The primitive state of search
My friend Philippe kindly alerted me to the fact that Argentina would play Brazil in the Olympics soccer semifinal yesterday. So I did a whole bunch of web searches to try to find out if it was being shown anywhere in L.A., in which channel and when. The searches were fruitless –every search engine I tried gave no good results. Then when the game was over, I tried to find a video of it online. After looking through lots of “top-ranked” videos on the topic, I found none. Still a lot of work left to do in search.
–Alex
P.S. Argentina beat Brazil 3-0, earning its place in the final to defend its gold medallist status.