On Friday 30 September 2005 04:37 pm, John J. Lee wrote: > "Tor Erik Sønvisen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thanks for the answers... And yes, I have searched google! > > How odd -- the most useful link (the viewcvs page for this source > file) is the very first link for me when I search for socketmodule.c > > Does google vary in its results across the globe?
Of course you meant to be snippy and sarcastic, but you've actually exemplified the reason why so many people don't find such a thing with Google. Like all search engines, you have to know the right keyword -- to a fair degree of precision -- in order to find what you're looking for. This is very unlike asking a question of a human being. *People* respond much better to general subject headings such as "socket module" or "python sources" rather than looking for something ultra-specific like a particular file name. Researchers take this training with them when they approach Google and treat it like a magic librarian -- they give it the same thing they would come to a human librarian with. Of course, that shows they are less adept with machines than you are, just as your reply shows you are less adept with humans. Both sides could probably learn from the encounter. ;-) Seriously, though, for anybody new to using search engines, it is a very useful rule of thumb -- search for a specific word likely to appear on the page you are looking for, and not elsewhere. This also shows where Google fails and newsgroups succeed: when you know what you want, but don't know what it's called. Often, all a poster really needs is the right keyword to use. -- Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com ) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.anansispaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list