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Sending Secret Messages Via Google's SearchWiki

Posted by kdawson on from the your-mission-should-you-choose-to-accept-it dept.

We discussed the advent of Google's SearchWiki when it was introduced a few days back. Now Lauren Weinstein offers a thought experiment in transmitting coded messages using SearchWiki, with a working example encoded into the results of this Google search.

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  1. STOP MESSING WITH SLASHDOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, I'm all for change but this is FUCKING RIDICULOUS!

    The main page is now TITLES ONLY? WTF?

    The more you try to "upgrade" Slashdot, the more useless it becomes. Morons.

    1. Re:STOP MESSING WITH SLASHDOT by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I would mod you +1, Informative, if I had the points. Sadly, some purveyors of online forums believe that because they created it, they aren't answerable to the users -- they do first and ask forgiveness later. Of course, there's the flip--one of the earlier posters in your thread mentioned Digg; Despite it being a really crappy feed, it listens to its userbase. Which is probably the reason why it's so crappy. -_- In days of old, Slashdot would make 'meta' posts about upcoming features or changes to the main page, thus allowing for feedback while still tipping the hat to the authors. Maybe we should petition to bring back that bit of forward thinking...

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    2. Re:STOP MESSING WITH SLASHDOT by djupedal · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The main page stacked w/titles is discouraging to use (not enough information thwarts scanning and forces click-thru...or is that the marketing plan now?) and visually distracting via misuse, or lack of, white space -- the rework to the comments page/list is confusing. Please stop messing with the layout, thanks.

    3. Re:STOP MESSING WITH SLASHDOT by Suddenly_Dead · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I also dislike how they got rid "old news", though I'm sure I can reenable it somewhere in my profile (which assume I'm logged in). Now, reading things I missed from yesterday requires another click, another wait, and is harder to skim.

    4. Re:STOP MESSING WITH SLASHDOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      This is not good. I dont want to log in, I just want to browse and pick the articles I read in my limited surfing time. Please return slashdot to the useful site it was, or the casual browser will be gone.

    5. Re:STOP MESSING WITH SLASHDOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      amen. PLEASE PLEASE revert to normal slashdot layout. This one makes my head hurt, not to mention being ugly as sin.

      I'm suffering a massive overdose of spare time now that i'm staying the hell away from slashdot until it's made readable again.
      thanks.

    6. Re:STOP MESSING WITH SLASHDOT by DerCed · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Actually you have to switch off the "Use Beta" checkbox that is in the "Index" preferences. I did not find it quickly, but it certainly pays off. The old school Slashdot homepage will greet you in the morning!

      Slashdot folks, what the fuck do you think you are doing?! If you will ever remove classic mode I will personally travel to the states and punch you in the nuts!

  2. This is not news. by moniker127 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    WTF the internet can be used for communication?

    Who'd of thunk it?

    Seriously though, how the fuck is this news and why the fuck was it posted on the main page?

  3. Re:kdawson by ActionDesignStudios · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not that I don't want to read his stories, it's that I want him to not suck so bad at his job.

  4. Re:The main page is all screwed up by argent · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's a secret message letting you know about the upcoming integration of slashdot and google.

  5. who gives a rats behind. by EdelFactor19 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    complaining about the potential for abuse is like complaining your search could pull up a porn site. its retarted. if you dont like it then a. keep them minimized and dont read them, or b. go use a different search engine. honestly after reading this lady's page i think she's a paranoid nut who thinks its her job to police everyone.

    in short she's a moronic douche.

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  6. Slashdot by Randle_Revar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What the hell? I cant see anything but the headlines!

    What happened to the articles and tags?!

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  7. STOP MESSING WITH MY HEAD! by Ostracus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Since Slashreaders have a YRO section (and hence hew to principles of "I'm in control"). I recommend we have a basic XML feed from the server and everyone running Greasemonkey on their end can pick the features and layout they can live with. Slashdot may even offer a few premades to get things started.

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  8. Re:the message by ChienAndalu · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It went from low to high! Amazing!

  9. What about meta-moderation ? by dargaud · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since we are complaining about /. recent changes, I want to pipe about the metamoderation: I don't understand how it runs anymore. On the firehose (and now main) page you click [+] if the articles are good. Also on the moderation page, if you see a comment moderated insightful and it is so, you click [+]. OK. Now what if it's flaimebait or troll and moderated as such ? Do I click [+] to indicate that the moderation is accurate or do I click [-] to imply that it sucks and the comment should go to the pit of hell ?

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