Comments on: Raggedy Man https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/19/raggedy-man/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/19/raggedy-man/#comment-25292 TB Sat, 20 Jul 2013 16:02:25 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=35201#comment-25292 <p>That's the "saturation" problem.</p> One of the main problems with a search is when either a news cycle or a famous usage (other than the one you want) occupies multiple pages of a search. A consistent problem for me is trying to find old articles on a current news subject. I have to use the date restrictions, and even those don't work that well. Obviously a search on "Rambo" produces a lot of Sylvester Stallone, but as you found, itemizing it a bit more closely with "apples" or especially "Raggedy Man" solves the problem. The only issue then was to read past all the simple repetitions of the poem itself until I saw one reference containing a definition. That’s the “saturation” problem.

One of the main problems with a search is when either a news cycle or a famous usage (other than the one you want) occupies multiple pages of a search.

A consistent problem for me is trying to find old articles on a current news subject. I have to use the date restrictions, and even those don’t work that well.

Obviously a search on “Rambo” produces a lot of Sylvester Stallone, but as you found, itemizing it a bit more closely with “apples” or especially “Raggedy Man” solves the problem. The only issue then was to read past all the simple repetitions of the poem itself until I saw one reference containing a definition.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/19/raggedy-man/#comment-25289 FrankC Sat, 20 Jul 2013 09:27:38 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=35201#comment-25289 Once you associate Rambo with apples, there are dozens of hits referencing apples called rambos but oddly when you search just rambos I couldn't find a clue. Once you associate Rambo with apples, there are dozens of hits referencing apples called rambos but oddly when you search just rambos I couldn’t find a clue.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/19/raggedy-man/#comment-25288 bowser Sat, 20 Jul 2013 07:47:07 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=35201#comment-25288 I've never heard the poem, nor the term. Thanks. I’ve never heard the poem, nor the term. Thanks.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/19/raggedy-man/#comment-25284 TB Sat, 20 Jul 2013 05:13:17 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=35201#comment-25284 "Rambo refers to a large cooking apple and apple variety that has a coat streaked with red." From a footnote on <a href="http://www.jameswhitcombriley.com/8_riley_bio.htm" rel="nofollow">this page,</a> scrolling about halfway down, or do a text search for "raggedy" (page 230) “Rambo refers to a large cooking apple and apple variety that has a coat streaked with red.”

From a footnote on this page, scrolling about halfway down, or do a text search for “raggedy” (page 230)

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