The Most-Used Commands
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syc
Search Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) ----------- Old implementation: http://searchyc.com/%s
30 uses
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Created 2011-03-22 20:16:36
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2025-07-05 19:22:31
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https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%s
dirae
diccionario inverso de la rae
30 uses
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Created 2011-05-10 13:20:48
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2020-07-28 16:27:12
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http://dirae.es/palabras/?q=%s
domains
30 uses
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Created 2005-07-22 05:27:32
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2014-05-29 05:03:27
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http://www.hostingassociates.com
Devon
30 uses
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Created 2005-07-27 11:03:46
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2017-07-31 16:24:49
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http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=20669530&Mytoken=20050727040312
doug
Doug's Homepage
30 uses
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Created 2005-08-02 12:31:30
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2018-11-26 23:33:21
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http://www.douglasberger.com
psearch
30 uses
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Created 2005-08-11 11:46:57
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2021-03-16 15:23:22
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https://www.google.com/psearch/login?prev=/psearch
Chittoor
My Town Chittoor
30 uses
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Created 2005-08-18 11:19:47
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2006-04-11 07:51:33
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http://chittoor.blogspot.com/
whpn
Searches WhitePages.com Does a "Reverse Phone Number Lookup" Ex: whpn 1234567890
30 uses
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Created 2005-08-23 22:38:52
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2009-11-14 17:54:46
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http://www.whitepages.com/10001/search/Reverse_Phone?phone=%s
MZ
Your source for streaming your favorite artists.
30 uses
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Created 2005-09-22 22:04:51
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2022-01-07 07:22:53
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http://www.musixzone.com
bbctv
BBC TV & Radio Search. Searches bbc.co.uk for upcoming TV and Radio programs matching the keyword(s) Examples: List times for upcoming Eastenders episodes: bbctv eastenders Search for upcoming programs on dinosaurs: bbctv dinosaurs Search for programs featuring Jonathan Ross bbctv jonathan ross
30 uses
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Created 2005-09-27 05:24:38
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2016-11-13 05:01:37
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/search/advance_search.cgi?keyword=%s
chchimp
See a chinese chimp in action!!!....Doing nothing!
30 uses
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Created 2005-10-17 22:42:18
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2006-05-03 19:36:49
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http://www.languageguide.org/im/africa/images/chimp.gif
yotos
Corrected URL! Searches for public domain images with the Yotophoto.com search engine, which queries several public domain image resources.
30 uses
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Created 2005-10-24 18:22:30
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2010-01-06 03:06:49
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http://yotophoto.com/search.php?what=%s
FreeK
30 uses
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Created 2005-10-26 00:00:13
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2016-10-22 04:54:51
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http://freeki11smods.cabanova.com/
privat
Person search in Norway. Examples: Search by phone number: privat 98765432 Or: privat 987 65 432 Spaces in the number doesn't matter. Search by name: privat Pelle Gjertsen Add a location: privat Pelle Gjertsen Bergen Or an address: privat Pelle Gjertsen Gyngeveien 13 5000 Bergen Or just a part of the address, for example: privat Pelle Gjertsen 5000 Or: privat Pelle Gjertsen Gyngeveien The examples are not real.
30 uses
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Created 2005-11-10 21:43:56
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2022-04-06 15:13:05
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http://www.gulesider.no/gsi/whiteSearch.do?mode=&linje=1&sort=2&spraak=1&drill=&etter=%s
powfh
30 uses
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Created 2006-02-03 03:26:07
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2006-06-14 04:34:32
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http://www.power-fusion.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
snotes
Simple: Look something up on sparknotes!
30 uses
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Created 2006-02-09 02:08:41
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2023-12-07 14:31:26
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http://search.sparknotes.com/?query=%s
pornsites
30 uses
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Created 2006-04-15 05:39:43
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2023-11-25 10:58:24
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http://www.sxysites.com/
plzahl
Find the postal code of a german city. You have to enter the name of the town and you can enter (optionally) the name of a street. Example: plz -city frankfurt -street zeil (Note: It is possible that you obtain more than one result) Important: To avoid problems do not type the german letters ä, ü, ö or ß. Use ae, ue, oe or ss instead.
