Describing The Web With Physics

Fungii writes: "There is a fascinating article over on physicsweb.com about 'The physics of the Web.' It gets a little technical, but it is a really interesting subject, and is well worth a read." And if you missed it a few months ago, the IBM study describing "the bow tie theory" (and a surprisingly disconnected Web) makes a good companion piece. One odd note is the reseachers' claim that the Web contains "nearly a billion documents," when one search engine alone claims to index more than a third beyond that, but I guess new and duplicate documents will always make such figures suspect.

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[shaunak]

(What will happen as the net becomes more and more like a brain? Can it have a soul? )

"Please don't take this the wrong way, but that's honestly the sort of question I'd expect from someone who doesn't understand computers."

Nope. I think its from a person who doesn't understand almost anything. Taco, please use your own ID when you post intelligent (by your standards) comments.

Yeah, I know this is flamebait. I don't give a @#@^