{"id":2104,"date":"2011-12-19T10:13:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T15:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2011-12-19T10:15:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T15:15:11","slug":"a-tribute-to-google-and-meaningful-search-queries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/a-tribute-to-google-and-meaningful-search-queries\/","title":{"rendered":"A tribute to Google and meaningful search queries"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought I’d start the week with a tribute to Google<\/strong> and its ability to return useful results to meaningful search queries.<\/p>\n

Projectors were eliminated from Kodak’s line of products in late 2003, much to the dismay of aging family men and old-school salesmen. For only $65 I managed to get one such projector on Craigslist; the price even justified driving to Daytona Beach to get it.<\/p>\n

When faced with a situation where the newly acquired but rather aged (16 years old) Kodak projector kept firing up slides non-stop, I had no recourse but look online for help.<\/p>\n

Googling the model number didn’t help much; the results involved an endless line of eBay auctions and such.<\/p>\n

Then I searched for “Kodak Carousel 4400 keeps moving slides<\/em>” and sure enough I found a meaningful result in the form of an online resource of problem-posting and problem-solving.<\/p>\n

The Fixya.com<\/strong><\/a> web page contained even a schematic diagram of how to fix the problem; after taking apart the projector and pondering about the complexity of hardware made in the US, it took me just 5 minutes to fix the problem.<\/p>\n

As it happens in those cases, it took me 30 minutes to put the projector back together but that’s a totally different story.<\/p>\n

Thanks Google. You nailed it this time.<\/p>\n

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