So far it's been a good few weeks in Mr. B's class. We Haven't learned all that much, but he sure keeps us on our toes with lots of projects. We've covered advanced search in google, the (heavily abridged) timeline of computers, and how to work in a few programs, but that's it, and that's one of my favorite things about the class. It's not about remembering the material, it's about going out and making something original, which I totally dig. Sure, almost everyone knows how to use Google, but it takes skill to use Google well. Our first lesson was on Advanced Search, a super secret method that makes it actually possible to use Google 95. This is where we come to our problem, is that Advance Search has sort of become obsolete. I believe the reason for this is that the fellows at Google Inc. realized people had to master the martial arts of using brackets, and updated the search engine to work better. To give an example, I went to www.google.com and searched for the creator of a random game I have, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror. I didn't get solid results when using advanced search, but did when I didn't use it. ConclusionOver all, this doesn't make advanced search a useless tool, just obsolete. It can also be helpful in many instances, but in my experience, it just doesn't work all that great.
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