> >I just tried to put my last name into AltaVista. It turns out that I
> >come from a very small family, and that there are not many of us.
> >However, AltaVista found 32 web pages with my name. From my page, to
> >other pages I have contributed, to Info-Mac archives.
> >
> >I think this engine indexes every significant word on the pages that it
> >visits.
> >
> >Pretty neat.
>
> This sounded like a pretty neat idea, so I decided to give it a shot (using
> my own name, of course). Using just 'osadchuk' as a search term, I got a
> few hundred hits - seems I'm rather ... prolific, as most of these were
> links to various messages in the FC archive. But the freaky thing with Alta
> Vista is just how good and fast the advanced search options are. The search
> phrase "osadchuk and not future culture" returned 52 links, about 5 of which
> were actually Future Culture related, such as the link on Marius' page, and
> also Greg's 'The Community=Myth' rant that he put up on his web page. But
> some other interesting things that I discovered:
>
> -there's an Alexander V. Osadchuk, Ph.D. high up in the ranks of the
> Laboratory Of Genetic Neuroendocrinology, located (or at least the home page
> of which is located) in Japan.
> -a Z. Osadchuk presented a paper on "SOME CLINIKAL FEATURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
> "CHERNOVITSKY" SYNDROM OF CHILDREN IN UKRAIN[E]" at the Child Health 2000,
> 2nd World Congress and Exposition in Vancouver
> -there's a Petro Illich Osadchuk in the Ukrainian Parliament (maybe he can
> get me a job)
> -a Yelena Osadchuk came in 4th in the 400M Butterfly at the '86 Goodwill
> Games, with a time of 2:15.34
> - in 1960/61, Roman Osadchuk was the president of something called SUSK
> (Saskatchewan Ukranian Students something-or-other, I think)
> -an Osadchuk co-authored a paper entitled "The role of adrenoceptors in the
> activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular complex of mice induced
> by the presence of a female."
> -another Osadchuk co-authored a paper on "Crystal growth and properties of
> strontium tetraborate," and another on "New nonlinear optical crystals:
> Strontium and lead tetraborates."
> -there's a Ludmila V. Osadchuk, Ph.D. in the Laboratory of Evolutionary
> Genetics somewhere in Japan, the page of which is on the same site as the
> above one.
> -and a Michael Osadchuk is a contract faculty member at York University.
>
> So there you have it, my internet (possible) family tree. At least what I
> don't add to the above list in terms of quality I make up for in quantity. ;)
>
Well I couldn't resist it , and put in my surname Hoose , apart from the
ususal plays on the name I found 300 entries.
I personally was chuffed , as it reinforced the family tradittion that
the name has Dutch roots by the numbers of Van Hoose's , also as I nearly
always know I am related to any Hoose I find in a British telephone
directory , it was great looking at other peoples names who where strange
to me - but with whom I share a common link! Sometimes it is handy not
being a Smith or Jones , but that god damn awfull tune Butter Scotch has
haunted me over the years , with that stupid refrain that the
imaginationally retarded insist on repeating with what they take to be wit!
"Theres a moose loose aboot this hoose! "
Usually followed by the stock reply of "Hmm Yes one day someone will
actually say something really original when they hear my name ! " , gets 'em
every time.
Graz Proud to be a Hoose
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