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Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:06:45 +0000

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SitePoint Podcast #18: Internet Explorer 8 … Percent? — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:38:28 +0000

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By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:33:25 +0000

“Earlier today, the messaging was briefly changed to “get lost in the hunt” which I’ve been told is the originally context of the message”

Oh come on, do you really expect us to believe that? There are probably few phrases in the Australian lexicon with such a clearly defined lack of ambiguity that ‘get lost’ has. Whomever told you that was simply lying to spin it positively.

Insulting an increasingly large portion of the internet using public in such a blatant way really is “as stupid as it sounds”, i’m afraid.

By: Crossbrowser » Internet Explorer: Always One Step Behind

Crossbrowser » Internet Explorer: Always One Step Behind — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:01:12 +0000

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By: Elias

Elias — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:07:09 +0000

I think the number is for an eBay item with ID 370211931299: Buried Treasures You Can Find: Over 7500 Locations in All 50 States.

Check it out: http://cgi.ebay.com/Buried-Treasures-You-Can-Find:-Over-7500-Locations -in-A_W0QQitemZ370211931299QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20090606?IMSfp=TL09060 61410001r25992

Also, the latest hint (an image) shows the town Outlook on the map. And the whole image is from Saskatchewan, Canada.. Someone pointed out that it maybe had something to do with the .SK domain TLD (even though that has nothing to do with Saskatchewan or Saskatchewan )… BUT Outlook.SK leads to a bing.com search of “Outlook”….

By: Daniel Teixeira

Daniel Teixeira — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:04:20 +0000

searching on http://www06.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=370211931299

370211931299 = 7 x 313 x 168969389

By: Vinay H V

Vinay H V — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:37:29 +0000

370211931299 may be this is latitude longitude combination. But it leads to some china location.

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