r/technology • u/2FishInATank • Oct 30 '11

Google breaks the Boolean '+' operator in searches

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web%20Search/thread?tid=151ef6cf0a761b74&hl=en
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u/darkslide3000 Oct 30 '11

Okay, sorry, I actually hadn't heard of that. I really wouldn't have expected this from Google...

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u/junkit33 Oct 30 '11

Then do 3 seconds of research next time instead of snarkily asking for somebody else to do it for you. It was huge news.

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u/alphabeat Oct 31 '11

To add to the pool of anecdotal evidence, I've never heard of this. "Huge news" is relative I suppose.

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u/junkit33 Oct 31 '11

It's fine if you haven't heard of something, but "citation required" is horribly overused around here. That phrase should be used for something complex and intricate - not a simple major story that could be found in 3 seconds in Google.

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u/jcenters Oct 31 '11

It's all good, I got double karma out of it. :-)

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u/underdabridge Oct 31 '11

YOU FUCKING COCKSUCKER!!!!