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Re: Foobar

#101

Post by jengamaster »

troy1987 wrote: post #99

This seems really dumb! https://foobar.withgoogle.com/staticfiles/js/landing.5252068... : !function(){ "use strict"; function a(){ var a=document.getElementById("login"); a.addEventListener("click",function(a){a.preventDefault(),window.launchPopup()},!1)} window.handleAuth=function(a){ a.logoutUrl ? window.location.href=a.redirectUrl : window.location.reload() }, window.launchPopup=function(){ window.open("/login/","…

It's strange that the in the login object is never used. Also that the handleAuth function uses the existence of 'logoutUrl' to decide wether it should refresh or redirect, but uses it for nothing else.

Re: Foobar

#102

Post by tormeh »

theVirginian wrote: post #95
dorkrawk wrote: post #93

I had the "You speak our language..." message pop up while searching for some Python info and send me to Foobar a few days ago. So far I've just done one of the challenges. I'm sure it's a recruiting thing, but they seem like fun puzzles and it's obviously not the only way to get a job with Google, so good for them for building something fun.

I search for python stuff all the time and have never come across this link, I want to do some puzzles too!

Maybe it depends where you search from? If you're not in the US while searching you might not be that interesting.

Re: Foobar

#103

Post by bl4ckm0r3 »

It's interesting to see how people are just focused on solving the puzzle and see what's "behind" more than actually work for google :)

Re: Foobar

#105

Post by brserc »

I haven't been able to solve the puzzle - if there's any, however there is some interesting pattern in filenames.

/staticfiles/svg/error.33ab1eb5.svg -> 33ab1eb5 hexadecimal is 866852533, which seems to be a prime number.

I believe the probability is very low if unintended. Also other file names, can be factored more or less to 1 big prime number and few small primes.

Re: Foobar

#106

Post by chipgap98 »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #66
woof wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

It doesn't say the the island was always findable only by those who already know where it is. This could have changed at some point.

Re: Foobar

#107

Post by wuliwong »

marche101 wrote: post #67
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

In the article you linked to, there is even a short discussion of the possible connection between "foo bar" and FUBAR. If your comment was meant as a rebuttal, it failed.

Re: Foobar

#108

Post by axg »

brserc wrote: post #105

I haven't been able to solve the puzzle - if there's any, however there is some interesting pattern in filenames. /staticfiles/svg/error.33ab1eb5.svg -> 33ab1eb5 hexadecimal is 866852533, which seems to be a prime number. I believe the probability is very low if unintended. Also other file names, can be factored more or less to 1 big prime number and few small primes.

The pattern is they're all hex, we need a cryptographer. The three numbers are

e6cf5ce7 67a53a45 5252068f

Re: Foobar

#110

Post by wuliwong »

pilsetnieks wrote: post #30
UUMMUU wrote: post #28

I would imagine, if this came out today, it's something related to the military. foo.bar == FUBAR? Maybe?

foo, bar, and baz are commonly used placeholders for function and variable names in programming examples.

At least according to Wikipedia, this connection of foo bar and FUBAR is plausible but not proven. You forgot the 4th basic one, "qux" btw.
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