Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 12:55:22 -0400
Reply-To: Frank Lee <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Frank Lee <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Gerry vanagon Archive for download or thumb
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Tom --- Wow, Cool tool
I clicked on your google link below. It offered this in the google search
box
[site:gerry.vanagon.com battery]
Search -BLINK- complete list of 321 full text finds, Not just title
search.
Can redo adding aux or diesel or charge or cost or Walmart
I can use this on lots of stuff.other sites. TNX!!!.
Ideal if we all used a common rating system (thumbs up, Like) for the
best, most useful, resource filled messages or strings.
Then we would really have a quick Best Practices Knowledge Base .
Frank
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Tom Carchrae <tom@carchrae.net> wrote:
> I've wondered the same. Likewise for the Samba which often contains
> valuable pictures of operating procedures. You could download the archives
> into files, then run them through a program like:
> http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net - seems a bit tedious though.
>
> I build web applications and have experience creating fast text search
> engines. But that is not going to help you so much if you are on the side
> of the road with no internet. This would be the easiest way (for me
> anyway) to do this. Yes, google does this already ie
> https://www.google.ca/?q=site:gerry.vanagon.com+battery (just put site:
> gerry.vanagon.com in the query) but it is not necessarily the easiest way
> to find something.
>
> The biggest problem is not so much finding a result, it is finding the
> right one amid the noise. Stackoverflow.com does this well with voting up
> and down answers based on quality. It filters out the noise and gives you
> confidence in the advice.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Frank Lee <techedteacher@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was wondering if the archive collected by this wise and noble troop
>> could
>> be had locally.
>>
>> Ive often wanted to research and avoid "We've heard this before" Newbe
>> questions when definitive answers are in the archive.
>> It takes a long time for each search. If you don't have the right search
>> term or original title, or, cant scan through message bodies. I've not
>> always been successful searching the archive.
>>
>> How much hard media would it require? Could it be compacted and
>> downloaded? Drop Box? Cloud? Cost?
>>
>> Frank Lee
>>
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