> Gene Y. wrote:
>>
>>> Google toolbar is NOT a search engine.  It is an interface that adds 
>>> more features to the ONLINE search engine.
>>
>> Google Toolbar is part of the search engine.
> 
> No, it's an interface to the search engine. To call it part is like 
> saying the 10:15 from Twickenham to Waterloo is part of Waterloo. If it 
> was part, then the search engine would lose functionality without its 
> presence, which is ludicrous.
> 
> John (the group's pedant today, it seems)

LOL, doesn't look like you read my post at all. So when the 10:15 is in 
Waterloo, it isn't part of Waterloo ? Is that your point ? I guess this 
boils down to whether you think things need an observer to exist or 
function or not. I think the definition of a search engine is to have 
someone search it, and I never said the search engine would lose 
functionality if I stopped using Google Toolbar, but that all ****tals
and search boxes connected to Google search engine are part of it as 
long as someone/anyone was using them.

*sigh* Perhaps this belongs in a philosophy thread ?

Jonathan M.