Rant: search is no longer my friend!
03-17-2009 | 05:26 PM
#16
Burning Brakes
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From: Pasco, WA
Maybe we should just go back to posting our problems when we have them. Most the time I can throw up a thread and have an answer in 20 minutes and then its /thread. The mods should just keep the most popular threads at the top.
03-17-2009 | 05:43 PM
#17
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If there are any issues, please post them at the link below so IB can 'still' address them. I'll say this too, and this isn't against anyone in particular, but when JD had this site, we never had these many issues, like ever. Anyway, please post away at that forum below, I encourage it...
https://rennlist.com/forums/rennlist...-an-issue.html
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03-17-2009 | 05:51 PM
#18
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From: Folsom/San Luis Obispo CA
Well, at a guess, they might have changed some configuration settings on their search db.
They're using closed-source off the shelf bulletin board software, so there's not a lot they can do to change things. But the majority of the work in search is done in feeding data into a digital search trie (prefix tree), so how that's being updated can make a lot of difference in how, or if, search works.
They're using closed-source off the shelf bulletin board software, so there's not a lot they can do to change things. But the majority of the work in search is done in feeding data into a digital search trie (prefix tree), so how that's being updated can make a lot of difference in how, or if, search works.
What's IB?
03-17-2009 | 09:05 PM
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Riverside CA
That's the point; it wouldn't do much good. They couldn't show me the source code, so I couldn't fix much of anything.
Buying closed-source software is a lot like buying a car with the hood welded shut, which you must return to the manufacturer for any repairs which can't be made by adjusting a control on the dashboard.
Such a car would be fine for your average commuter, and such software is fine for your average desktop user. They lack the domain knowledge to fix anything anyway.
But for someone whose core business the software maintains? I think not.
Buying closed-source software is a lot like buying a car with the hood welded shut, which you must return to the manufacturer for any repairs which can't be made by adjusting a control on the dashboard.
Such a car would be fine for your average commuter, and such software is fine for your average desktop user. They lack the domain knowledge to fix anything anyway.
But for someone whose core business the software maintains? I think not.