WTF happened to "Search for all posts by this user"??? (p.s. TA search engine sucks!)

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Posted by kr00t0n on Nov-01-2005 19:21:

quote:
Originally posted by l�cid
don't call me dense! my brain is 6-dimensional and i boned your sister!!

pics?

Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-01-2005 19:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Moral Hazard
pssssst.... he was talking to me. Listen, an adult learning centre down the street from my office is offering reading comprehension courses.... Tuesdays at 7:30.... maybe we can go together?

Can I come too?

Posted by emc^2 on Nov-01-2005 19:23:

See, all this engergy and thought and emotions go into this thread. Which brings me to my point. A week from now it would be impossible to find - you know, for preservational purposes.

See, a search feature would have come in handy!

Now you see the benefit of my post - which is all I really wanted.

UWM, et al - all joking aside - I'm just goofin' around. No offense meant by any of asenine remarks.

Posted by RJT on Nov-01-2005 19:23:

quote:
Originally posted by emc^2
um... a bit of an akward moment (insert uncomfortable silence here)

yeah... hm. err. right on. well, ok then.

My guess is that your life is full of awkward moments and uncomfortable silences...

Posted by Moral Hazard on Nov-01-2005 19:24:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RJT
My guess is that your life is full of awkward moments and uncomfortable silences...

my life is an awkward moment of uncomfortable silence.

Posted by emc^2 on Nov-01-2005 19:25:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RJT
My guess is that your life is full of awkward moments and uncomfortable silences...

not really, but keep trying. you might guess right... even a blind squirrel, err I mean frog, sometimes gets a nut (or two).

Posted by RJT on Nov-01-2005 19:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Moral Hazard
my life is an awkward moment of uncomfortable silence.

It's the definition of life as a crackhead... the difference is, it's fun for us

Posted by kr00t0n on Nov-01-2005 19:26:

quote:
Originally posted by emc^2
See, all this engergy and thought and emotions go into this thread. Which brings me to my point. A week from now it would be impossible to find - you know, for preservational purposes.

See, a search feature would have come in handy!

Now you see the benefit of my post - which is all I really wanted.

UWM, et al - all joking aside - I'm just goofin' around. No offense meant by any of asenine remarks.

easy, just post a rather unique word that is 5 letters or more and make a note of it

really now

Posted by kr00t0n on Nov-01-2005 19:27:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RJT
It's the definition of life as a crackhead... the difference is, it's fun for us

my life is a silent moment, surrounded by swirling bits of blotto paper, little plastic baggies and miniature pink pineapples

Posted by emc^2 on Nov-01-2005 19:28:

quote:
Originally posted by kr00t0n
easy, just post a rather unique word that is 5 letters or more and make a note of it

really now

"squirrel" - this oughta do it!

Posted by bas on Nov-01-2005 19:28:

this is my time to come up with a totally original joke....

here we go

...

crap

Posted by RJT on Nov-01-2005 19:29:

quote:
Originally posted by emc^2
not really, but keep trying. you might guess right... even a blind squirrel, err I mean frog, sometimes gets a nut (or two).

Burned by the wit of a master...

Posted by emc^2 on Nov-01-2005 19:29:

lol @ joke

Posted by emc^2 on Nov-01-2005 19:30:

"... and they all lived happily ever after, in two pages of posts"

Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-01-2005 19:33:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
this is my time to come up with a totally original joke....

here we go

...

crap

It's ok, you are still generally funnier than most, including myself.

/dismounts bas

Posted by Swamper on Nov-01-2005 19:37:

Re: WTF happened to "Search for all posts by this user"??? (p.s. TA search engine sucks!)

quote:
Originally posted by emc^2
Oh, and how come I can't find crap with my user ID, even though it is 4 characters????

Search looks for content within posts or titles - your username is not part of the 'content' of your post - so no result would be found.

It all revolves around full-text searching and 'weighing' certain terms based on their frequency - searching for last posts by a user is cumbersome since while there are indicies for this sort of thing it still takes a long time on close to 5 million posts. This is the reason why the vast majority of large vB forums have search turned off for non-registered users - something I may be forced to do.

Some technical reading:

http://www.databasejournal.com/feat...cle.php/3512461

"That is, why is it bad if a search term is common? Well, think of the farmer who marked the location of the leprechaun's gold by tying a sock around a nearby bush. When he returned with his shovel to dig up the gold, the leprechaun had tied a sock around every bush in the field! Moral: if 'sock' appears everywhere, it is a useless marker."

http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources...t-revealed.html

Posted by getfoul on Nov-01-2005 19:40:

emc^2 = Whiskers??

Posted by emc^2 on Nov-01-2005 19:40:

Re: Re: WTF happened to "Search for all posts by this user"??? (p.s. TA search engine suck

quote:
Originally posted by Swamper
Search looks for content within posts or titles - your username is not part of the 'content' of your post - so no result would be found.

It all revolves around full-text searching and 'weighing' certain terms based on their frequency - searching for last posts by a user is cumbersome since while there are indicies for this sort of thing it still takes a long time on close to 5 million posts. This is the reason why the vast majority of large vB forums have search turned off for non-registered users - something I may be forced to do.

Some technical reading:

http://www.databasejournal.com/feat...cle.php/3512461

"That is, why is it bad if a search term is common? Well, think of the farmer who marked the location of the leprechaun's gold by tying a sock around a nearby bush. When he returned with his shovel to dig up the gold, the leprechaun had tied a sock around every bush in the field! Moral: if 'sock' appears everywhere, it is a useless marker."

http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources...t-revealed.html

Two questions:

1. Shall we start a thread "Chip in for search appliance for TA"
2. Did leperchaun use the sock inappropriately beforehand?

s.p.s. <-- to hell with it!

Thanks for the info Swamper!

btw, 5Mill posts??? whoa...

Posted by bas on Nov-01-2005 19:42:

can't.....resist.....must kill joke.......

how much should we tip del for this info?

Posted by Moral Hazard on Nov-01-2005 19:43:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
how much should we tip del for this info?

I don't know.... what did he eat?

Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-01-2005 19:44:

quote:
Originally posted by Moral Hazard
I don't know.... what did he eat?

The search.

Posted by RJT on Nov-01-2005 19:46:

quote:
Originally posted by dinoXpress
The search.

But he only ate terms less than 4 characters... It's like an appetizer... that's why we can't search them...

Posted by Omega_Blue on Nov-01-2005 20:38:

Re: Re: Re: WTF happened to "Search for all posts by this user"??? (p.s. TA search engine

quote:
Originally posted by josh4
justifying a shortcoming is always something hes been great at doing.

you should work for the Bush administration

what is your deal, dude?

Posted by kr00t0n on Nov-01-2005 20:46:

Re: Re: Re: Re: WTF happened to "Search for all posts by this user"??? (p.s. TA searc

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
what is your deal, dude?

he's an anagram of cntu?

Posted by RJT on Nov-01-2005 20:46:

Re: Re: Re: Re: WTF happened to "Search for all posts by this user"??? (p.s. TA searc

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
what is your deal, dude?

It's been asked before, no one really knows, after a while, you realize, he's just another one of us that's just "here."

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