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rose
its teh rose!
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Created 2005-06-10 08:11:03
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2025-07-02 15:45:53
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http://kevinrose.textamerica.com/
college
comity (kom'-it-ee) n. 1a: friendly social atmosphere; social harmony. b: a loose widespread community based on common social institutions. A blog providing college info by college students. Submit any tips, tricks, help, freebies, ideas, rants, raves, and anything else that would be useful to the average college student. Just submit a comment, send an email, make smoke signals or use any way possible to contact us with your information. Make this your college nexus.
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Created 2005-06-11 04:34:12
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2022-06-13 08:31:19
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http://collegecomity.blogspot.com
fsc
Search for feedster citations.
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Created 2005-06-22 15:51:28
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2018-11-27 15:42:39
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http://feedster.com/links.php?url=%s
prime
Grom Blog
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Created 2005-07-04 11:58:15
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http://www.pri.me.uk
mom
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Created 2005-07-06 23:27:22
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2026-08-20 06:49:36
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http://www.google.com/search?q=mom
cbcna
CBC News Online archive. Brings up the CBC News page for a given date, using format:YYYYMMDD. Example: For the CBC News page from Feb. 14, 2006: cbcna 20060214
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Created 2006-02-17 16:27:33
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2009-05-12 16:54:19
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http://www.cbc.ca/news_archives/%s.jhtml
sgc
Geocaching Quick (and Smart) Search via http://boulter.com/gqs/
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Created 2006-05-19 00:44:25
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2021-11-28 03:02:09
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http://boulter.com/gqs/check.php?key=%s&type=Auto&mode=cache
contacts
Opens Gmail contacts
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Created 2006-08-11 10:57:56
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2025-08-13 17:02:01
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http://mail.google.com/mail/?ik=98577a5e2d&view=cl&search=contacts&pnl=a
sunset
Sunset Church, Portland, Oregon
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Created 2006-09-22 08:13:50
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2022-01-26 07:44:58
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http://www.sunsetpres.org
traba
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Created 2008-06-25 18:29:24
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2013-07-19 09:17:25
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http://youtube.com/trabalenguas
glastfl
Search last.fm with google, taking you directly to the first result (ie: I'm feeling lucky). Example: glastfl tostaky
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Created 2008-09-16 15:25:36
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2009-10-28 10:05:28
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site:www.last.fm/music&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
tweetscan
Uses the Tweet Scan search engine at davidterry.com to search Twitter for a word or combination of words. Examples: tweetscan suckage will find all tweets containing the word "suckage" tweetscan lunatics characters will find all tweets containing both the word "lunatics" and the word "characters" I'm not sure how far back the archive goes. Made by eNBaR
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Created 2007-12-10 03:12:03
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2011-03-22 05:20:07
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http://www.davidsterry.com/tweetscan/index.php?s=%s
ets
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Created 2007-12-12 23:58:38
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2024-12-03 03:55:06
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http://pgcets2/Stromberg/eAccess/start.asp
ypipe
Shortcut to ypipename.
