Re: Finding old threads

felix on Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:44 am

Sadly, this seems to bring up only the first page of a thread. Useful as a starting point for redeveloping much-loved old discussions, though. clown

user on Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:19 am

felix wrote:

This is a little Off Topic, but how would you rate the United Kingdom's Socialized Mental Health~Care Services?

blue moon on Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:59 am

.....could someone tell me how to get a former page from an ATU topic that is word-highlighted in cache into AATU?

blue moon on Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:12 am

Thank you.

eddie on Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:19 am

^

I'm going to have to attempt to apply my middle-aged technophobic synapses to this task- and I'm rather dreading it.

But it's got to be done.

There are quite a few threads on the old site I'd like to (at least partially) reinstate here. Firstly, because they were good threads. And secondly, because I'll never outstrip the Pinhed's post-count otherwise.

All that will have to wait until tomorrow, though. It's been a long, long day in the bowels of the London clay.

pinhedz on Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:39 am

It's very easy. I just google-searched on "acrosstheuniverse" + "kickapoo" and recovered then entire Kickapoo Medicine Show thread. cheers

eddie on Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:46 am

^

Sorry, didn't understand a word of that. confused

Brain's just too tired.

Artaud
Banksy.
Beckett.
Beatles Ephemera......

Oh, lord! There's a lot to do.

blue moon on Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:27 am

Hey Eddie, I've searched for the Artaud thread with no success...I hope you can find it. Good luck.

eddie on Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:50 am

blue moon wrote:Hey Eddie, I've searched for the Artaud thread with no success

I typed "acrosstheuniverse + antonin artaud theatre of cruelty" into my search engine and arrived at a result. The trouble is I don't know what to do next.

I can't find this "cache" to which SJ refers in his instructions (first post of this thread).

And when I click on the link, it just directs me to this site! scratch

blue moon on Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:06 am

...when the list of sites comes up, don't click on the topic, but look at the bottom of the entry. 'cached' is there.

later...bugger...just tried it and no success

felix on Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:33 am

A lot of old sayings could be rolled out here: too many cooks; many hands; a trouble shared; etc. Wotever: here's the thread (never mind the size of the url - just feel the quality!)

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hH2tOnsevS0J:acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/t3332-antonin-artaud-and-the-theatre-of-cruelty+acrosstheuniverse+%2B+theatre+of+cruelty&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk

(I just googled acrosstheunivers and "theatre of cruelty". Dunno why that should work when previous searches have been fruitless

blue moon on Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:02 am

felix wrote: I just googled acrosstheunivers and "theatre of cruelty". Dunno why that should work when previous searches have been fruitless

...it's because you have a chicken....and a cigarette.

eddie on Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:55 am

felix wrote:A lot of old sayings could be rolled out here: too many cooks; many hands; a trouble shared; etc. Wotever: here's the thread (never mind the size of the url - just feel the quality!)

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hH2tOnsevS0J:acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/t3332-antonin-artaud-and-the-theatre-of-cruelty+acrosstheuniverse+%2B+theatre+of+cruelty&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk

(I just googled acrosstheunivers and "theatre of cruelty". Dunno why that should work when previous searches have been fruitless

That's fantastic, felix. cheers

I've posted the link in the Theatre section, with due acknowledgements.

But what I really need to know (in words of one syllable) is how exactly I perform your resurrection trick with other threads I wish to salvage.

In other words, what EXACTLY do I need to do once I've obtained a Search result?

eddie on Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:26 pm

Spaghetti Junction wrote:At the bottom your search result there's a link called "Cached". Click that.

But there isn't! Not with my AOL Search engine, at any rate.

It's frustrating because I've obtained a result by typing "acrosstheuniverse + Beatles ephemera" with no problem at all.

But there is no sign of the "cache" of which you speak.

And if I click on the link itself, I just get redirected here!

felix on Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:41 pm

Eddie

I googled acrosstheuniverse +"theatre of cruelty and got this result:

I've circled (OK, ellipsified...) the Cached thingy.

When I clicked on 'Cached', I got the following result (the pic is just the part visible on screen - the whole thing is the first page of the thread - which, sadly, is all that google caches Sad

):

(In the address bar, at the top of the screen, is the very large url of the cached page)

It's a bit hit and miss - but if your remembered search term does appear on the first page of the thread, you should get a result.

Happy to help - shout if you need more (my hearing aid will be OFF. Laughing

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