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[misterqueue]

I kind of had less of a problem with that, as I assume most people don't know how to efficiently and effectively use Google. I still have friends who will ask me where to find something, and even after I tell them to use Google, I end up having to go and Google it myself for them.
It baffles me really, it can't be difficult surely? Although I guess it takes learning...

I think it's mostly a thing of ignorance.  For them, search engines are magic.  Boolean logic?  What's that?

Or maybe it's easier having come from an era with much much more frustrating search engines that took some skill to navigate?  (Anyone remember Hotbot?  Altavista? Man those were rough days.)

[theinevitable]

dude, even I remember those! I think.

I remember this friend's mom who did not understand that Search Engines search everything-- "wait, so what if I wanted a recipe?"
"use google."
"but... that's what you said to use when I wanted a website!"
"yes. a recipe on the internet is on a website."
"oh. but... so I use the same thing?"

oof.

[Lister]

My father isn't able to tell the difference between searching for a website and typing it in the address bar, either.  I've just learned to live with it, because I don't have trips home scheduled just to teach my parents how to use their technology.

Still, though, he's able to use his iPod.  So go Apple, I guess.

And while I normally use the KEYWORD KEYWORD KEYWORD METALLICA method of searching, sometimes you do get lucky searching for a complete sentence.

[jough]

Altavista was my favourite search engine, followed by Hotbot.

Google is of course my true love, but it's starting to look a little long in the tooth.  I expect that they will make their search results better, though, if anything else better comes along.  They're just too big to die out now.

[linnea]

My father isn't able to tell the difference between searching for a website and typing it in the address bar, either.  I've just learned to live with it, because I don't have trips home scheduled just to teach my parents how to use their technology.

Still, though, he's able to use his iPod.  So go Apple, I guess.

And while I normally use the KEYWORD KEYWORD KEYWORD METALLICA method of searching, sometimes you do get lucky searching for a complete sentence.

I still rue the day that I taught my dad the difference between searching for a website and typing it in the address bar. Once I showed him "Google" and that he could type in stuff like "classic cars" you could see the cogs in his mind a-turnin'.  After that, much like Beef, I wanted to type though a napkin. That was the day that he realized his $1200 computer was now a $1200 pron machine.

[side_show]

Nothing is more upsetting than having a parent who is technologically advanced enough to find porn, but is unable to learn how to delete his history, and who expects you to do all the routine maintenance on his computer.  *Shudder*

[misterqueue]

"So that fetish is hereditary I guess... huh."

[theinevitable]

yeah. I found porn on my parent's computer once. It might have been my brother's, though.

now someone has set it so that History is automatically deleted instantly on that computer. Which is a bitch when I need to use it for some reason.

[Doc]

Mmm, Parental Pr0n (L@@K @ M3 I @m 31337!!!111) is serious times, especially when they end up with hell of prono related spyware.

[smick]

Yes... boo to parents who are savy enough to look for such things, but not savy enough to handle all the crap that you'll pick up along the way.