It's beta because it needs to be modified not to present all the results at once, and some other stuff. Like, perhaps, searching under 4 letters.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2002 7:24:42 pm PDT #496 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
amych - Oct 01, 2002 7:30:24 pm PDT #497 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What's the four letter issue? Server load every time it goes hunting for "the" and such?
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2002 7:31:50 pm PDT #498 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's a default database setting for the full-text index feature. Presumably to limit server drain, but there's no way around it without patchy code or pleas to the web hosts. Lots of pleas.
P.M. Marc - Oct 01, 2002 7:35:47 pm PDT #499 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The plus side of the three-letter thing is that when I decide to do a percentage of my posts mentioning X, the count's way lower than expected.
So I don't seem quite so lame to my own ears.
Jesse - Oct 01, 2002 7:37:42 pm PDT #500 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Julie, you do know that we're obsessive about segregating the spoilers in their proper threads, right?
Julie - Oct 01, 2002 7:43:39 pm PDT #501 of 10000
and some other stuff. Like, perhaps, searching under 4 letters
and.. reverse chronological sort? and, and.. displaying the source thread?
whaa-a-a-a-aat? sorry, it slipped out.
I meant to say, Yay ita! It's wonderous! :)
Julie, you do know that we're obsessive about segregating the spoilers in their proper threads, right?
Yep. And I *heart* the Buffista Island and all who sail upon her, for it.
Noumenon - Oct 01, 2002 11:01:12 pm PDT #502 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
ita, it was very thoughtful of you to make an option that only searches our subscribed threads. It keeps you from getting spoiled.
Angus G - Oct 01, 2002 11:31:28 pm PDT #503 of 10000
Roguish Laird
Actually, a pretty efficient way of searching for ita would be to search for "Krav"!
Sophia Brooks - Oct 02, 2002 5:46:06 am PDT #504 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thank you ita. For some reason I didn't think of using that to search for a person.
Rebecca Lizard - Oct 02, 2002 10:42:42 am PDT #505 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
In future generations, would it be possible to make it so that only logged-in Buffistas could use the search engine? It's kind of fun, if self-conscious-making, to be able to see every message I've ever posted. But it wouldn't be fun if, say, my little sister could do that.