Stupid search

[Nigel Hewitt]

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : mapStop me using the, but, not, you etc. by all means but some short words are the key to finding things.

[Adrian Kelland]

Nigel,

There are far too many 3 letter words, so the minimum search index word length is set to 4. However we can have a list of certain words to add. This is it at present. I have added 'MAP'. Feel free to suggest others.

IFC SDC NDO PFO TDI SDI SAA FCD VPM GUE DIR SSI TIE PIE HSE MAP

Adrian

[David Walker]

There are far too many 3 letter words, so the minimum search index word length is set to 4. However we can have a list of certain words to add. This is it at present. I have added 'MAP'. Feel free to suggest others.

IFC SDC NDO PFO TDI SDI SAA FCD VPM GUE DIR SSI TIE PIE HSE MAP

Ahhh Adrian, trying to confuse me! :rolleyes: Just got to that page, noticed MAP was already there and thought something was broke :(

David

[Adrian Kelland]

Currently rebuilding index so a test of 'map' should find this thread too David :)

[edit] Yep, finds 'map' now.

Probably ought to have BOH too. Any others so we can do this in one go?

Adrian

[Ben Panter]

AIC AIE NIE NQI

[Nigel Hewitt]

There are far too many 3 letter words, so the minimum search index word length is set to 4. However we can have a list of certain words to add. This is it at present. I have added 'MAP'. Feel free to suggest others.Thanks.

I'm just perplexed as to where the advantage in telling people they can't search on three letter words comes from. I'm assuming from that that you have a table of words and locations precompiled rather than running the search at database level. That sounds like an awful lot of mill time for an infrequently use facility like search but I guess that a vBulletin built-in.

[Adrian Kelland]

Thanks.

I'm just perplexed as to where the advantage in telling people they can't search on three letter words comes from. I'm assuming from that that you have a table of words and locations precompiled rather than running the search at database level. That sounds like an awful lot of mill time for an infrequently use facility like search but I guess that a vBulletin built-in. The minimum word size is admin definable, usually set to 4. The index would be bigger (and slower?) if we allowed 3.

You can search for 'the' on Google, but I suspect they have the capacity for it.

Adrian

[Ben Panter]

Since the fora are crawled fairly regularlly by the googlebots, you can use google to find things here too. I just looked for 'AI' using these search terms:

site:http://www.bsacforum.co.uk/forums/ AI

It might be worth having a look at putting a custom 'advanced search' option under the 'Quick Actions' that constructs such a query and fires it off to google. Or possibly just linking to google with that search criterea?

Ben

[Adrian Kelland]

Hmm, good idea Ben...

[Janos]

Often, searching for BO* will pick up BOH etc.

It works in google anyway. But not here. But it does on some other fora. Damn.

Janos

[Andy Wade]

Currently rebuilding index so a test of 'map' should find this thread too David :)

[edit] Yep, finds 'map' now.

Probably ought to have BOH too. Any others so we can do this in one go?

Adrian

Diving Abbreviations (http://bsacforum.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Diving_Abbreviations)

Well you did ask :D

[Adrian Kelland]

Diving Abbreviations (http://bsacforum.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Diving_Abbreviations)

Well you did ask :D

You, sir, are a swine of the highest order.

slaps cad with gauntletTake that for your impudence!

:D

[David Walker]

Diving Abbreviations (http://bsacforum.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Diving_Abbreviations)

Oh dear oh dear... someone (I really hope not you) must have been REALLY REALLY REALLY bored!!!

And frankly I think some of them are just made up - "Variable Volume Drysuit (VVDS)"??? Crazy!

David

[Andy Wade]

Oh dear oh dear... someone (I really hope not you) must have been REALLY REALLY REALLY bored!!!

And frankly I think some of them are just made up - "Variable Volume Drysuit (VVDS)"??? Crazy!

David

They were originally created by the members of the forums a few years ago in response to a post started by TerryH (yes it was you Terry) :D
After quite a few suggestions I made them up into a list and placed them on to the Dive Instruct website, there's also a page of Dive organisations and netiquette terms and lots more, even diving hand signals. These pages get a lot of hits, so someone is reading them.
We nicked this list for the BSAC Wiki.
And VVDS is what they used to call a drysuit, it is pretty accurate in it's description. It's even in an old BSAC Dive Manual (dated 1978) that I have here with a picture of a VVDS complete with it's own small dedicated inflation bottle. They had to have one as RN clearance divers didn't have any inflation method from their Closed Circuit Oxygen rebreathers.
I don't think any of these abbreviations are made up though. Not by me anyway.

[Andy Wade]

You, sir, are a swine of the highest order.

slaps cad with gauntletTake that for your impudence!

:D

Swaggers in with chest puffed out, picks up your (puny) gauntlet.... and runs off to hide behind that rock over there.
If you dare to sue, I shan't hesitate to apologise. :D

[David Walker]

I don't think any of these abbreviations are made up though. Not by me anyway.

In which case there's too many abbreviations out there and we should all learn to type full words... IMO obviously! :rolleyes: ;) LOL!

David

[John Williams]

In which case there's too many abbreviations out there and we should all learn to type full words... IMO obviously! :rolleyes: ;) LOL!

David

You mean *TLA's are taking over the world!
OMG!
FWIW and AIUI and IIRC I fully concur with your sentiments David!
Let's have more **CFCAs!

TTFN

J

*Three Letter Abbreviations
**Complete Four Character Abbreviations

[Adrian Kelland]

Since the fora are crawled fairly regularlly by the googlebots, you can use google to find things here too. I just looked for 'AI' using these search terms:

site:http://www.bsacforum.co.uk/forums/ AI
It might be worth having a look at putting a custom 'advanced search' option under the 'Quick Actions' that constructs such a query and fires it off to google. Or possibly just linking to google with that search criterea?

Ben
Only works on the public areas though.

[Adrian Kelland]

In keeping with TLAs ect... http://www.acronymfinder.com/ :)

[ray]

In keeping with TL As ect... http://www.acronymfinder.com/ :)


Hmm whole new meanings to T.I.T which is exactly what I feel when I cant understand a thing that is being written.

[Alun]

You can search for 3 letter terms if you put an asterisk after them, ie:
VR3 - too short
VR3* - list of search results.

Have tried the*, but*, cat*, dog* and they all work.

[Adrian Kelland]

You can search for 3 letter terms if you put an asterisk after them, ie:
VR3 - too short
VR3* - list of search results.

Have tried the*, but*, cat*, dog* and they all work.
Be carefull of that one, quite a few use VR£ :D

[MattS]

VRTree (http://members.tripod.com/watcholgate/xmas/trimotree.htm)

[Alun]

Be carefull of that one, quite a few use VR£ :D
Quite an appropriate slip I agree :D

[Adrian Kelland]

Quite an appropriate slip I agree :D
Oh, it's no slip :D