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sorry didn't meant to be obscure - it was just google searches, but I found that if I used quotes google was less useful than if I searched for a longer string without quotes (I think others on HN have noted the quality of google searches seems to be decreasing). In my case I searched for

  fyi: the self reproducing cpp was installed on OUR machine and we enticed the unix support group
but without quotes. I know it's quixotic but I kind of wish altavista was still working (now yahoo owns the domain name).


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