Alan Barrett writes:
I wonder if I have a pornopage. Of course you do (assuming the stupid transitive definition of a pornopage).
Start at your home page [...] One could define some kind of new metrics let dp(x) shortest number of hops to go from page x to any "porn" (sexy) page, Now, I bet that dp(x) < infinity for any page x that have links on their site that goes outside their site, thanks to the "strange attractor" represented by search engines & index, which are the most linked pages
<dp(x)> (mean dp) is prolly around 4 or 5 For instance, what is the pornography distance of whitehouse ? Without complete search, their dp(http://www.whitehouse.gov/)<=7 : -> textual representation of this page. {sorry, i had to go there,using lynx} http://www.whitehouse.gov/White_House/html/White_House_Home-plain.html -> Executive Branch (http://www.whitehouse.gov/White_House/EOP/html/3_parts-plain.html) -> government information locator service (GILS) (http://info.er.usgs.gov/gils/index.htm) -> IMAGINATION NEEDED HERE! (http://www.usgs.gov/public/gils/imagine.html) -> [Other Topics] {lots of remote pointers, but lots of outdated links too} (http://www.usgs.gov/public/gils/other.html) -> Another List of Internet Search facilities {netscape's search page} (http://home.mcom.com/home/internet-search.html) Search for "playboy" for instance at infoseek, or anything in fact... (btw where is that fast playboy's mirror ?) -> sexy pages! Regards dl -- Laurent Demailly * http://hplyot.obspm.fr/~dl/ * Linux|PGP|Gnu|Tcl|... Freedom Prime#1: cent cinq mille cent cinq milliards cent cinq mille cent soixante sept