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slowbird
slowbird Dork
3/18/20 3:24 p.m.

If you wanna get technical, it's really more like HandOrArmOrVeryOccasionallyFootEgg.

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson MegaDork
3/18/20 3:24 p.m.

In reply to slowbird :

Can we all agree it's just silly and pointless unlike motorsport that's cool and interestingdevil

JAGwinn
JAGwinn New Reader
3/18/20 4:57 p.m.

Tip #3: Include or Exclude Words in Your Search

Speaking of the words "and" and "or," Google automatically ignores these and other small, common words in your queries. These are called stop words, and include "and," "the," "where," "how," "what," "or" (in all lowercase), and other similar words—along with certain single digits and single letters (such as "a").

Including a stop word in a search normally does nothing but slow the search down, which is why Google excises them. As an example, Google takes the query how a toaster works, removes the words "how" and "a," and creates the new, shorter query toaster works.

If you want these common words included in your query, you can override the stop word exclusion by telling Google that it must include specific words in the query. You do this with the + operator, in front of the otherwise excluded word. For example, to include the word "how" in your query, you’d enter +how. Be sure to include a space before the + sign, but not after it.

On the other hand, sometimes you want to refine your results by excluding pages that include a specific word. You can exclude words from your search by using the - operator; any word in your query preceded by the - sign is automatically excluded from the search results. Remember to always include a space before the - sign, and none after.

For example, if you search for bass, you could get pages about the type of male singer or about the type of fish. If you want to search for the type of singer only, enter a query that looks like this: bass –fish.

https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=675274&seqNum=3

iceracer
iceracer MegaDork
3/18/20 4:59 p.m.

Not like watching brightly colored cars running around in circles for 4 hrs. or tightly regulated so that the same driver keeps winning.

  That being said I enjoy watching most of them, some more than others.

secretariata
secretariata GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/18/20 5:06 p.m.
wae said:
Adrian_Thompson said:

In reply to wae :

Who, what? cheeky

I think he's the guy who put the puck in the basket the most times to score more runs.  Or something.

But only in the 4th half. Or something else... cheeky

rob_lewis
rob_lewis UltraDork
3/18/20 5:26 p.m.

The cow that has been eluding police in South Florida for MONTHS has finally been captured...

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-fugitive-cow-caught-20200318-gdfl2x32dzcbvddjnp5dlhcmxi-story.html

-Rob

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
3/18/20 5:47 p.m.

In reply to rob_lewis :

What's she being charged with?

minivan_racer
minivan_racer UberDork
3/18/20 5:50 p.m.

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
3/18/20 5:54 p.m.

In reply to minivan_racer :

Thanks for your timely response.  That pretty well sums it up. 

She's probably in interrogation right now, being grilled. laugh

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
3/18/20 6:04 p.m.

I was hoping to do a news update other than the virus- and google seems to suck at "news -coronovirus -covid19 -covid-19"

I'll have to try Edge and it's host searcher.

The easy news is about sports.

Gary
Gary UltraDork
3/18/20 7:58 p.m.

We seemed to have missed St. Patricks Day altogether. That's a shame. And today is St. Joseph's Day. The tradition is to eat Zeppolas on this day.

(I've posted this on a couple other threads today, but ... Zeppolas are spectacular, perhaps 2,000 calories. If you share one with twenty friends, then you're OK.

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/18/20 8:04 p.m.

The president of the US Soccer federation resigned last week  

This took place after it became known that his organization's defense in a lawsuit by the US Womens soccer team (the one that wins all the world cups while the men can't quality from the weakest bracket on the planet) was... "they're not as skilled as the men".

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy UltimaDork
3/18/20 8:08 p.m.

In reply to Gary :

One day off.  All the Italians wear red and celebrate this holiday tomorrow.  

TRoglodyte
TRoglodyte UltraDork
3/18/20 8:35 p.m.

Iditarod, a Norwegian musher was in the lead. Epic race, who ran the first one and why?

Floating Doc
Floating Doc GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
3/18/20 8:44 p.m.

In reply to TRoglodyte :

Without looking it up, I think they were trying to get serum to Nome during a cholera epidemic.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill MegaDork
3/19/20 2:52 p.m.
1988RedT2 said:
Streetwiseguy said:

Oil is trading at $25 a barrel.

And apparently headed lower.  This, gentlemen, is news that matters.

But the price of motor oil never goes down.  

mtn
mtn MegaDork
3/19/20 3:10 p.m.
Floating Doc said:

In reply to TRoglodyte :

Without looking it up, I think they were trying to get serum to Nome during a cholera epidemic.

Balto!

dxman92
dxman92 HalfDork
3/20/20 11:10 a.m.
aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
3/20/20 4:38 p.m.

There was a somewhat well known (in some areas) political figure found drunk in a hotel room full of meth a week or so ago.  Probably would have been significant news.

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