After the Chooseday Tantrum, here's the Wenzday W00t

[acompton]

I've been helping a relative move her work onto a new computer. Last night I installed her family history software and tried running it - crashed with a divide by zero. I went onto a well-known search engine and found that the software is no longer supported by the suppliers, however there is an active forum. So I visited that and entered "divide by zero" into the search facility -
it gave me the answer in seconds, with instructions on downloading and installing a FoxPro patch from M/Soft.

Respect to internet forums with a prominent search facility (hint, hint)

[Darren B]

Whats that you say "search" Argh that will be somewere in my toolbar, i think i use google

[george]

I'll have that search facility and see you with this one.

Thank me later etc.

[gabrielcrowe]

well, google, pinny and i worked in tight collab. to make this:

http://www.asylumunlimited.co.uk/actoogle/

[TraceyHand]

LOL Gabe
you're slightly strange but in a hilariously funny kinda way...has anyone ever told you that?

[gabrielcrowe]

w00t, you've pulled, get your coat/goat.


actually, i'm a nutbucket. and yes, i get told it, every day. thanky.

i'm just on a high today, since i'm so close to completing our actinet project. the most complex parts are done. i worked all last night to get them ironed out.

and tonight, i'm DJ'ing. that always pumps me up. all those goth chic.... err, pleasant people in the club i know.

*ahem*

[fergusw]

"Surchin' Actinic" / "I'm feeling Goaty"

LOL

[TraceyHand]

saddest part is...it actually works!
I'm not sure whether to bow down in admiration or call the men in white coats

[pinbrook]

well, google and i worked in tight collab to make this:

http://www.asylumunlimited.co.uk/actoogle/

Cool i presume its the same as my "how to search the forum using google" post, but does all the clicks/selects for you - its bookmarked

[gabrielcrowe]

sorry, i couldnt find that post, the forum's search facility was rubbish.

actually, i missed that one entirely

yes, its very similar in approach. this one uses javascript to put the querystring together, becasue its the technology i was working on at the time when i started reading this thread.

pff! little miss 'i got there first you cheeky mr crowe!'



ok, ok, i'll edit the post to include you as a contributor.

[TraceyHand]

of course it does depend how many pages of the forum are listed in Google and how regularly/recently they were updated as to how effective the search actually is...

[acompton]

all those goth chic....

That would be my daughter

[TraceyHand]

sorry, i couldnt find that post, the forum's search facility was rubbish.

actually, i missed that one entirely

yes, its very similar in approach. this one uses javascript to put the querystring together, becasue its the technology i was working on at the time when i started reading this thread.

pff! little miss 'i got there first you cheeky mr crowe!'



ok, ok, i'll edit the post to include you as a contributor.

psssssst..Gabe secret google search post thingie

[gabrielcrowe]

i counted 5,290

so, i guess you're right.

how many pages are there in here? probably billions of unanswered noob posts.

hehe, yes, i did find it. and thats the exact same way i did it too.

[george]

...maybe a thread should have to attain searchable status...