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Hugh MacKay

03-18-2007 18:33:08




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About two months ago, I went looking in the archives for something I once said. I knew the subject and aprox date, however I couldn't find it. Here is what I did find and will use round figures to make the point.

My total postings lifetime as of roughly Dec. 31 06 were 26,000. About one year earlier my total was 30,000. Since I started posting late 1999 or early 2000 that would make roughly 6,000 per year, to the end of 2005. By the way, I'm not the highest. I suspect I didn't post as much in 2006, however based on end of 2005, I expected to find myself around 34,000 to 35,000 at the end of 2006. This would lead me to believe 9,000 of my posts are missing. This doesn't bother me a whole lot, in fact I sometimes wonder why Kim archives all anyhow. I often think the OT and social threads have little value being archived. I just wondered if anyone else had noticed this. I certainly don't make a mark on the wall every time I post, thus I have no idea what the total is. If I hadn't checked one year ago, I'd have never noticed this. I think I've only checked 3-4 times since 1999.

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Midwest redneck

03-19-2007 14:17:50




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 Re: Items missing from Archives in reply to Hugh MacKay, 03-18-2007 18:33:08  
I looked for info a few months back and couldnt find it or I didnt do the search correctly. It took me 20 minutes or more to try to find what I was looking for and still didnt find it. I think that Kim shouldnt archive the stuff except for maybe 30 days. Too much useless info out there.



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RodInNS

03-18-2007 20:12:57




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 Re: Items missing from Archives in reply to Hugh MacKay, 03-18-2007 18:33:08  
Hugh,

I'd tend to agree with bob. I don't find the search to be of much use either. It's showing something over 5000 hits for me in the last couple years on this username, and only 3 on my old one which ought to have as many or more. Mabey they're gone... but I think it's more likely just a wonky search function. Even of that 5000+ it's showing.... many of that number are actually posts by others as it's picking up my name as posts and replys by me, posts and replys TO me, and posts of people looking for me in the subject line. Kinda makes me look "busy" until you realise that the actual number is probably 1/5 of that or so. It's one of those curious things that we don't look at too much....

Rod

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Hugh MacKay

03-19-2007 16:44:45




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 Re: Items missing from Archives in reply to RodInNS, 03-18-2007 20:12:57  
Rod: Doesn't really matter who made them, 9,000 is a lot missing and you can bet it's only tip of iceburg. This doesn't bother me a whole lot. Basically I see archives almost useless on this type of forum. Each topic could have a dozen different titles.



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Bob

03-18-2007 19:02:47




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 Re: Items missing from Archives in reply to Hugh MacKay, 03-18-2007 18:33:08  
Sadly the search function on this site is next to worthless compared to many other sites\
a casualty of the old outdated software.

I used to hope kim would never change 'cause liked the simplicity of this software but after surfing lots of other boards I feel the time is long past for an update. How about you?



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Hugh MacKay

03-18-2007 19:42:20




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 Re: Items missing from Archives in reply to Bob, 03-18-2007 19:02:47  
Bob: I realize what your saying, however one of the problems I see with the internet generally, is a dozen folks can find a dozen different titles for the same thing. My point in this thread, is to alert folks, there are items missing. Having said that, the missing items may well not be worth a tinkers damn.



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Bob

03-18-2007 20:42:39




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 Re: Items missing from Archives in reply to Hugh MacKay, 03-18-2007 19:42:20  
The search function is just plain "flaky".

Perhaps from "crashes".

MANY times on the "N" Board for example posts that were easy to find simply disappear never to be found again.

VERY frustrating when the same problem comes up again and a previous post with a solution that worked for someone simply can't be found.



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