The Most-Used Commands
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soduku
Displays the given sudoku (81 numbers, zero for unknown). soduku 410095007305200100600080230100020700000050304009400000000507600003001000000900000
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Created 2007-01-11 14:49:59
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2023-02-27 22:16:13
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http://heuscher.ch/Sudoku?source=yubnub&sudoku=%s#sudoku
qwiki
NAME qwiki - Briefly open a Wikipedia page then return to your previous window. SYNOPSIS qwiki [KEYWORD] -t [OPTIONAL TIME IN SECONDS] EXAMPLES qwiki chicago qwiki indie rock -t 20 This is a combination of the "wikigo" and "kwik" commands. It opens the first Wikipedia page found by searching on your keyword. It remains open for 30 seconds, then closes the new page and returns you to your original page. To change the amount of seconds the Wikipedia page remains open, use the "-t" argument. NOTES…
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Created 2007-03-05 19:24:57
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2021-03-01 17:15:40
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echo <script> def=window.open('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search='+encodeURIComponent('%s').replace(/\%20/g,'+')+'&go=Go'); setTimeout("def.close();history.go(-1);",${t=30}000);</script>
gip
Get the GEO-Location of any IP. Uses the hostip.info database.
77 uses
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Created 2007-03-29 16:34:08
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2024-09-10 07:52:39
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http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=%s
lfml
Last.fm album search. Example: lfml congotronics
77 uses
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Created 2006-02-03 17:13:33
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2012-02-14 15:36:03
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http://www.last.fm/explore/search.php?m=albums&q=%s
tbox
Torrent Search on TorrentBox.com
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Created 2006-02-18 03:58:20
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2021-06-09 06:51:57
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http://www.torrentbox.com/torrents-search.php?search=%s
30p
Make an entry to your calendar at 30boxes.com. Same as 30b, but makes the entry private without the need for you to write the word "private".
77 uses
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Created 2006-03-01 05:11:28
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2008-05-02 00:27:11
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http://30boxes.com/index.php?action=newEvent&input=private %s
mmorpg
A cool text-based mmorpg with tons of potential. Almost every day there are new and unique things to do in one of the best FREE games on the web.
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Created 2005-06-09 23:57:18
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2019-11-23 05:09:59
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http://www.eternalduel.com
lan
Lan party for G4
77 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 05:00:28
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2019-08-24 07:04:19
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http://www.g4tv.com/lanparty/features/751/The_AOTS_Weekly_LAN_Party.html
ter
the erotic review
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Created 2005-06-12 05:35:11
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2024-03-27 12:16:17
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http://www.theeroticreview.com/index.asp?
tre
Trepidation
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Created 2005-06-15 23:07:31
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2024-06-17 07:40:50
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http://www.trepid.net/trepidation/
btor
Searches Bram Cohen's BitTorrent search engine for torrent files ^-^
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Created 2005-06-17 12:27:12
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2012-04-04 19:50:10
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http://search.bittorrent.com/search.jsp?query=%s
uml
Opens a page describing how to type characters with umlauts on both Windows and Mac computers.
77 uses
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Created 2005-11-28 21:22:59
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2022-04-10 14:44:21
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http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/lote/german/materials/umlauts.htm
gft
Make an RSS feed from a static HTML page using Feedtier, and view it in Google Reader. This will let you view what the Feedtier feed for a site will look like. usage: gft [url for which you want to create an RSS feed] b.a.
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Created 2005-12-12 18:20:18
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2024-10-04 08:55:12
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rssread {url[no url encoding] feedtier %s}[no url encoding]
crep
For those of you who don't know, consumer reports are the best way to see the quality of an item before you purchase it. They have reviews on everything from cars to cellular phones. Usage of this command is simple, just type: crep [your product] and it will return the query from the consumer reports website. -Jake jjefferydesign.com
77 uses
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Created 2006-01-21 05:32:00
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2024-09-29 00:12:00
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http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/search.htm?query=%s
kottke
A simple bookmark to Jason Kottke's blog.
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Created 2006-01-21 22:34:25
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2026-01-04 15:10:06
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http://kottke.org/
apl
77 uses
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Created 2005-08-04 09:15:31
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2018-04-26 10:28:08
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http://66.98.238.14/~retro/media/04lfbor/commercials/applejacks.wmv
chap
Search Chapters.ca, a Canadian bookstore. Example: chap What Color Is Your Parachute
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Created 2005-08-07 03:04:22
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2026-01-31 09:46:22
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http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/default.asp?Ntt=%s&Lang=en&Section=books
goal
Add a goal on 43things for example: "goal get a new job"
77 uses
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Created 2005-10-21 21:26:27
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2025-12-30 02:21:11
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http://www.43things.com/people/adopt_goal?goal[name]=%s
wrp
An alias to Whitepages reverse phone search.
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Created 2006-05-11 07:22:52
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2018-08-18 22:23:52
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http://www.whitepages.com/10001/reverse_phone
top50
The top 50 most used commands.
77 uses
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Created 2005-07-05 23:41:11
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2012-05-28 18:19:23
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http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/most_used_commands
rfm
77 uses
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Created 2005-07-07 04:50:18
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2018-03-25 19:15:09
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http://www.rediffmail.com
xs
test
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Created 2005-07-10 13:11:04
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2023-07-23 05:19:03
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http://www.google.com/?q=%s
toms
tomshardware.com
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Created 2005-07-19 17:20:47
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2024-04-12 20:12:21
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http://www.tomshardware.com
fre
LookWAYup French to English Dictionary.
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Created 2005-06-21 10:24:24
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2022-05-20 18:13:10
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http://lookwayup.com/lwu.exe/lwu/toEng?sLang=Fra&w=%s&h=dictpage&s=d&b=
trace
Traceroute from the San Diego Supercomputer Center back to your computer. Enjoy!
