# Searching in vain **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694 "2000-03-14T17:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Disputin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Disputin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disputin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694/1 "2000-03-14T17:31:00Z")
## Um… does the search engine here _ever_ work? **Disputin** _Flagrantly ignorant statements cheerfully crammed right back down your neck._ ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694/2 "2000-03-14T17:37:00Z")
You’re gonna have to search for the answer to that question, D. * * * Gabba Gabba, We accept you, we accept you, one of us. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694/3 "2000-03-15T06:33:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Gabba Gabba, We accept you, we accept you, one of us. **Freaks?** [http://visionary.co.uk/feature/images/freaks.gif](http://visionary.co.uk/feature/images/freaks.gif) * * * Mike Mulligan had a steam shovel, a beautiful red steam shovel. Her name was Mary Anne. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694/4 "2000-03-15T06:48:00Z")
[http://www.allmusic.com/im/amg/cov/drD500/D544/D544905Q04S.jpg](http://www.allmusic.com/im/amg/cov/drD500/D544/D544905Q04S.jpg) Yea, Pinhead, Freaks. * * * Gabba Gabba, We accept you, we accept you, one of us. ---
**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694/5 "2000-03-14T19:26:00Z")
If I may hijack for a second, how’d you put them purdy pictures in yer posts? I’ve been wondering that for awhile now. Thanks! * * * Where’s my side of FUN!? Kisses! Ophy ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694/6 "2000-03-14T19:29:00Z")
Ophy, it’s [MAGIC!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/ubbcode.html) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694/7 "2000-03-14T19:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Disputin: > Um… does the search engine here _ever_ work? The “About this Message Board” forum of the SDMB would provide a quicker answer, but from my limited experience, the answer is: The UBB software is deficient when it comes to searches. The search worked for a short period with an older version of the software, but seems to be broken again with the current version (5.44a). If you’re really curious about why it doesn’t work, you can post a question at the [Infopop Message Board.](http://www.scriptkeeper.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi) ---
**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694/8 "2000-03-14T19:39:00Z")
Thanks Demo! * * * Where’s my side of FUN!? Kisses! Ophy ---
**Author:** ![Disputin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Disputin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disputin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-vain/14694/9 "2000-03-14T20:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The “About this Message Board” forum of the SDMB would provide a quicker answer Thanks Arnold! but isn’t it considered bad form to post the same thing in different fora (guess I should have put this there in the first place, but I’m a dolt… Sorry!)? Don’t the mods have to move threads? ## (Trying to avoid pissing anyone off too much…) **Disputin** _Flagrantly ignorant statements cheerfully crammed right back down your neck._