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Created 2008-01-13 17:12:31
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2019-03-19 13:08:49
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ypipename %s
nato
An alternative to the phon command. This site is a bit easier to look at and use. Converts the given text to the phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Zulu, ...) Example: phon hello world returns: Hotel Echo Lima Lima Oscar Whiskey Oscar Romeo Lima Delta Useful for conveying important information over the phone (like zip codes)
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Created 2009-01-28 00:42:15
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2026-04-09 14:20:19
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http://www.phoneticise.com/?q=%s
isocc
ISO Country Code http://countrycode.org/ Example: isocc Slovakia
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Created 2013-07-19 02:25:20
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2023-06-08 11:42:46
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http://countrycode.org/%s
invctrycodes2
Inverse function of ctrycodes2. EXAMPLE invctrycodes2 uk -> unitedkingdom AUTHOR Luis Gabriel Matallana Vallejo <luisgmatallana@gmail.com>
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Created 2010-05-29 23:42:17
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2016-07-07 13:27:37
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switch %s | af => afghanistan, dz => algeria, as => americansamoa, ad => andorra, ao => angola, ai => anguilla, ag => antiguaandbarbuda, ar => argentina, am => armenia, au => australia, at => austria, az => azerbaijan, bs => bahamas, bh => bahrain, bd => bangladesh, by => belarus, be => belgium, bz => belize, bj => benin, bo => bolivia, ba => bosniaandherzegovina, bw => botswana, br => brazil, bn => bruneidarussalam, bg => bulgaria, bf => burkinafaso, bi => burundi, kh => cambodia, cm => cameroon, ca => canada, cf => centralafricanrepublic, cl => chile, cn => china, co => colombia, cg => congo, cd => congodemocraticrepublic, ck => cookislands, cr => costarica, ci => côted'ivoire, hr => croatia, cu => cuba, cy => cyprus, cz => czechrepublic, dk => denmark, dj => djibouti, dm => dominica, do => dominicanrepublic, ec => ecuador, eg => egypt, sv => salvador, ee => estonia, et => ethiopia, fj => fiji, fi => finland, fr => france, gf => frenchguiana, ga => gabon, gm => gambia, ge => georgia, de => germany, gh => ghana, gi => gibraltar, gr => greece, gl => greenland, gd => grenada, gp => guadeloupe, gt => guatemala, gg => guernsey, gy => guyana, ht => haiti, hm => heardislandandmcdonaldislands, hn => honduras, hk => hongkong, hu => hungary, is => iceland, in => india, id => indonesia, ie => ireland, im => isleofman, il => israel, it => italy, jm => jamaica, jp => japan, je => jersey, jo => jordan, kz => kazakhstan, ke => kenya, ki => kiribati, kr => southkorea, kw => kuwait, kg => kyrgyzstan, la => laos, lv => latvia, lb => lebanon, ly => libya, li => liechtenstein, lt => lithuania, lu => luxembourg, mk => macedonia, mg => madagascar, mw => malawi, my => malaysia, mv => maldives, ml => mali, mt => malta, mu => mauritius, mx => mexico, fm => micronesia, md => moldova, mn => mongolia, me => montenegro, ms => montserrat, ma => morocco, mz => mozambique, na => namibia, nr => nauru, np => nepal, nl => netherlands, nz => newzealand, ni => nicaragua, ne => niger, ng => nigeria, nu => niue, nf => norfolkisland, no => norway, om => oman, pk => pakistan, ps => palestinianterritory, pa => panama, py => paraguay, pe => peru, ph => philippines, pn => pitcairn, pl => poland, pt => portugal, pr => puertorico, qa => qatar, re => réunion, ro => romania, ru => russia, rw => rwanda, sh => sainthelena, lc => saintlucia, vc => saintvincentandthegrenadines, ws => samoa, sm => sanmarino, st => saotomeandprincipe, sa => saudiarabia, sn => senegal, rs => serbia, sc => seychelles, sl => sierraleone, sg => singapore, sk => slovakia, si => slovenia, sb => solomonislands, za => southafrica, gs => southgeorgiaandthesouthsandwichislands, es => spain, lk => srilanka, sr => suriname, se => sweden, ch => switzerland, tw => taiwan, tj => tajikistan, tz => tanzania, th => thailand, tl => timor-leste, tg => togo, tk => tokelau, to => tonga, tt => trinidadandtobago, tn => tunisia, tr => turkey, tm => turkmenistan, tv => tuvalu, ug => uganda, ua => ukraine, ae => unitedarabemirates, uk => unitedkingdom, us => unitedstates, uy => uruguay, uz => uzbekistan, vu => vanuatu, ve => venezuela, vn => vietnam, vg => britishvirginislands, vi => u.s.virginislands, zm => zambia, zw => zimbabwe,
gtuflex
Google Translate URLs: Flexible. Translates the URL given, with optional -from <lang> and -to <lang> parameters. Example: gtuflex http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdapfel - automatically picks source language; translates to English gtuflex http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdapfel -from de -to ja - translates from German (de) to Japanese (ja)
106 uses
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Created 2010-07-12 18:22:45
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2019-04-17 00:15:26
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https://translate.google.com/translate?prev=&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=%s{ifempty -value ${from} -else &sl=${from}}&tl=${to=en}
arks
Intel ARK product search.
