I made up a meme! Spread the meme!

[kaizoku]

Meme: What do you really use LJ for?

If you have your browser set to remember and complete web addresses you type into the address bar (it's AutoComplete on IE and Firefox), then type in http://community.livejournal.com/ and list the first nine addresses that come up. (Don't include any community whose rules state that you should not discuss it in a public forum!) If a specific post comes up, just put the community address not the link to the post. Don't list the same community twice.

1. http://community.livejournal.com/rounds_of_kink/
2. http://community.livejournal.com/iheartxxx/
3. http://community.livejournal.com/deadbrowalking/
4. http://community.livejournal.com/yuletide/
5. http://community.livejournal.com/contrelamontre/
6. http://community.livejournal.com/sgastoryfinders/
7. http://community.livejournal.com/sga_beta/
8. http://community.livejournal.com/bn_coverstories/
9. http://community.livejournal.com/audio_room/

It's funny, I remember back in the day when teh_music (now defunct) was always the first thing on the list. In some ways I'm glad it's closed down, because that comm ate my life.

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The Meme:

After creating the meme, I thought I would try to find out more about AutoComplete. It turns out that, according to Microsoft's help pages it is based on:

• Your Favorites and History folders
• The contents of the folder you specify for files or folders
• The contents of the left pane in Windows Explorer
• A list of your most recently typed addresses, commands, or AutoSearch queries, which are stored in the registry

I also found a more detailed article on AutoComplete, which says that it gets its information from:

* The data store, primarily. The data store draws from previously completed INPUT type=text fields. The contents of the AutoComplete box are retrieved from the values corresponding to the field name.
* The vCard schema. This schema is created from the values specified in the Profile Assistant.
* The Common Name list. This list is generated from commonly used INPUT type=text field names from popular Web sites, and is linked to the respective vCard schema."

From what I can tell (and I'm not a programmer) VCARD_NAME categorizes different types of information (e.g. name, email, phone number, business) and then supplies them in the appropriate place.

I think it's also interesting that it uses a list of a "Common Name list" - which seems to indicate that it's also getting information from somewhere other than just ones own computer.