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Old June 2, 2002, 01:08   #1
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Search Letter Limit
Why does the search function have a minimum of 4 letters to search? In an age of acronyms, this is really fustrating, like my search for EU-USA threads here at 'Poly, since I doubt that few threads ever contain the words European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, etc.
Is there a way to bypass this, or should I just be content with *****ing?
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Old June 2, 2002, 05:27   #2
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Likewise, searching for the Alpha Centauri "Bug List" caused slight problems...
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Old June 2, 2002, 10:13   #3
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Likewise, searching for the Alpha Centauri "Bug List" caused slight problems...
Rather than putting a limit on letters, it would be better to have a list of standard words like "no", "yes", "why", "but" that are not included in the search.
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Old June 2, 2002, 13:48   #4
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Yes, its a hassle.

Twice now I've been prohibited by this limit.
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Old June 2, 2002, 15:53   #5
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I think the limit is necessary to stop the server from overloading itself. And we all don't want that...
But it is annoying.
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Old June 2, 2002, 19:34   #6
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Stick a * at the end, and you can search for a TLA (three-letter acronym)
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