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Created 2010-11-07 20:01:15
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2021-05-18 21:42:08
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http://ark.intel.com/Search.aspx?q=%s
lep
Stands for: List of Episodes Usage: lep [television show name] To quickly get to the wikipedia episode guide of your favorite TV series. Uses Google's Feeling Lucky, so common abbreviations of shows will also bring you to the page. Examples: lep how i met your mother - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_How_I_Met_Your_Mother_episodes lep himym - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_How_I_Met_Your_Mother_episodes lep chuck - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chuck_episodes lep tbbt - http:/…
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Created 2011-03-15 13:54:59
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2026-07-31 07:33:32
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gfl site:wikipedia.org List of %s episodes
foxnub
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Created 2009-07-19 10:07:42
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2025-04-02 10:26:05
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http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=yubnub
iconos
Multiple icon search at iconlet.com, inconfider.net, iconseeker.com and iconlook.com
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Created 2009-07-20 10:39:02
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2016-04-15 07:55:40
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mash2 %s -cmd ic3 ic5 ic4 ic6
gbugs
Gentoo Bugzilla, the Gentoo Bug tracking system
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Created 2009-11-02 15:18:47
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2012-03-27 19:59:49
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%s
$€
converts US$ in Euro
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Created 2010-04-02 06:28:09
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2014-05-22 12:10:38
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s$+in+%E2%82%AC
scale
NAME scale - calculates the distance "as the crow flies" between two places. SYNOPSIS scale -pt1 [POINT_1] -pt2 [POINT_2] -units [UNITS] The scale command uses Tiny Geo-coder to generate the latitude/ longitude coordinates for the specified places or points and the "jscalc" command to return the numeric distance between them for the associated units. EXAMPLES Example: scale -pt1 New York -pt2 Newark Returns: 12.823779445216037 (in miles) Example: scale -pt1 New York -pt2 Newark -units km Return…
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Created 2010-05-09 06:46:35
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jscalc Math.acos(Math.sin({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 0})*Math.sin({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 2})+Math.cos({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 0})*Math.cos({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 2})*Math.cos(({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 3})-({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 1})))*{radius -units ${units=mi}}*3.14159/180
mangafox
Search manga in mangafox.com Created for those who can't get used to the "mfox" command!
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Created 2010-05-16 16:25:38
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2020-08-02 05:10:20
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http://www.mangafox.com/search.php?name=%s
gsuu
Search scholary articles via google scholar and University Utrecht library
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Created 2007-04-11 11:00:15
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2016-03-06 03:04:05
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https://www.myuu.nl/http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s
mir
search through miranda im addons list
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Created 2007-03-21 16:07:43
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2024-04-07 13:21:30
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http://addons.miranda-im.org/search.php?keyword=%s&action=search&category=-1
ypnz
search new zealand yellow pages. usage: ypnz [-c category] [-b business] [-l location]
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Created 2007-04-23 08:32:20
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2017-08-09 18:47:06
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http://www.yellowpages.co.nz/Pages/Search/Results/0,2878,a6001_m0,00.html?category=${c}&businessName=${b}&location=${l}&findit.value.x=51&findit.value.y=6
g:
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Created 2011-07-05 13:41:57
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http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s
epag
search domain-faq of epag.de
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Created 2012-08-02 08:10:26
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2014-06-03 02:32:00
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http://epag.de/de/tlds?sub_page=%s
mercado
MercadoLibre.com search
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Created 2013-01-04 00:22:18
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2026-03-21 10:24:49
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http://listado.mercadolibre.com.mx/%s
flicks
Search Netflix. usage: flicks [actress/title/etc] b.a.
