So wait more than 8 seconds.
The problem is that you get that result for your first search. Or I have, anyway (no, not all the time, but enough. And no, I didn’t go to ‘new posts’ that actually counts as a search before doing my search).
OP, your best bet is to use google to search the board. To do this, type in whatever you want to search for, put a space and then type
site:boards.straightdope.com
So if I were going to search the board for, I dunno, poop robots, my search bar would have:
poop robots site:boards.straightdope.com
Or if I wanted to make sure that poop robots was treated as a phrase:
“poop robots” site:boards.straightdope.com
OR if I didn’t want that phrase, but just wanted to find posts/threads that mentioned both poop and robots:
“poop” “robots” site:boards.straightdope.com
[sub]I don’t have a robot-scat fetish, I swear.[/sub]
I’m having trouble finding a really funny rant in the BBQ pit. It was something about osama’s shit, like “Fuck this with a bag of osamas shit covered in vinegar and”
Whose Admin photo is that? I’m guessing Jerry.
Question: is this board unique in having this incredibly frustrating limitation on searches? I’ve never come across it before myself. If they could improve one thing here that would be my choice, it’s so damned annoying.
I’ve been on boards that disabled the search function entirely to lessen the load on the system.
Yeah, but we should aim higher than boards.goodluckfindingshit.com.
My second and third favourite message boards have waiting times of 45 seconds and 30 seconds.
The built-in search function sucks on all vBulletin-based boards. Some may allow you to use it more often than we do, but why would you want to?
Someone in a previous ATMB thread posted a bit of code and I’m sorry, I don’t have your username at hand so I apologize for the lack of authorship.
javascript:void(location.href='Google)
Copy that and past it in the URL space of a bookmark and you will have a nifty button to click to search the boards via google.
What’s so bad about it? It seems perfectly fine to me, apart from the waiting time in between.
Isn’t that the Nigerian president’s website devoted to finding the kidnaped girls?
This is what I do as well, just do it a little differently. When I google or use another search engine outside of “Straight Dope” I put it in quotation marks, and whatever else I wanted to find. Works great, and no waiting.
Hmm. Well, I’ve found this that mentions munching on the smegma of Osama’s foreskin!
Sonofabitch! Here’s the link. Deerrrrp. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-160875.html
Note to self: Create thread about “Poop Robots.”
I’ll be surprised if there aren’t already a couple.
Actually, I checked. Googling “poop robots” site:boards.straightdope.com brought back only this thread.
Well, maybe you should check again.