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The Face of One AOL Searcher Exposed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the knew-it-wouldn't-take-long dept.

Juha-Matti Laurio writes "No. 4417749 conducted hundreds of searches over a three-month period on topics ranging from "numb fingers" to "60 single men" to "dog that urinates on everything., report NYT journalists Michael Barbaro and Tom Zeller Jr., but with a permission from Mrs. Thelma Arnold, 62. "Those are my searches," she said, after a reporter read part of the list to her, continues the article."

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  1. Re:won't hurt yahoo by Ihlosi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Some clearvoiant (how do you spell that actually?)



    "Clairvoyant"



    At last ! Playing hundreds of RPGs over the course of two decades finally pays off !

  2. Re:Hmm by A.+Bosch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So User 48956332 is Cowboy Neal?

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    Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
  3. Re:1 down, 24.9999 million to go... by Jherek+Carnelian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But savvy enough to understand a watermark but not savvy enough to avoid typing "how to kill your wife" in a search box? I LOVE this guy!

    A couple of different movies, both foreign and domestic, have titles that are variations on that phrase. If he's looking at gory pictures with watermarks, he's probably more interested in seeing crime scene photos and such than he is in instructions for actually commiting a crime.