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Mar 5, 2009, 4:37 am
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Ah, bounded Boolean logic... those were the days.
If they could programme in inference without implicature, we'd have one hell of a search engine on our hands
If they could programme in inference without implicature, we'd have one hell of a search engine on our hands
Mar 5, 2009, 5:52 am
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Mar 25, 2009, 12:40 pm
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So, is anyone working on "Search" or is it just completely worthless now? No matter what words or phrases, I use, I get back a list of threads that has nothing to do with anything.
Mar 25, 2009, 2:58 pm
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hmmmm-about 10 minutes ago, i did a bunch of searches using words i knew were in posts i had made and i got correct hits on all of them.
Mar 25, 2009, 4:15 pm
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Really? Is that in a particlar forum? This morning I was trying in particular forums and would get pages and pages of supposed hits, but those phrases never appeared in the threads. I specifically chose to look on threads with only a few responses to make sure.
Mar 25, 2009, 5:49 pm
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yes-it was in the ua forum as there were a few specific posts of mine i needed to call up. now, i don't know if this was the reason i was successful but i was searching by poster (me) and a single key word which i thought would be in the post i was looking for.
Mar 25, 2009, 6:07 pm
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Among many other threads, I get:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ah-moment.html
Neither "Mother's" nor "Cookies" nor "Mother's Cookies" appear in this or, probably, any of the other threads.
Mar 25, 2009, 6:13 pm
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Example. In OMNI, I do a search for "Mother's Cookies".
Among many other threads, I get:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ah-moment.html
Neither "Mother's" nor "Cookies" nor "Mother's Cookies" appear in this or, probably, any of the other threads.
Among many other threads, I get:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ah-moment.html
Neither "Mother's" nor "Cookies" nor "Mother's Cookies" appear in this or, probably, any of the other threads.
http:// news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Rare-Ginger-Monkey-Elka-Born-At-Taronga-Zoo-In-Sydney-Is-Rejected-By-Mother/Article/200903415247859?lpos=World_News_Third_World_News_F eature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15247859_Rare_G inger_Monkey_Elka%2C_Born_At_Taronga_Zoo%2C_In_Syd ney_Is_Rejected_By_Mother
Mar 25, 2009, 9:47 pm
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Example. In OMNI, I do a search for "Mother's Cookies".
Among many other threads, I get:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ah-moment.html
Neither "Mother's" nor "Cookies" nor "Mother's Cookies" appear in this or, probably, any of the other threads.
Among many other threads, I get:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ah-moment.html
Neither "Mother's" nor "Cookies" nor "Mother's Cookies" appear in this or, probably, any of the other threads.
i also did the same in the aa forum using my handle as the search term and the thread i wanted was the first one listed
but...when i search from the main flyertalk forums page, using Mother's Cookies, the results are phuglied and all over the place with your "mother's cookies thread listed third.
now i'm confused....is search only fixed by forum as that's what it looks like....
Mar 25, 2009, 10:15 pm
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hmmmm, i just did a "short search" using just the "search this forum box" just in omni uisng a copy and paste of Mother's Cookies and this thread (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...s-cookies.html) was on top of the list.
i also did the same in the aa forum using my handle as the search term and the thread i wanted was the first one listed
but...when i search from the main flyertalk forums page, using Mother's Cookies, the results are phuglied and all over the place with your "mother's cookies thread listed third.
now i'm confused....is search only fixed by forum as that's what it looks like....
i also did the same in the aa forum using my handle as the search term and the thread i wanted was the first one listed
but...when i search from the main flyertalk forums page, using Mother's Cookies, the results are phuglied and all over the place with your "mother's cookies thread listed third.
now i'm confused....is search only fixed by forum as that's what it looks like....
Mar 26, 2009, 8:57 am
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For what it's worth, my "Mother's cookies" thread was created after I did the search and posted here. I knew I had posted something in the past. I was searching for that thread. When I couldn't find it, I created a new one. Further, my search was within the forum only.
Mar 26, 2009, 9:40 am
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As KVS noted above, if a search term appears in a link, even if the link isn't displayed, the post/thread will be captured by the search.
Be aware as well that the search will essentially ignore the apostrophe in Mother's, unless you place quotation marks around the word.
Be aware as well that the search will essentially ignore the apostrophe in Mother's, unless you place quotation marks around the word.
Mar 26, 2009, 9:50 am
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As KVS noted above, if a search term appears in a link, even if the link isn't displayed, the post/thread will be captured by the search.
Be aware as well that the search will essentially ignore the apostrophe in Mother's, unless you place quotation marks around the word.
Be aware as well that the search will essentially ignore the apostrophe in Mother's, unless you place quotation marks around the word.
Mar 28, 2009, 6:32 am
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