30 uses
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Created 2006-04-19 20:08:34
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2015-01-19 08:19:06
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http://www.postleitzahlen.de/search.php?sid=gceftjh9ir8gqvtighl4s5sd92&field=ort&newSearch=1&plzort=${city}&street=${street}&sa=
idsch
Setzt eine Wortsuche im IDS-Vebund Schweiz ab. (http://www.zb3.unizh.ch/ids/)
30 uses
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Created 2006-01-10 14:13:26
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2011-11-28 20:25:06
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http://aleph.unisg.ch/ids-mbs/direct.htm?find=WTI=%s&site=DSV
gggg
test
30 uses
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Created 2006-01-26 04:24:41
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2024-12-26 12:27:04
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http://www.google.com
debate
Alberta Debate and Speech Association
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 03:24:32
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2017-05-15 03:04:05
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http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/adebate/
Retro
Want Retro? Why not the real thing?
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 17:58:39
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2023-02-28 05:55:10
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http://www.funkandjunk.com/lists.html
engineer
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Created 2005-06-10 19:07:38
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2023-05-01 19:44:31
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http://michaelparks.net.tc
osforum
Operation Sports Forum (sportsgaming discussion boards)
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 19:54:15
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2005-08-08 02:03:13
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http://forums.operationsports.com/vBulletin/index.php?
ey
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 20:34:22
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2023-03-23 07:37:11
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http://ebay.com
dancing
mosh party
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 21:42:33
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2020-10-22 13:27:09
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www.myspace.com/suffertheliving
punk
Arraz Radio: Today's best in Christian: Rock, Punk, and Metal!
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 22:35:52
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2019-07-05 16:36:57
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http://arraz,com
afg
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Created 2005-06-12 01:53:48
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2021-02-07 16:15:02
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http://www.2adultflashgames.com
Jaime
Come become my friend on myspace!
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-12 01:58:38
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2019-01-09 13:01:32
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http://www.myspace.com/medayo
devil
Visit the Devil's own website!
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-14 23:47:35
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2022-05-27 07:07:14
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http://www.noobrazor.net
in-domain-name
Search Web by Domain. Find quite a few sites containing given keyword within their own names (host, hostname). Synopsis: in-domain-name KEYWORD Example: in-domain-name google [list sites (each with Site Report) which have `google' keyword in their hostnames] Example: in-domain-name blog* [list sites start with `blog'] Example: in-domain-name *.w3c.* [list subdomain matches] The search program can take patterns containing the valid domain name characters A-z, 0-9, '.', underscore ('_') and minus…
30 uses
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Created 2006-08-19 04:51:43
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2015-12-24 14:36:49
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http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?restriction=${restriction=site+contains}&host=%s&lookup=lookup%21&position=limited[no url encoding]
grz
Enter the URL of an RSS, Atom or OPML file to see it rendered in Grazr.
30 uses
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Created 2006-08-28 09:46:47
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2025-07-25 01:04:11
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http://grazr.com/gzpanel.html?file=%s[no url encoding]
ccnet
30 uses
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Created 2006-08-29 12:08:55
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2014-11-12 09:44:07
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http://srv12:20090/ccnet/ViewFarmReport.aspx
asc2hex
Converts an ascii string to the ascii hexadecimal code of each character. Same as the "change" command but specific for the asc2hex method.
30 uses
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Created 2006-09-15 17:50:30
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2019-05-22 08:12:41
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http://www.saraswaticlasses.net/yubnub/convert.php?text=%s&cryptmethod=asc2hex&submit=OK&simple=yes
dmz
Get Content From Open Directory Project
30 uses
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Created 2006-09-25 06:21:26
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2024-10-14 22:43:42
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http://dmoz.org/%s
drm
30 uses
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Created 2006-10-03 11:02:17
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2024-11-14 10:50:37
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm
ddc
goto don't die cindy's website!
