Search functionality for the petition?

Author: mattrob24
Time: 10-Oct-2003 5:21 PM
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It would be cool if a person could search the petition. I'm curious if some of my lazy friends signed it, but it would take FOREVER to look through all the pages of names. Any chance of getting that functionality?

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Author: Jay
Time: 11-Oct-2003 12:19 PM
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It's technically feasible. I'll add it to the list of possible future updates.

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Author: StarTrooper3000
Time: 11-Oct-2003 3:26 PM
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You could try looking in google. Type your friend's name in with quotes surrounding it & then see if this site comes up.

I just hate stupid people.

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Author: mattrob24
Time: 12-Oct-2003 2:25 PM
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Originally posted by: Jay
It's technically feasible. I'll add it to the list of possible future updates.

Very cool. thx!

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Author: Bossk
Time: 14-Oct-2003 5:13 AM
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Google would not likely work well unless the name is that unique. I've typed my name in several times and it takes a page or two before I even get my own website to come up. And my name is not entirely common.

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Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 14-Oct-2003 8:54 AM
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Very true. Imagine what it'd be like with my name.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 14-Oct-2003 12:36 PM
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"Your search for S______ H______ has resulted in 9,546,576,234,345,897 links."

Or something along those lines, I'm sure.

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Author: mattrob24
Time: 14-Oct-2003 6:03 PM
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Google would not likely work well unless the name is that unique. I've typed my name in several times and it takes a page or two before I even get my own website to come up. And my name is not entirely common.

Besides, Google doesn't "spider" the site often enough to be up-to-date anyway.

FYI, Google has a feature where you can type "site:www.originaltrilogy.com blah blah blah" to search only within a specific site. I tried to find my signature on this site that way, but Google wasn't up-to-date.

No big deal. Webmaster Jay said he would consider adding the search functionality.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 15-Oct-2003 10:43 AM
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I didn't know you could do that. That's pretty cool (re: the specific searching on Google). I'll have to try it.

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Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 21-Oct-2003 2:06 PM
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IT WOULD BE A NICE FEATURE.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 22-Oct-2003 6:36 AM
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Remember way back when we asked about a search function for items within a thread instead of just topic names? That would be really helpful.

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Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 22-Oct-2003 12:59 PM
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I know other forums that can do it, and it's a great tool.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 23-Oct-2003 5:05 AM
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Yeah, but I think Jay said that the software he used for the Forum didn't allow for that functionality. C'est la vie. It's not really all that big a deal.

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Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 23-Oct-2003 9:27 AM
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True enough.

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Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

Author: motti_soL
Time: 24-Oct-2003 6:38 AM
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we can only wait until Jay gets it done. but it would be cool!

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Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 12-Nov-2003 8:07 AM
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YES, YES IT WOULD.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 13-Nov-2003 4:19 AM
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But I think Jay has bigger and more important things to worry about than searching threads.

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Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 13-Nov-2003 7:16 AM
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Uh-huh.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 13-Nov-2003 9:54 AM
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What does Jay do for a living aside from reading our gripes?

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Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 13-Nov-2003 11:32 AM
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Not sure, but obviously it pays well enough that he can buy a projector.

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Author: motti_soL
Time: 13-Nov-2003 1:57 PM
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jay... "who is your daddy? and what does he do?"

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Author: Bossk
Time: 14-Nov-2003 4:22 AM
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And how do we get adopted?

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Author: motti_soL
Time: 18-Nov-2003 8:42 AM
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i guess you havent heard the arnold calls gateway spoof... LOL very funny... you can DL it off kazaa.

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Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 19-Nov-2003 6:21 PM
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Originally posted by: Bossk
But I think Jay has bigger and more important things to worry about than searching threads.

ISN'T HE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING MARRIED OR DID THAT ALREADY HAPPEN ???

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Author: Bossk
Time: 20-Nov-2003 4:17 AM
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That's right. I forgot about that. JAY, ARE YOU HITCHED YET?

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