19-06-2002 22:38									#1
	The search term you specified (...) is under the minimum word length (4) and therefor Tired of ads?

The search term you specified (rex) is under the minimum word length (4) and therefore will not be found.

Bah.

What's the point in this limit?

And where is the original REX thread?(and others threads about it)

	19-06-2002 22:48									#2
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Try performing the search using T-REX or TREX.

EDIT: Or even try using the wildcard (*), for example REX*

	19-06-2002 23:10									#3
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Actually, yes, it's stupid. Searches on Area 25 fail the same way.

	20-06-2002 00:13									#4
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

and - somewhat on topic - how about OCC or ICS

SG[1]

	20-06-2002 00:37									#5
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I think it's stupid, but done to minimize the load on the server from indexing all the search terms. Or something technical like that.

	20-06-2002 01:24									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Scouse Gits and - somewhat on topic - how about OCC or ICS SG[1]

Simply perform the search as such:
OCC*
ICS*

	20-06-2002 13:25									#7
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Thanks. The * method worked.

	20-06-2002 14:10									#8
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What is a REX thread? Eli, is there something geeky going on I should know of?

	20-06-2002 15:12									#9
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I think REX stands for Rapid EXpansion or something like that.

But Civilization board where you can't search for things like AI and war, is definedly pretty silly.

Couldn't the search just exclude common words like and, the, a, an, as, is and of, and allow searches with the rest?

	20-06-2002 16:26									#10
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Rex = Rapid Early eXpansion

	20-06-2002 16:30									#11
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This rule is truly bizarre.

I was looking for info on configuring SMAC for WinXP, and eventually concluded that XP is not regarded as a word.

I am unclear how requiring more search terms reduces the load on the servers.

	20-06-2002 18:40									#12
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If you wanted to search for XP, just surround it with the wildcard symbol ie: *XP*
As long as the word is four or more characters long, the search engine will be happy.

	20-06-2002 20:45									#13
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Searching for *an* and displaying all results as posts gives you no matches. But it really slows down the site.

	21-06-2002 03:27									#14
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Oh well, it did half its job.