June 19, 2002, 13:38
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The search term you specified (...) is under the minimum word length (4) and therefor
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)
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June 19, 2002, 13:48
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Try performing the search using T-REX or TREX.
EDIT: Or even try using the wildcard (*), for example REX*
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June 19, 2002, 14:10
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Actually, yes, it's stupid. Searches on Area 25 fail the same way.
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June 19, 2002, 15:13
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and - somewhat on topic - how about OCC or ICS
SG[1]
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June 19, 2002, 15:37
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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.
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June 19, 2002, 16:24
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Scouse Gits
and - somewhat on topic - how about OCC or ICS
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Simply perform the search as such:
OCC*
ICS*
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June 20, 2002, 04:25
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Thanks. The * method worked. 
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June 20, 2002, 05:10
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What is a REX thread? Eli, is there something geeky going on I should know of? 
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June 20, 2002, 06:12
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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?
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June 20, 2002, 07:26
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Rex = Rapid Early eXpansion
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June 20, 2002, 07:30
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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.
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June 20, 2002, 09:40
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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.
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June 20, 2002, 11:45
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Searching for *an* and displaying all results as posts gives you no matches.  But it really slows down the site. 
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June 20, 2002, 18:27
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Oh well, it did half its job. 
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