JeffM wrote:

JeffM wrote:
No one has [ever] had the powerful syntax Google Web Search has
(wildcards; Boolean OR, NOT; intitle; inurl; filetype; etc.).

Rich Webb wrote:
But it sure would be nice to be able to, e.g., search for discussion
on a specific Perl module such as CAD:rawing without being
presented with umpteen hundred-thousand references to
"cad drawing" as well. AFAIK, only a very limited set of punctuation
is preserved in Google's searches and there is *no* way
to escape or quote the text that preserves the colons
as part of the search. #%$#$%#!

Yeah. I always like when someone says
that Google has the best and brightest.
There are so many examples where you'd think
the class whiz should be able to figure this one out.

::The problem with Google Groups
::is that the guy in charge has always been clueless.
:The users who consume/read the service get even more abuse
::than those using real newsreaders.)
::I get the feeling GG is where Google sends their retards/rejects.
::
You'd also think Google Groups would have figured out
a Hamster/nFilter mechanism for their own users.


They could do a lot to eliminate spam by limiting the number of
messages that can be posted from a single IP address in a 24 hour
period.


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