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Posted 2014-January-23, 10:36

View PostMrAce, on 2014-January-23, 10:32, said:

He made a search in yahoo search engine i guess. What else can it be ?


...well, yes. That much was obvious. I was just curious as to why he was using an alternative (and solely from my experience, inferior) engine to that of our lords and masters Google. I really didn't think people still used Yahoo as a search engine. (sorry for derail)
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Posted 2014-January-23, 10:42

View Postbroze, on 2014-January-23, 10:36, said:

...well, yes. That much was obvious. I was just curious as to why he was using an alternative (and solely from my experience, inferior) engine to that of our lords and masters Google. (sorry for mini-derail)


My gf uses yahoo too, i dunno why they do that, probably some people do not give up easily on such things they are used to. For example it took me long time to give up on OKB and come BBO, i had hard time to get use to the software, just like i resist now going to web version.



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Posted 2014-January-23, 10:50

I wasn't looking for a critique of how I found the link. I have google search and Yahoo search, and accidentally found what I was looking for toward the top of the Yahoo results.

Sorry I mentioned the method. Thought maybe someone might be interested in more than one search engine if they have trouble finding what they want with the keywords they use on their favorite one.
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Posted 2014-January-23, 11:01

View Postaguahombre, on 2014-January-23, 10:50, said:

I wasn't looking for a critique of how I found the link.


Not a critique - just curious. Wondered if you were holding a boycott.
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Posted 2014-January-23, 11:15

View Postbroze, on 2014-January-23, 11:01, said:

Not a critique - just curious. Wondered if you were holding a boycott.

I use what I am comfortable with, or what is easier to get at from the page I am on; then, try something else when that fails. I don't even know what "Bing" means; no agenda. The method I used showed other links than the one I provided in response to Steph's request, which people could also find if they used the same search. They might also find the results just as easily using a different engine, or not.
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Posted 2014-January-23, 22:44

While K&R hates balanced hands, this really is a quite poor 15 count. Playing weak NT I downgrade it and open 1NT and will then accept all invites. Playing strong NT I open 1NT and will refuse all invites. Note that if PD has a 5 card major we may end up OK after 1NT. I open 1NT playing either for simplicity of putting my hand into a range and to avoid opening this poor ♦ suit.

I'd not criticize PD at all for 1♦ or 1NT as this hand is a tweener between 12-14 and 15-17.
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Posted 2014-January-27, 05:15

If you are looking for something specific and unusual then Google is often not the best search engine. I used Altavista for this purpose for years before they got bought out and sidelined. The point is that Google is great for finding the things that are wanted by most users but can be quite bad at finding niche sites. Sometimes you just want a dump of all results more than "intelligent" sorting and filtering.
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