The latest trend of social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn made us realize all too well how a small World it is.
It seems we're all related in some way and, in fact, we are.
It's not a new concept. There was a site built around that concept in 1999, www.6degrees.com - check it out on the Wayback Machine:
Of course, it was too early and the site died in the implosion of the Dot Com Bubble.
For movie enthusiasts, there's a really cool site called The Oracle of Bacon that will tell you how far away an actor is from Kevin Bacon (by the way, Kevin Bacon is not the most connected actor).
For example, if I type in Reese Witherspoon, here's the answer:
reese witherspoon has a Bacon number of 2.
Reese Witherspoon was in Importance of Being Earnest, The (2002) with Colin Firth Colin Firth was in Where the Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon
Reese Witherspoon was in Importance of Being Earnest, The (2002) with Colin Firth Colin Firth was in Where the Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon
Try it out! : http://oracleofbacon.org/
And for the real fanatics among you, go ahead and read LINKED, a really fascinating book on networks written by the fantastic mathematician Albert-Laszlo Barabasi.
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