IE and Edge go into crash-dive

vienna · 10-11-17, 11:34 PM

The big problem I found with the new library computer system here in LA is what I mentioned before: poor data input. Say you were looking for materials on u-boats; you not only would have search for u-boat, you might need to also search for uboat and/or possible misspellings such as ubaot or ubot. Same with names; looking for Robert?; you'll also need to search for Bob, Rob, Robby, etc. ...

I've spent an awful lot of time in climate-controlled computer rooms and it never really bothered me; I'm originally from San Francisco and grew up in a city where the average temperature was in the mid-60s. While others complained, I enjoyed. Besides, one keeps better at low temperatures...

The "luggable" was actually a pretty sturdy machine (unless, of course, it was used to clear stairwells); I've had to service and upgrade several of them back in the day and once the outer case is opened, there is mass of interlocking steel cages surrounding the innards; it was always a struggle to put it all back together...

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propbeanie · 10-12-17, 06:04 AM

Did libraries lose something in "alphabetizing" things when they started using computers? The first and middle initials, salutation titles, periods, dashes, underscores, etc., but especially suffix titles, such as "PhD", etc. really throw the poor computers off. I can find things in a phone book, but not in a library's database. Like you, I will usually walk around to the 912 section and browse the titles...

- btw, don't forget about "uboot" as a spelling...

Our local library here used to have "Sherlock", or whatever its spelling was, but they ditched it a while back (about the time they changed their users' card system) and now shell out to a Google search of the site, so they've gone from "bad" to "worse", in light of the fact that you now get hundreds of worthless "hits" that are totally unrelated to what you are searching on... my local tax dollars "hard at waste"... - sort of like its construction "project" that has all sorts of cracks and fissures in its concrete... yeah

wow, this thread started as Edge crashing its market share...

- sorry Skybird

vienna · 10-12-17, 07:04 AM

My apologies, also; I am unfortunately inherently prone to the tangential...

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10-11-17, 11:34 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,713 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The big problem I found with the new library computer system here in LA is what I mentioned before: poor data input. Say you were looking for materials on u-boats; you not only would have search for u-boat, you might need to also search for uboat and/or possible misspellings such as ubaot or ubot. Same with names; looking for Robert?; you'll also need to search for Bob, Rob, Robby, etc. ... I've spent an awful lot of time in climate-controlled computer rooms and it never really bothered me; I'm originally from San Francisco and grew up in a city where the average temperature was in the mid-60s. While others complained, I enjoyed. Besides, one keeps better at low temperatures... The "luggable" was actually a pretty sturdy machine (unless, of course, it was used to clear stairwells); I've had to service and upgrade several of them back in the day and once the outer case is opened, there is mass of interlocking steel cages surrounding the innards; it was always a struggle to put it all back together... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

10-12-17, 06:04 AM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	Did libraries lose something in "alphabetizing" things when they started using computers? The first and middle initials, salutation titles, periods, dashes, underscores, etc., but especially suffix titles, such as "PhD", etc. really throw the poor computers off. I can find things in a phone book, but not in a library's database. Like you, I will usually walk around to the 912 section and browse the titles... - btw, don't forget about "uboot" as a spelling... Our local library here used to have "Sherlock", or whatever its spelling was, but they ditched it a while back (about the time they changed their users' card system) and now shell out to a Google search of the site, so they've gone from "bad" to "worse", in light of the fact that you now get hundreds of worthless "hits" that are totally unrelated to what you are searching on... my local tax dollars "hard at waste"... - sort of like its construction "project" that has all sorts of cracks and fissures in its concrete... yeah wow, this thread started as Edge crashing its market share... - sorry Skybird __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

10-12-17, 07:04 AM	#3
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,713 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	My apologies, also; I am unfortunately inherently prone to the tangential... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __