Sk8r
04/03/2012, 09:59 AM
When you have a reefing question---try the internet.
There's a knack to it. Pose your question in the following form, in the Yahoo or Google blank: "chemical content basalt" ---get two or 3 words that are the 'heart' of the question. And 'restrict' the answer with one of them so you don't get mounds of trash.
Example "photo marine ich" ---'photo' is restrictive. 'marine' is restrictive. "ich' is what you want to look at. THe other two words make sure you get pix, and that you don't get info on freshwater ich, a different organism.
Put your keyword AFTER the restrictives.
Useful restrictives: 'how to', 'what is', 'marine', 'content' or 'what is in', x to x, as in 'cups to gallon', 'how many'; 'how far'. Search normally ignores words like 'is' and 'the' but make life easier and generally leave them out unless you think the question could be misleading without. Keep it short.
Also: Wikipedia is far from perfect---any fool can post, at least until corected---but when you want a 'pretty good' answer, better than typical internet chaff--- start with it as a search qualifier. 'wiki clownfish maroon.'
In this case clownfish is what you're after, 'maroon' is restrictive, sparing you the sight of ocellaris, and 'wiki' is restrictive, making sure you get something of an 'expert' answer.
Dear friends, appreciate the internet for what it is---a 'pass' on the pleasures of waiting until Saturday, taking the bus downtown to the Carnegie Library, and searching the stacks and the copyright page for latest info. It's a great timesaver, though the library has its pleasures. Take it as, especially re critical info, a lot better than tossing out your question for the usual range of expert to total novice answers you'll get in a forum. Try it for basic knowledge, so when you do pose your question here in the forum, you have your problem narrowed down: 'chemical content seawater' returns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawater ---and saves you the embarrassment of asking if you can substitute table salt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt ---and even 'does salt evaporate'? you get http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_saltwater_evaporate
Three fast moves, and you know a LOT about salt. Or Maroon Clowns. Or the content of aragonite vs silicate sand...and why we use aragonite in a tank.
Happy hunting.
There's a knack to it. Pose your question in the following form, in the Yahoo or Google blank: "chemical content basalt" ---get two or 3 words that are the 'heart' of the question. And 'restrict' the answer with one of them so you don't get mounds of trash.
Example "photo marine ich" ---'photo' is restrictive. 'marine' is restrictive. "ich' is what you want to look at. THe other two words make sure you get pix, and that you don't get info on freshwater ich, a different organism.
Put your keyword AFTER the restrictives.
Useful restrictives: 'how to', 'what is', 'marine', 'content' or 'what is in', x to x, as in 'cups to gallon', 'how many'; 'how far'. Search normally ignores words like 'is' and 'the' but make life easier and generally leave them out unless you think the question could be misleading without. Keep it short.
Also: Wikipedia is far from perfect---any fool can post, at least until corected---but when you want a 'pretty good' answer, better than typical internet chaff--- start with it as a search qualifier. 'wiki clownfish maroon.'
In this case clownfish is what you're after, 'maroon' is restrictive, sparing you the sight of ocellaris, and 'wiki' is restrictive, making sure you get something of an 'expert' answer.
Dear friends, appreciate the internet for what it is---a 'pass' on the pleasures of waiting until Saturday, taking the bus downtown to the Carnegie Library, and searching the stacks and the copyright page for latest info. It's a great timesaver, though the library has its pleasures. Take it as, especially re critical info, a lot better than tossing out your question for the usual range of expert to total novice answers you'll get in a forum. Try it for basic knowledge, so when you do pose your question here in the forum, you have your problem narrowed down: 'chemical content seawater' returns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawater ---and saves you the embarrassment of asking if you can substitute table salt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt ---and even 'does salt evaporate'? you get http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_saltwater_evaporate
Three fast moves, and you know a LOT about salt. Or Maroon Clowns. Or the content of aragonite vs silicate sand...and why we use aragonite in a tank.
Happy hunting.