Questions
From Daniel Crabtree
Current Questions
These are questions to which I would like answers, contact me (preferably by email) if you have a link to a solution, an answer, or comments, on anything else you consider relevant to answering these questions.
Holes in Plane Windows - I am wondering why there are holes in the plane windows, I haven't even tried to look this up and heard it may be something to do with pressure. If anyone can find a few relevant links, it would be helpful and I could then update the details on the Iceland page.
Answered Questions
Paul Holmes Glass Eye - Does Paul Holmes have a glass eye? Or more generally, is he blind in one eye?
Timing device use in Chess and Go board games - In which game were timing devices first used, and was the use of timing in one of the games copied from it's use in the other game, or were they developed independently?
Search Report
Report Search Problems (http://www.danielcrabtree.com/research/searchreport/)
For my PhD research, I’m looking at building agents (intelligent software) that can assist users with searching the internet.
As part of this, I need to find out what types of searches people (other than myself) are actually having problems with.
So to assist me in finding this out, whenever you do a search and are either:
- Unable to find the results you want
- Have to think and refine the search – possibly iterating this process
- Get unusual results that differ from what you expected
- End up with many results that appear to match your query, but are nothing like what you actually wanted
- Unhappy with the results for any reason not listed above
Please fill out a search report.
All you need to do is enter the search query you used (what you searched for), a description of what you were actually looking for (this should be a more detailed description of what you actually wanted), and comments on what was wrong with the results you received.
There is also a box near the top where you can conduct Google searches. If you are dealing with a problematic search and going through a series of refinements, you may like to use this box to execute your searches. That way I can get a log of your searches and can see the refinement process you went through. You may like to combine that with a search report or two, to discuss your results.
