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[Altjaeger]

What is a spider? I know silly question, but not really. I am not talking arachamadids.

When I look to see who's on I see members, guests and the Spiders like "Google Spider" and "Yahoo Slurp Spider". So the question is in computerese what is a spider?

[Bill Gunn]

Search engines use automated software programs that crawl the web. These programs called "crawlers" or "spiders" go from link to link and store the text and the keywords from the pages in a database. "Googlebot" is the name of Google's spider software.

http://www.searchenginepromotionhelp.com/m/articles/search-engine-optimization/googles-new-spider.php

[ncboman]

then, at some future time, the gathered info can be broken down, grouped, and used for 'genetic cleansing'.

'genetic cleansing' (http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2009/01/14/genetic-cleansing-and-the-corruption-of-science-through-political-redefinition/)

:)

[Altjaeger]

then, at some future time, the gathered info can be broken down, grouped, and used for 'genetic cleansing'.

'genetic cleansing' (http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2009/01/14/genetic-cleansing-and-the-corruption-of-science-through-political-redefinition/)

:)

Sometimes it is nice to know there are some constants in life! :D