Re: off topic: google groups sucks?

2009-08-17 Thread Aaron Watters
On Aug 17, 1:44 pm, John Yeung wrote: > Thanks, Aaron, for confirming that it's not just me! yea, unfortunately this kind of thing happens in monopolies that have no viable competition anymore... Sometimes I begin to suspect that I'm seeing the results that I should want rather than the results I

Re: off topic: google groups sucks?

2009-08-17 Thread John Yeung
On Aug 17, 12:41 pm, Aaron Watters wrote: > I'm having better luck now using the advanced search option > with queries like > >    gadfly group:comp.lang.python > > The "search this group" feature still needs fixing, however. Thanks, Aaron, for confirming that it's not just me! I've been noticin

Re: off topic: google groups sucks?

2009-08-17 Thread Aaron Watters
On Aug 17, 10:05 am, Aaron Watters wrote: > Just a note.  It seems that google groups is increasing the > sucks coefficient. I'm having better luck now using the advanced search option with queries like gadfly group:comp.lang.python which become http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=g

Re: off topic: google groups sucks?

2009-08-17 Thread Stefan Behnel
jkn wrote: > On Aug 17, 3:05 pm, Aaron Watters wrote: >> Just a note. It seems that google groups is increasing the >> sucks coefficient. >> >> I search for things using "group search" for comp.lang.python >> and I get no results even though I know there are results from >> a few months or weeks

Re: off topic: google groups sucks?

2009-08-17 Thread jkn
On Aug 17, 3:05 pm, Aaron Watters wrote: > Just a note.  It seems that google groups is increasing the > sucks coefficient. > > I search for things using "group search" for comp.lang.python > and I get no results even though I know there are results from > a few months or weeks ago. There seems t

off topic: google groups sucks?

2009-08-17 Thread Aaron Watters
Just a note. It seems that google groups is increasing the sucks coefficient. I search for things using "group search" for comp.lang.python and I get no results even though I know there are results from a few months or weeks ago. What is the best alternative for this kind of trawling? gmane? W