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Subject: What will be the features in the Thread Search Engine?
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how? What will it have?

  • 09.11.2005 12:48 PM PDT
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Well there's going to be a little bar at the top of the screen that you can type thread titles in! Then you can press search and Wala! It's there! I know, amazing.

  • 09.11.2005 1:40 PM PDT
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Well I thought when you got resaults it would put threads into catagories(which forum it belongs to)

  • 09.11.2005 1:42 PM PDT
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What's taking so long on that anyway?

  • 09.11.2005 2:12 PM PDT
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??

  • 09.11.2005 2:56 PM PDT
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Well, they're still working on the "math" right now. And it's not the only thing they work on. They are also doing the karma system. They need to be setup properly to prevent it being too taxing on the server, and to prevent bugs.

And before you ask, it will come Soon™

  • 09.11.2005 3:36 PM PDT

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Well there's going to be a little bar at the top of the screen that you can type thread titles in! Then you can press search and Wala! It's there! I know, amazing.


Actually, it's probably gona go on the right hand side, just under the forum panel.

  • 09.11.2005 3:46 PM PDT
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I think the top bar will be extended to have a link to a search page, so that its a separate page. Or maybe it will be extended far enought to add a search bar.

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How about we just let Achronos explain what it has. Or we could just go around spreading rumors?

The search function is not a game, and speculating does not help one bit.

  • 09.11.2005 8:17 PM PDT

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How about we just let Achronos explain what it has. Or we could just go around spreading rumors?

The search function is not a game, and speculating does not help one bit.

Agreed, all we really know is it searches the forums and its taking a long time to make.

  • 09.12.2005 1:09 PM PDT

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The simple search will be a box that will search for words in posts on the right column. There will be an advanced search that will allow searching by author as well. The search will be per forum - if you search in The Septagon, you won't get any Zanzibar threads. The search is taking a long time because while it is technically code complete, we are not satisfied it performs fast enough where it won't degrade the rest of the site. So, we continue to test it.

  • 09.12.2005 1:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
The simple search will be a box that will search for words in posts on the right column. There will be an advanced search that will allow searching by author as well. The search will be per forum - if you search in The Septagon, you won't get any Zanzibar threads. The search is taking a long time because while it is technically code complete, we are not satisfied it performs fast enough where it won't degrade the rest of the site. So, we continue to test it.

So, its basically sooner than Soon™? I got the goose bumpies!

[Edited on 9/12/2005]

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What happened to the cross-indexed, multiple forum über search engine that allows searhcing by author's first letter, number of characters in a post, and has the ability to rank search results based on relavence?

[Edited on 9/12/2005]

  • 09.12.2005 2:08 PM PDT
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What happened to the cross-indexed, multiple forum über search engine that allows searhcing by author's first letter, number of characters in a post, and has the ability to rank search results based on relavence?

Someday, perhaps in the next millenium, that will become a reality. But it won't be Bungie that does it. No, it will be a new game developer, someone with a classy name like, "-blam!-o". When that day comes, we will be dead. But, our funerals will be lovely.

  • 09.12.2005 4:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: Halifax
Posted by: Rip Saw
What happened to the cross-indexed, multiple forum über search engine that allows searhcing by author's first letter, number of characters in a post, and has the ability to rank search results based on relavence?

Someday, perhaps in the next millenium, that will become a reality. But it won't be Bungie that does it. No, it will be a new game developer, someone with a classy name like, "-blam!-o". When that day comes, we will be dead. But, our funerals will be lovely.


Yep. We'll all be buried in MJOLNIR armor suits instead of caskets. And I think the developers name will be something dumb like "Crafoleon."(made that up out of the top of my head)

  • 09.12.2005 4:49 PM PDT

It was a cold day near the southern base in Blood Gulch. Cortana and I were relaxing over a game of Go Fish, WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE 700 BANSHEES CAME FLYING IN!!! I GRABED MY SPARTAN LASER AND LET HELL REIGN DOWN UPON THEM. I HOPPED IN THE NEAREST WARTHOG AND TOLD CORTANA TO GET IN.

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The simple search will be a box that will search for words in posts on the right column. There will be an advanced search that will allow searching by author as well. The search will be per forum - if you search in The Septagon, you won't get any Zanzibar threads. The search is taking a long time because while it is technically code complete, we are not satisfied it performs fast enough where it won't degrade the rest of the site. So, we continue to test it.


I was going to hug you, but that Banhammer is more than a little bit intimidating.

[Edited on 9/12/2005]

  • 09.12.2005 6:08 PM PDT

Posted by: Rip Saw
What happened to the cross-indexed, multiple forum über search engine that allows searhcing by author's first letter, number of characters in a post, and has the ability to rank search results based on relavence?

The Webmaster was sick on the code.

  • 09.12.2005 9:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: Rip Saw
What happened to the cross-indexed, multiple forum über search engine that allows searhcing by author's first letter, number of characters in a post, and has the ability to rank search results based on relavence?

The Webmaster was sick on the code.

Ghah! Please I have just eaten. So what about the groups?

  • 09.12.2005 11:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
The simple search will be a box that will search for words in posts on the right column. There will be an advanced search that will allow searching by author as well. The search will be per forum - if you search in The Septagon, you won't get any Zanzibar threads. The search is taking a long time because while it is technically code complete, we are not satisfied it performs fast enough where it won't degrade the rest of the site. So, we continue to test it.


Ahh yes. The good old million users searching for any post with the word "the" in it problem.

  • 09.13.2005 1:22 AM PDT
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Hopefully you dont have the same ppl "testing" the search option that tested halo 2 ... I dont think my grandma can make it , this time around..

  • 09.13.2005 1:37 AM PDT
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Finally a thread search!!!

I have spent 9% of my life on Halo 2 ... look in my sig to find out what you've done !

  • 09.13.2005 3:09 AM PDT
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Finally a thread search!!!

I have spent 9% of my life on Halo 2 ... look in my sig to find out what you've done !


Are you sure it wasn't 50% mb?

  • 09.13.2005 4:09 AM PDT
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Posted by: goweb
Posted by: Rip Saw
What happened to the cross-indexed, multiple forum über search engine that allows searhcing by author's first letter, number of characters in a post, and has the ability to rank search results based on relavence?

The Webmaster was sick on the code.
Where is the webmaster anyways. All well the search engine is going to be awsome.

  • 09.13.2005 6:48 AM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
The simple search will be a box that will search for words in posts on the right column. There will be an advanced search that will allow searching by author as well. The search will be per forum - if you search in The Septagon, you won't get any Zanzibar threads. The search is taking a long time because while it is technically code complete, we are not satisfied it performs fast enough where it won't degrade the rest of the site. So, we continue to test it.


Is it weird that I saw a little search box in the right column below the Forum box? I was surfing the forums one day and noticed it... When I clicked on it, of course it gave me an error.... Was this testing?

  • 09.13.2005 7:05 AM PDT

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Posted by: Achronos
The simple search will be a box that will search for words in posts on the right column. There will be an advanced search that will allow searching by author as well. The search will be per forum - if you search in The Septagon, you won't get any Zanzibar threads. The search is taking a long time because while it is technically code complete, we are not satisfied it performs fast enough where it won't degrade the rest of the site. So, we continue to test it.


Is it weird that I saw a little search box in the right column below the Forum box? I was surfing the forums one day and noticed it... When I clicked on it, of course it gave me an error.... Was this testing?


Indeed. There was a brief period where the feature was available to some people (though didn't actually work). This must have been for test purposes.

  • 09.13.2005 8:05 AM PDT