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Re: Trailing double-underscores (was: searching google...)

__/ [Jim Carlock] on Saturday 18 February 2006 21:22 \__

>> Pardon me for this jibberish... __searchengineoneohone__.
> 
> http://groups.google.com/
> 
> The following searches fail to find anything on Google (COPY and
> PASTE the following lines into the google search bar, then REMOVE
> the trailing double-underscores to display the failures):
> 
> "searchengineoneohone"__
> searchengineoneohone__
> searchengineoneoh__
> "searchengineoneoh"__
> __searchengineoneoh__
> 
> As long as you attach a double-underscore to anything you post,
> and then remember some keywords, it could work to your advantage
> if you want to find something specific in the future, so perhaps that's
> some good news.
> 
> Jim Carlock
> Post replies to the group.

I fail to grasp how it would work to one's advantage. Unique terms have their
value because they are separable, but here you suggest using them as
arbitrary markers.

I remember when one of the guys in AISE experimented with the meaning and
impact of quotes. It seemed rather unpredictable and fuzzy.

Roy

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