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Date:      Tue, 15 May 2001 12:58:58 +0200
From:      Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, Kathy Quinlan <katinka@magestower.com>, N6REJ <n6rej@tcsn.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I'm leaving
Message-ID:  <20010515125858.D93329@lpt.ens.fr>
In-Reply-To: <3B0108A2.C7CD3470@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:44:50AM -0700
References:  <002b01c0db54$e0febaa0$5599ca3f@disappointment> <20010513171444.E26123@welearn.com.au> <00f401c0db7e$ff3ca2a0$fe00a8c0@kat.lan> <20010513122623.I97034@lpt.ens.fr> <20010514084709.A68348@welearn.com.au> <024b01c0dc05$b1314fc0$0300a8c0@oracle> <20010514103623.B68348@welearn.com.au> <3B00D499.C542E155@mindspring.com> <20010515114457.A93329@lpt.ens.fr> <3B0108A2.C7CD3470@mindspring.com>

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Terry Lambert said on May 15, 2001 at 03:44:50:
> I think I think like the Altavista lexicographers, when
> I think about getting information.  I can usually word
> my request with 2-5 search terms, and get exactly what
> I'm looking for in the first page.
 
I've never had that luck, not recently, anyway... I find a
search engine useful when I can think of a few keywords or
an exact phrase concerning whatever it is I'm looking for.  
Google consistently gives me the most relevant results.

> I also like the ability to _not_ have an implies "+",

http://www.google.com/advanced_search

> the different behaviour based on case sensitivity.

Yes, Google doesn't seem to have that...

- Rahul

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