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Created 2015-12-30 19:54:47
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http://www.netflix.com/search/%s [no url encoding]
styles
userstyles.org is a collection of styles that puts you in control of the appearance of websites and of Mozilla applications. These styles can remove annoying parts of websites, change the colour scheme, streamline your browser, and much more. How does it work? First, install the Stylish extension into Firefox, Flock, or Thunderbird. This is the application that'll let you manage styles. (Users of other browsers, see your options here.) Next, find a style you like. You can do this by searching o…
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Created 2008-07-25 14:36:34
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2022-08-31 16:26:15
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http://userstyles.org/styles/search/%s
degs
Searches on the Danish Yellow pages (De Gule Sider) for people, businesses, phone numbers etc.
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Created 2008-02-19 08:20:21
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2012-06-23 17:00:53
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http://www.degulesider.dk/vbw/super/resultat.do?twoFieldName=%s&twoFieldAddr=
veta
Search for movie release dates on videoeta.com. Syntax: veta [name of movie]
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Created 2008-04-13 15:29:36
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http://videoeta.com/search.html?search_query=%s
kvd
alternate youtube ripper
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Created 2008-06-04 07:27:48
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2017-02-05 08:51:46
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http://keepvid.com/
linuxmint
Linux Mint: Linux for the Desktop
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Created 2007-06-08 03:05:39
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2025-02-26 16:42:37
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http://linuxmint.com/
mypop
popfolder
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Created 2007-07-11 11:39:05
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http://popfolder.ipop.co.kr/ursocool
alarm
Dynamic Sounds provide car alarms of popular companies including, Viper, Clifford, Tracker, and Avital on reasonable prices. Dynamic sounds is one of the leading companies of car Audio and video accessories in UK
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Created 2007-07-30 11:57:55
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2020-07-15 02:34:38
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http://www.dynamicsounds.co.uk/car-alarms-c-137.html
ihop
Searches the iHOP (Information Hyperlinked over Proteins) service, which uses gene networks to help navigate the biomedical literature.
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Created 2008-11-11 06:21:47
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2023-04-27 08:42:43
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http://www.ihop-net.org/UniPub/iHOP/?search=%s
rdpv
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Created 2009-01-03 01:54:08
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2010-01-29 19:21:01
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http://yubnub.org/example/echo?text=%3Ctitle%3E%s%3C%2Ftitle%3E%3Ciframe+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trisys.biz%2Ftsweb%2FConnect.asp%3FResolution%3D4%26Server%3D%s%22+style%3D%22border%3A+0%3B+width%3A+100%25%3B+height%3A+100%25%22%3E
wol
Wolfram|Alpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries.
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Created 2009-05-19 17:13:47
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http://www56.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%s
kkfr
Kelkoo France Search To search a product in the french version of Kelkoo Example : kkfr ipod
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Created 2007-09-11 15:23:37
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2012-08-02 16:17:05
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http://shopping.kelkoo.fr/ctl/do/search?siteSearchQuery=%s&fromform=true
lfi
Links to the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
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Created 2007-10-29 20:42:33
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2018-04-18 18:23:53
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http://www.canlii.org/ca/loi/b-3/
pro55
Processing.org Programing Language Same as using the search box on the processing website. Searches forums / documentation / examples!
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Created 2009-09-12 22:15:33
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2012-06-21 07:31:45
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aprocessing.org+%s
reach
Halo Reach stats
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Created 2010-05-06 16:45:06
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2025-11-07 06:41:42
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http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/default.aspx?player=%s
moviedb
Searches http://www.themoviedb.org/ E.G. moviedb Jaws
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Created 2010-05-12 07:40:50
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http://www.themoviedb.org/search?search=%s[post]
rmsk
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Created 2019-03-25 03:24:40
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2023-04-06 02:03:48
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https://www.rms-austria.at/kontakt_unternehmen/kontakt/team/?L=0
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