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Re:Google adds another cool tool to Search: The Six Degrees ... by ghshephard on Thursday September 13, 2012 @01:26PM (#4517427)
It's interesting trying to find an actor who has appeared in more than a handful of major hollywood movies (as opposed to indie flicks in which nobody has really worked with anyone) that has a Bacon Number > 3. I've tried about twenty so far, and everyone is at 2 currently. Even Linda Lovelace and Dev Patel. There is a counter challenge - Find a living actor who has appeared in three or more major hollywood releases with a Bacon Number of 4 or greater. Define Major Hollywood release as > 100 screens in the United States and more than $1mm in revenue.
Re:Google adds another cool tool to Search: The Six Degrees ... by s_henry_paulson on Thursday September 13, 2012 @12:15PM (#4516970)
For people not in the US, you need to change Google to English for this to work.
Re:Google adds another cool tool to Search: The Six Degrees ... by penguat on Thursday September 13, 2012 @01:03PM (#4517285)
I'm not convinced that it is a useful tool. Anyone disagree?
Re:Google adds another cool tool to Search: The Six Degrees ... by inafield on Thursday September 13, 2012 @02:22PM (#4517741)
"do a barrel roll" and "tilt" weren't directly useful, but they were certainly fun.

However, consider the potential ways that Google may have coded this and potentially been useful: identifying names and finding relationships with certain parameters. What seems fun on the outside may be a bare bones tech demo of relationship finding.

Or you can be a stick in the mud instead of recognizing this as a fun internet game.

Re:Google adds another cool tool to Search: The Six Degrees ... by packetslave on Thursday September 13, 2012 @02:17PM (#4517703)
It's fun, who cares if it's useful?
Re:Google adds another cool tool to Search: The Six Degrees ... by pmcjones on Thursday September 13, 2012 @02:16PM (#4517700)
How about adding another tool for Erdös Number?