Google Sucks. anyone with me?

[KJbushway]

I typed in the clearest damn thing anyone can type in.
At the speed of light how long would it take to get to the nearest star?
I got things telling me how long it would take a shuttle.
things saying traveling at 87%-90% the speed of light. Not one dang thing on the first page answered my question and the second and third page looked the same.
Google needs to get a handle on this, becuase I am seriously going to switch to yahoo or bing.

Anyone else having the same problems here?

 

[JarodRussell]

Alpha Centauri is the closest star and 4.37 lightyears away. At the speed of light, it will take 4.37 years.

 

[KJbushway]

yes, I know, but I like to check things myself instead of just relying on somebody else, its not an insult on them though, just my process.

 

[cultcross]

Nope, I got that it would take 4.3 years from the second hit.

 

[JarodRussell]

yes, I know, but I like to check things myself instead of just relying on somebody else, its not an insult on them though, just my process.

Why do you think it is called a lightyear?

 

[KJbushway]

Look I am not a third grader. I know why its called a light year.
but anything science wise I like to check because my knowledge is still some what out of date.
I got annoyed with google. Its not uncommon, they take apart your question and give an answer to every word. I got the same answer from a blog. I wanted a science website, which I didn't really see.

 

[auntiehill]

Nope, I got that it would take 4.3 years from the second hit.

Yeah, me too. It took just a few seconds to read the article.

Actually, having used Yahoo! and Bing, I still far prefer Google. No search engine is perfect, but I find Google the most useful.

 

[Sector 7]

yes, I know, but I like to check things myself instead of just relying on somebody else, its not an insult on them though, just my process.

Why do you think it is called a lightyear?

It is a simple mathematical formula... unless you are George Lucas writing Star Wars: A New Hope...

LIGHTYEAR = the time it takes LIGHT to travel one YEAR.

Using Google, I found Lightyear to be:

-the above definition
-the name of a character from Toy Story
-the name on the tires of Lightning McQueen in Cars

Since any search engine is keyed to certain words you type, the information will reflect those words. It still takes the human brain to sort out what is relevant to your particular situation. Those who are too reliant upon technology tend to use their own brains less and less.

 

[KJbushway]

I knew what it was, but I wanted to check other things out, I just typed it in first. I got that 4 years answer from wiki answer, yahoo answers, even answers, but no science website.

Apparently this is a thread that shouldn't be up. Lesson learned, don't start a thread out of annoyance.
Only one problem, don't know how to do it.

 

[JarodRussell]

Reading the other thread, I think you gotta do some reading on basic physics. Speed of light, what light is, how light works, etc.

 

[KJbushway]

I know what light is, how light works, properties of light, bounderies of light. I once checked out all the science books in my high school library, which was a good size.
I know about light works reflection, refraction. Light waves. visible light spectrum.
The books may have been old, but I learned. I may have not taken phyiscs mostly because the math would have killed me, but I know about science. Some refreshing wouldn't hurt. But I am not a baffling idiot.

 

[Canadave]

I found the answer pretty easily using Google...

 

[KJbushway]

yes thank you. if you read my post above the thread is closing as soon as I figure out how to close it.

So NOONE HAS TO TELL ME THEY FOUND IT ANYMORE. thank you.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Google doesn't suck, your ability to form a comprehensible search query sucks.

 

[SeerSGB]

If I need an exact answer or with a narrow focus, I always use quotation-marks around the phrase. That way Google knows that anything it looks for have to contain the whole phrase. Remember it's still software, and software that is designed to give back information not answer a specific question in so much as give you the resources that MIGHT answer the question

 

[KJbushway]

yes thank you.

 

[Sector 7]

Yes, we do. This is the internet. How long have you been a member of TrekBBS? Your job is to tell us silly stuff about yourself. Our job is to never let you forget that you were silly.

p.s.- if you really want to close this thread, you must ask a Moderator to do it.

 

[KJbushway]

Aw thank you. see someone actaully helped me on this site.
to answer your question I have been here since sept of 2010.

 

[Ethros]

Technically Sol is the closest star to "us", and it takes about 8 mins and 20 seconds for light to reach us from it

 

[KJbushway]

I also saw that answer.