Google fails me
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:57 pm
While it's usually true that, using a search engine, you can find multiple answers for most any Q you pose -- some of them even correct -- the failures are sometimes surprising.
I mean, I was only mildly surprised to find that I couldn't find out how to search the Bill-To field in a QuickBooks Sales Receipt field (and a standing Google Answers prize of $50 did not entice anyone else to find it, either), somewhat more surprised that I was unable to locate a single distributor in the US for an Ilco/Silca Yanmar "YAR1" key blank (I have to order 1000 of them from Italy?) . . .
. . . But, today, I struck out attempting to find the lyrics to the Robin Williamson tune, First Girl I Loved, as sung by Judy Collins (covered as First Boy I Loved) on the Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1968) album.
I am used to esoterica being unavailable for free on the web, but pop tunes lyrics (even pop tunes from 40 years ago)?? Now that's a surprise. Of course, it's a slow enough tale that "official" song lyrics aren't probably necessary, but that's not the point. If I want to quote them, why type them if I could copy-n-paste, probably more accurately?
Another, sadder, surprise was learning that the Judy Collins site no longer hosts forums. I hadn't read nor posted there since . . . probably 1999, but I had done a couple of lovely write-ups, including some pics, and wanted to see if I could quote myself, but the forums are apparently gone. Sniff.
I mean, I was only mildly surprised to find that I couldn't find out how to search the Bill-To field in a QuickBooks Sales Receipt field (and a standing Google Answers prize of $50 did not entice anyone else to find it, either), somewhat more surprised that I was unable to locate a single distributor in the US for an Ilco/Silca Yanmar "YAR1" key blank (I have to order 1000 of them from Italy?) . . .
. . . But, today, I struck out attempting to find the lyrics to the Robin Williamson tune, First Girl I Loved, as sung by Judy Collins (covered as First Boy I Loved) on the Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1968) album.
I am used to esoterica being unavailable for free on the web, but pop tunes lyrics (even pop tunes from 40 years ago)?? Now that's a surprise. Of course, it's a slow enough tale that "official" song lyrics aren't probably necessary, but that's not the point. If I want to quote them, why type them if I could copy-n-paste, probably more accurately?
Another, sadder, surprise was learning that the Judy Collins site no longer hosts forums. I hadn't read nor posted there since . . . probably 1999, but I had done a couple of lovely write-ups, including some pics, and wanted to see if I could quote myself, but the forums are apparently gone. Sniff.
