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  and i'm not referring to the goodwill...I recently did a search on gamedev for theravada buddhism...  if you do this, you'll find a result for a threat entilted "Enlightenment."  This threat is FULL of philosophical endeavouring, particularly from an individual called "RandomTask."  My question is, why is this thread available through the search option and not from the regular linking system of the forums?As a side note, why is gamedev still using the google search instead of their own custom forum search?  I mean this is a sight about programming... it's almost embaressing that we have to use an outside out-of-the-box search method for our forums...   
Quote:Original post by FunkymunkyAs a side note, why is gamedev still using the google search instead of their own custom forum search?  I mean this is a sight about programming... it's almost embaressing that we have to use an outside out-of-the-box search method for our forums...Contrary to popular belief, programming isn't an art form. It's a craft. Nobody cares how many rivets were used to build a ship, nor do they give a gnat's whisker whether it is steered by electricity, hydraulic rams or magic. All that matters is that it gets them to their destination without sinking.Getting the job done is all that matters. How you do it is secondary.;Quote:Original post by FunkymunkyI mean this is a sightIt is? Did you perhaps mean a site?(You also didn't get embarrassing right, but not many people do.)   ;  Go to the forum listing, and look at the top of the page just above the start of the thread list. See the box that says "Show topics from the past 20 days"? That's why you can't find it by looking back through the normally-visible pages of threads.   ;  The site development team has a lot of projects on thier hands.  A new custom site search is on the list, but I think a few other things are still ahead of it, so in the meantime the Google search is provided and generally does just fine.As for your other question, I believe ApochPiQ has covered it sufficiently.   ;Quote:Original post by stimarcoNobody cares how many rivets were used to build a ship, nor do they give a gnat's whisker whether it is steered by electricity, hydraulic rams or magic. I care.   ;Quote:Original post by FunkymunkyAs a side note, why is gamedev still using the google search instead of their own custom forum search?  I mean this is a sight about programming... it's almost embaressing that we have to use an outside out-of-the-box search method for our forums...Search is bloody hard to write and have it actually work without bringing the server down every time someone types "LOLWTF" into the search box. Google got search right; there's finite time to work on the site. I'd rather use Google search than not have features like the journals or themes.   