Journal: Slashdot Yahoo Conspiracy

Excerpt from JavaScript used on Slashdot:

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{if(this._sourceEl==null||this._sourceEl.type=='text'||this._sourceEl.type=='textarea')
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YAHOO.slashdot.AutoCompleteWidget.prototype._newCompleter=function(tagDomain)
{var c=null;if(this._needsSpareInput())
{c=new YAHOO.widget.AutoComplete("ac-select-input","ac-choices",YAHOO.slashdot.dataSources[tagDomain]);c.minQueryLength=0;c._jumpSelection=function(){if(this._oCurItem)this._selectItem(this._oCurItem);};}
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