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Re: Foobar

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Post by medecau » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 3:57 PM UTC

shernshiou wrote: post #40

anyone not curious on why is the logo a pink square?

are you sure it's not salmon?

anyway, it doesn't look relevant to me.

Re: Foobar

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Post by barbudorojo » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 4:02 PM UTC

In one of the js files there is window.opener.handleAuth(..), perhaps changin allow from false to true can result. This seem to be a js related essue.

Re: Foobar

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Post by snorkel » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 4:02 PM UTC

woof wrote: post #54

d_k_f wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did your guide get there the first time?

He was born there?

He was hatched by the first chicken.

Re: Foobar

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Post by tshadwell » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 4:03 PM UTC

It mystifies me especially that the logout URL for the login call is chained a number of times.

logoutUrl: 'https://foobar.withgoogle.com/_ah/logout?continue=https://ww...

Re: Foobar

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Post by jmsduran » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 4:07 PM UTC

bshimmin wrote: post #16

I think this is very clever. Assuming this is something to do with recruitment (as the other comments suggest), then of course I find it intensely irritating and it confirms my pre-existing notion that I would never want to work for a company like Google. But, on the other hand, the people who devised this puzzle are clearly people who would be enticed by a puzzle like it, and would therefore think it was a good way…

I took a look at the site for 5 minutes. If I had the day off, I wouldn't mind spending some time attempting to solve it.

Re: Foobar

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Post by TeMPOraL » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 4:08 PM UTC

woof wrote: post #54

d_k_f wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did your guide get there the first time?

He was born there?

How did his parents get to the island? Were they born there as well? If so, how did the first settler found it? Or is this island the origin of life on Earth?

Re: Foobar

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Post by marche101 » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 4:09 PM UTC

ssw1n wrote: post #59

Given that it's Veteran day, and the term "foobar" is thought to be borrowed from military term "FUBAR," I am guessing that it is Google's attempt to recruit Tech-savvy Veterans.

Foobar is a fairly common term in programming as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar#Usage_in_code

Re: Foobar

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Post by agumonkey » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 4:10 PM UTC

shernshiou wrote: post #40

anyone not curious on why is the logo a pink square?

the logo is really strange, but I don't see any reference, inspecting the svg source wasn't useful to me either.

Re: Foobar

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Post by izolate » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 4:13 PM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #12

For those who are confused, the local papers say Google is looking to hire 30K people? I believe this app/page is part of that push. Bunch of problems to complete.

Surely not all programmers? Because if so, I may just be able to slip through the cracks!

Re: Foobar

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Post by 1945795 » Tue, Nov 11, 2014, 4:13 PM UTC

tshadwell wrote: post #64

It mystifies me especially that the logout URL for the login call is chained a number of times. logoutUrl: ' https://foobar.withgoogle.com/_ah/logout?continue=https://ww...

It's just logging out for every domain/service, use RequestPolicy and you'll see the redirects for normal logouts.