[PLUG] Fun with web logs
Michael Rasmussen
mikeraz at patch.com
Wed Mar 8 14:57:41 UTC 2006
Scanning some web logs I saw this entry:
202.108.22.78 - - [07/Mar/2006:21:53:00 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 4199 "-"
"Baiduspider+(+http://www.baidu.com/search/spider.htm)"
That's curious. What is that spider? Visiting that link brings up a page in
Chinese that I can't comprehend. A little research lead me to:
http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=irol-homeprofile
Many people have asked about the meaning of our name. "Baidu" was
inspired by a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song
Dynasty. The poem compares the search for a retreating beauty amid
chaotic glamour with the search for one's dream while confronted by
life's many obstacles. "... hundreds and thousands of times, for her
I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights
were waning, and there she stood." Baidu, whose literal meaning is
hundreds of times, represents persistent search for the ideal.
What a great story. Makes Google look cold and heartless.
--
Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
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-- Norm Schryer
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