 Uh, Search won't let me search "Deus Ex" |
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 Apr 26 2008, 04:12 AM
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Great Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383  |
The search engine won't let me run a search on Deus Ex! It is telling me that the search terms are too short. This is frustrating, though, because I know people have posted about Deus Ex in the past on this forum.
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Apr 26 2008, 04:07 PM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
tell me about it. I went through a rather frusterating search for Dumpshock's IRC channel yesterday, because IRC has only 3 letters.
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Apr 26 2008, 07:40 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?show...mp;#entry672295
I wanna link to the old thread where we discussed a system for having destructive alcoholism repair bullet holes. But it doesn't wanna search "Deus Ex malt liquor vomit". |
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Apr 28 2008, 11:27 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Not that I don't agree that it's a problem, but "Deus malt liquor vomit" is at most going to introduce a small number of additional threads about particularly strange Arcology runs into your results.
~J |
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Apr 28 2008, 08:13 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Why won't the search engine treat "Deus Ex", as opposed to "Deus" AND "Ex", as one 7-character string?
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Apr 28 2008, 11:32 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Because it sucks?
Like I say, I'm not defending the search engine, just saying that your example doesn't actually highlight the drawbacks effectively (well, ok, it does demonstrate a situation in which you need to remove a desired search term from an otherwise-valid search string to get it to not choke) because of how easy it is to make a search string that does work. ~J |
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May 7 2008, 04:31 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,650 Joined: 21-July 07 Member No.: 12,328 |
However, trying to find the thread that was about 'Top ten spells' is a total bastard, because searching for spells is a one way track to failtown.
Ps, if someone can tell me how to find that thread, I am actually looking. |
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May 7 2008, 07:31 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
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May 9 2008, 01:02 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,650 Joined: 21-July 07 Member No.: 12,328 |
No, thats not the one, it was definitely top ten lists (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) There were a couple of really great posts about what was the criteria for a great spell for a mage, why it is important for them not to be replaceable with physicl effects etc.
Grr. Thanks anyway though. |
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May 9 2008, 04:29 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I believe the thread entitled Spell Selections is the one you are seeking. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
I found it by searching for "Detect Life", because I knew without a doubt that that FrankTrollman listed that spell in the thread, but would get fewer hits than some of the other spells I might have chosen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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