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  Re: LUGNET search page request
 
(...) Actually, it's using a weighted/scoring algorithm which ranks A AND B higher than A OR B, while considering both implicitly. That is, if you enter "foo bar", then the order of things returned is roughly: - First, articles containing both "foo" (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) That's weird; I sometimes see results with just A or just B above results with both A and B. e.g., search for "Lego Maniac", and I see two results with just "Lego", one with "Lego - Maniac", one with "Lego", etc. Plus, there are times when I (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) Which would explain your perpetual 5-o'clock shadow. :-, I shave about once a week, but that's so that Barbara will keep me. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) Congrats Jeremy, I always wanted to be a kept man :') Ed - who has to shave every day, and sometimes again at 5:00p.m. obshaving - anyone else try the new 3 bladed razor - hated it. (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) Of all the SNL commercials to bring to life, it had to be that one. Why not the floor wax that tastes great, but look at that shine? My wife pointed out that the jet fighter (1) in the commercial is a phallic symbol (2), and all the men spent (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) This is because of the way scoring works. An article that has "LEGO Maniac" way down at the bottom is getting a lower score than an article that has lots of occurrences of "LEGO" or "Maniac" or a few of them near the top or in the subject (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) I use a lightsaber. --Todd (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) Yoiks. Little tricky to get that spot behind the jaw, isn't it? James (URL) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) Ever wonder why Ben Kenobi stopped shaving? :-, And don't even *THINK* about asking about Chewie's situation. Jedi Knights don't go around ripping peoples' arms out of their sockets when they cut themselves shaving. Wookies have been known to (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) Qui-Gon Jinn - Jedi Knight - has a scraggly beard Mace Windu - Jedi Master - cleanshaven Wonder if we've stumbled on some secret Jedi right of passage... James (URL) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) >> >I use a lightsaber. (...) Yeah...look at Yoda. (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) Yoda - Jedi Master - not really sure obStarWarsNotShownInTheMovies: where *did* Luke get the rest of his training, after Yoda died? Yes, I know, Yoda told him he was all done, but there is always more to learn. When to dress in black, when to (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) The correspondence courses from the local Jedi Academy. I work with this once guy, who has a mail-order degree^H^H^H^H^H^HJedi Certification... I just mention something incredibly cliche' and newbie-ish -- such as joining the struggle against (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) Is there a Scottish Rite Building in Mos Eisley? That'd be my guess. Chad (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
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(...) Another really cool thing would to be able to sort the results by date, or at least by ng name / article number. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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