$newsid = '%2B78.120740$iX5.8046573@bin8.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com'; ?> Oh my god - it's Google Instant Messaging. The idea is to hide secret messages in carefully tailored Google queries so they will be read by bloggers who obsessively look at their referrer logs. I can't tell whether this meme has yet broken out of the incestuous little circle of its origin.
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