Researching Searching Algorithms?

NiN3x asks: "I have recently written a sorting algorithm that can be close to four times as fast as quicksort and never much slower. I was wondering if there are lots of sorting algorithms like this out there. I don't think I could be the only one that has thought of something like this. I am only in my second year of computer science, so I don't know a lot about these things. I have tried searching the net and can't find anything. My algorithm is NOT an inplace sorting algorithm. Can anyone point me to some sources for this type of thing?"

Comments

Re-Searching Searching?

[Eagle7]

I take it your algorithm is redundant?

amazing

[larry bagina]

What's the deal with Ask Slashdot lately?

"I'm a 2nd year cs student, and I discovered an unknown searching algorithm. I won't provide any details, though"

"I'm not that good at math, but I just invented a new unbreakable multipad encryption. I won't provide any details, though"

"During my lunch break, I used a couple coat hangers, some aluminum foil, a 3 hole punch, a spare xeon-argon laser, and 32oz of diet pepsi to create my own home-brewed cold fusion reactor."

Can you identify the PhysicsGenius troll from the Ask Slashdot question?

And people complain about what gets through the US Patent Office!

Re:amazing

[quintessent]

Dear Slashdot,

I just finished Kindergarten, where we learned our ABC's, and I've invented an alphabet that can be read 7 times as fast, with only one third the effort. Why didn't some PhD come up with this before? Oh well. I don't remember what my question was, but just post this, ok?

*DIET* Pepsi!

[Maxwell'sSilverLART]

So *that's* what I've been doing wrong all these years!