30 uses
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Created 2006-10-29 22:33:04
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2025-12-08 04:41:47
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http://www.dontdiecindy.com
Connecticut
Connecticut Home Mortgage and CT mortgage refinancing. Get lowest mortgage rates on Connecticut mortgage loans, refinance, 2nd mortgage and home equity loans.
30 uses
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Created 2006-11-15 09:04:58
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2026-05-29 08:28:48
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http://www.ctmortgagedepo.com
go2
30 uses
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Created 2006-11-29 22:11:00
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2016-08-07 19:23:09
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%s
dvdguy
DVDGUY
30 uses
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Created 2006-05-01 00:25:05
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2006-12-16 00:11:30
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http://www.freewebs.com/dvdguy00
wp2
An international version of the wp command. Goes to a wikipedia topic. Use -ln <language> to choose the wikipedia in that language (eg, fr, to use fr.wikipedia.org). The default is en.wikipedia.org. Use -q <topic> to go to a topic. The default is to take you to the homepage. So, for example, to go to the Beethoven page: wp2 -q Beethoven To do the same in German: wp2 -ln de -q Beethoven And to go to the Japanese homepage: wp2 -ln ja Tip: you can set your default wikipedia to something else than …
30 uses
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Created 2006-05-13 20:37:36
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2014-05-27 15:07:40
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http://${ln=en}.wikipedia.org/wiki/${q=Main_Page}
nik
lol
30 uses
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Created 2006-05-26 17:27:41
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2023-05-17 15:51:56
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http://media.putfile.com/commercial-66
bbcfood
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Created 2006-05-30 13:47:52
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2016-10-15 05:25:48
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/food/recipes/queryengine?templatestyle=refine_by_1_gg&orig_kw=cassoulet&config=db&scope=recipes&page=1&pagesize=15&attrib_26=keywords&oper_26=eq&val_26_1=%2B%s&attrib_2=programme_name&oper_2=eq&val_2_1=&attrib_3=chef_name&oper_3=eq&val_3_1=&attrib_12=healthy&oper_12=eq&attrib_13=quick&oper_13=eq&attrib_10=vegetarian&oper_10=eq&submit.x=38&submit.y=14&submit=Search
lps
lps. search literateprograms.org example: lps matlab author: GaRZoL
30 uses
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Created 2006-06-17 15:39:57
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2020-05-20 04:12:35
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http://en.literateprograms.org/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search
hyperss
Hype Machine MP3 search, output as RSS feed Example: hyperss lucinda williams
30 uses
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Created 2006-07-06 03:57:04
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2019-09-12 05:03:20
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http://hype.non-standard.net/playlist/search/%s/rss/1/feed.xml
microdirect
Search microdirect.co.uk for products.
30 uses
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Created 2006-07-06 19:37:51
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2012-11-18 19:57:19
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http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductListerSearch.aspx?Stockcode=%s&btnSubmit.x=0&btnSubmit.y=0
rfx
Search RapidFox. USE: rfx blonde twins
30 uses
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Created 2006-07-26 09:27:13
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2008-07-06 21:55:28
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http://www.rapidfox.net/search.php?q=%s
ptp
Serach for info in the Personal Telco Projects vast wiki of wireless community network knowing. http://www.personaltelco.net
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 22:31:19
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2017-02-17 21:15:34
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http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/FindPage?action=fullsearch&value=%s&context=40
gdsm
Search for emails containing the specified text using "Google Desktop Search - for email"
30 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 08:16:52
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2014-02-03 01:12:00
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http://127.0.0.1:4664/search?q=%s&flags=1024&num=10&s=mJCiKCU0bOpGVmQPU4mbwepauW8
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