From: jeroen@nospam.please   
      
   On 1/26/26 23:48, Don Y wrote:   
   > I am increasingly amused -- to the point of dismay! -- about how   
   > little common sense is noted in "answers" provided by tools.   
   >   
   > Search engines, of course, are notoriously bad at allowing for   
   > criteria refinement -- the more terms you add (increasing specificity),   
   > the more results you get!   
   >   
   > But, it seems to be creeping into more "solutions" -- where the   
   > algorithm chosen simply doesn't exhibit common sense.   
   >   
   > E.g., specifying "Penny's" [sic] in the GS gives me a location   
   > some 1000+ miles from here!  Does the GPS (which could have been   
   > observing ALL of my travels for the past decade -- never leaving   
   > the city limits in that vehicle!) think I *suddenly* am interested   
   > in a cross-country trek?  Wouldn't a more likely scenario be that   
   > something is wrong with the criteria I've specified (or, its   
   > interpretation of it)?   
      
   I don't agree. I don't want a machine trying to second-guess   
   my intentions. It's supposed to do what I ask for, even if   
   the results aren't pertinent.   
      
   I *do* agree that giving more criteria should narrow down   
   the results, not expand them. Search engines used to accept   
   boolean logic and regular expressions, but not anymore. Too   
   geeky, I suppose.   
      
   Jeroen Belleman   
      
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