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Created 2005-06-21 22:04:17
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2021-02-05 00:08:52
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http://www.sdsc.edu/~hutton/cgi-bin/revtracert.cgi
far
Visit Tyler Farrer's blog on National Politics, PATRIOT, Technology, and Science.
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Created 2005-06-23 21:08:54
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2024-05-06 03:09:46
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http://farrercommons.blogspot.com
mpg
Find anything faster!
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Created 2005-06-28 02:20:32
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2024-06-06 15:28:10
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http://www.joetech.com/?fwd=%s
qvc
76 uses
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Created 2005-07-13 08:56:41
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2026-08-17 12:19:36
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http://www.qvc.com
kon
Konfabulator Widget Gallery search. You can search for the widget of your dreams by just typing in "kon". Example: kon binary
76 uses
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Created 2005-12-07 22:16:31
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2022-05-21 00:56:52
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http://www.widgetgallery.com/?search=%s
GPO
Search www.gameportalonline.com
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Created 2006-01-03 18:49:54
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2023-02-03 06:52:51
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http://www.gameportalonline.com/search.php?q=%s&sourceid=mozilla-search
dgrep
Dictionary Grep Search. Search words by regular expressions. . is a wildcard character * allows repetitions of the previous character (zero or more) ^ marks the beginning $ marks the end [] encloses a set of possibilities Option -size specifies the word length. Examples: dgrep man finds manager, batman, germanium, etc. dgrep man..er finds manager, womanizers, etc. dgrep man.*er finds manufacturer, commander, good-mannered, etc. dgrep ^man.*er finds manufacturer, but NOT commander dgrep man.*er$…
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Created 2006-01-11 21:30:10
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2021-10-16 04:42:36
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http://www.puzzlers.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=solving%3Awordlists%3Adictionary_search&user_string=%s&dictname=allwords.txt&wordlength=${size=0}&casesensitivity=N&sense=Y&user_string2=&sense2=&querytype=1&resulttype=list[no url encoding]
seri
http://www.serials.ws/
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Created 2006-02-23 18:19:56
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2025-02-10 19:16:40
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http://www.serials.ws/
strreplace2
strReplace with no url encoding. Look at the man page for strReplace for more information. http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=strreplace
76 uses
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Created 2006-04-20 13:58:52
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2008-03-16 21:41:42
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http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strreplace&find=${find}&replace=${replace}&string=${string}&xn_auth=no[no url encoding]
Edward
76 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 23:45:54
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2022-03-11 20:48:21
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http://wacg.ytmnd.com/
Jonathan
Jonathan Hawkins personal website.
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Created 2005-06-09 23:46:28
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2019-09-26 10:58:21
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http://www.jonathanhawkins.ph/
Jay
Jay Stone's Personal Portfolio.
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Created 2005-06-10 17:39:18
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2023-08-12 22:59:28
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http://northernconflict.net
obsd-man
Searches the manual pages of openbsd.com
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Created 2005-06-16 13:13:05
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2013-05-10 02:56:16
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http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=%s&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html
lf
Search links on http://www.linkfilter.net .
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Created 2005-06-17 17:17:54
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2023-09-28 02:15:25
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http://www.linkfilter.net/cgi-bin/lf.fpl?search=&id=
vs
Go to Victoria's Secret website
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Created 2005-06-17 22:07:17
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2023-11-06 09:15:21
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http://www.victoriassecret.com
scrabble
this link brings you to a weekly german scrabble-exercise from KNOBLE® (Germany)
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Created 2005-06-18 20:17:57
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2019-01-11 09:26:04
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http://www.scrabble.de/problems.php?f=y
reed
Reed Elsevier
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Created 2006-04-26 02:41:59
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2026-05-27 14:52:39
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http://www.reed-elsevier.com
gooyou
Google Video / YouTube split search Example: gooyou lazy sunday
76 uses
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Created 2006-07-24 21:11:49
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2014-06-08 15:29:51
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split {url gv %s} {url yt %s}
keygen
Search Keygen united studio.
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Created 2006-09-29 22:51:36
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2019-06-14 14:52:59
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http://keygen.us/search.shtml?q=%s&w=
ciaode
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Created 2006-10-01 08:17:17
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2012-02-20 14:21:57
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http://www.ciao.de/search.php?SearchString=%s&Submit=Suchen
jl
Puts http:// in front of whatever you give it, and goes to that URL.
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Created 2006-10-17 19:03:33
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2025-12-18 17:03:05
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http://%s
clips
Use Google to search Clipmarks.com for a keyword. Sometimes helps when you're trying to find a particular clip, since much of the site's content eventually gets crawled. I haven't figured out how Google ranks these sorts of results though. Example: clips "polar bears" clips legos Created by enbar
76 uses
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Created 2006-11-08 02:10:09
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2016-12-27 11:57:43
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gg site:clipmarks.com %s
asdfasdf
Searches Wincustomize.com's Objectdock icon library. A decent place to find icons for things - even if you wouldn't be caught dead using Windows.
76 uses
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Created 2005-08-13 21:39:19
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2026-04-18 18:05:20
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%s
adt
Artist Direct search. Search by album title. Example: adt elegant gypsy
76 uses
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Created 2005-10-22 20:31:23
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2025-03-25 14:52:32
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http://ubl.artistdirect.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+Search?select=MusicTitle&searchstr=%s&searchtype=NormalSearch&start=1&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
clinical1
76 uses
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Created 2007-01-06 22:11:34
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2008-10-06 18:39:26
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https://sales.datalabs.com/demo01/
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