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I use Moxix-Linux on five older machines for MP3 compression. Mosix works very, very good, and is simpler than the typical Beowulf type stuff in that you just have to seperate the jobs up and Mosix will automatically distribute it to whichever machine has the most processing power available. It works very, very well, as it keeps more running on my higher-powered boxes than it does on the lower powered ones. I currently have two 386s, two 486s, and one Pentium running Mosix, if the jobs get launched on your lowest end machine, they will migrate quickly to your fastest and you just run batch on the low-end box to keep all processors working full-time. As I said, it works very, very well.
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Yeah, just remember that basically the same sort of accusations were levelled at Mozart and Beethoven during their time period. Of course, looking back, they don't seem to be nearly the freaky, fucked-up individuals they were percieved as. And you would be extremely suprised at the similarities between heavy metal and that sort of 'classical' music.
Metal is rock and roll a bit louder and faster/heavier. Rock and roll is forever, as anyone that has every felt it coursing through their viens would tell you. Backstreet Boys/NSINK, and whatnot will all fade in time, and be nothing. But these metal bands that weren't ever popular will leave a legacy because the people that listened to that type of music still do, and always will. They aren't fad bands, and if you only get into the fads, then these bands definitely aren't for you.
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I can't believe that no one is mentioning the band Death. I would definitely say that they held the crown in my opinion on Death Metal back in the time period we are talking about. And to the guy mentioning Black Sabbath, a band that definitely deserves a genre all it's own: black metal (sometimes called dark metal). Ah, this is starting to bring back such pleasant memories.
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Um, technically, Slayer was never a 'Death Metal' band. They were a thrash metal band, Metallica was a speed metal band, Megadeth was a techno-speed metal band, and Antrax were a borderline crossover metal band. There's the big four, let me know if you want more;-) (oh yeah, Pantera is a Power Groove band).
And quite honestly, all we saw was that as the heavy bands got older they really did lose their ability to play anything requiring any skill. Look at Metallica (now a radio-pop band). And Slayer now plays hip-hop, or damn near it from what their last album sounded like. This isn't a sign that morality is coming back into style. This is a sign that even our greatest heroes are now falling for the 'money is everything' creedo that has become the mainstay of corporate sponsored American culture. Sorry if I sound bitter. The death of real metal has left me feeling a little empty.
Of course, metal still lives in my house. Just ask my wife and neighbors;-).
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Posting as an AC is the only way to avoid the tag of being a Kara-whore or a troll (unless you are an obvious asshole type troll). Personally, I find conversations with trolls to be very enlightening and entertaining. Other people take things way too seriously most of the time. I try to ride the border in between troll and non-troll, karma whore and karma-sink. Thus far, it has been far more enjoyable than my previous attempts to be either a serious poster, or a troll. To each his own I guess.
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I don't know what possibility is sadder, the possibility that there might actually be a genuine l33t j03 fan, or the possibility that this person is so lonely and empty inside that he has to make a second account to 'drum up support' for his primary account. God, I think I'll go cry silently in the corner for a few minutes. Someone should weep for this poor soul.
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Does anyone else think it is odd that a commercial browser is 'release' quality when they take a slightly buggy beta release from an open-source project, add a bunch more much, much buggier features and then pop it out the door? I'm sorry, I really like mozilla, but I think Netscape may be shooting themselves in the foot if this release isn't 'perfect' or at least much more stable than what IE on Windows is. Any major screw-ups and you can kiss the little bit of market share in the Windows world they have left goodbye. I really think they should be cautious with this one.
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It would pay off if your goal was to 'use-up' or waste as many resources as possible. Frankly, I think that's probably appropriate as anyone that wants to be 'on-top' (as the above poster said) usually is just a gigantic waste of resources. A resource sink?
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Try not to choke on the irony there pal. Seriously, I didn't necissarily say that TMBG sucks ass, just that they aren't my cup-o-tea. Thank you oh great AC for letting me know what an ass I am for liking something different.
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As the resident computer guy for my company (and all around geek/nerd/what-have-you) I can honsetly say that TMBG is not my cup of tea. I don't hate them, and I can stomach listening to them (unlike most music on the radio), but I would much rather listen to something with some musical value (like Loreena McKennitt, or old school heavy metal, not that crap you hear passing for it now, like pre-90's, or most Pantera). I'm sorry, but TMBG=nerd band isn't quite accurate, as I'm definitely nerd material, and am no TMBG fan.
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Um, I'm curious as to why the above comment is flamebait. Are the moderators now offended at the idea that someone might cat a file into their dsp device? Or was it somehow implied that any enterprising band (such as They Might Be Giants) would only use Microsoft solutions, as anything costing less and being more useful would not appeal to a band with such means? Or was the attempt at humor in the above post just way too fucking far over the moderators heads?
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Whip that horse Jon! It may be dead, but I'm sure you can make it keep working if you just whip it a little harder.
Only Jon Katz can find something that the rest of us are totally bored with, mention every possible solution we have come up with for it, and still think he has something original and insightful enough to post a pages long essay on the matter. God forbid the dumbass actually comes up with something orginal.
Sorry, this may sound like flamebait, but isn't anyone else tired of Katz's whining about how technology will save us all, yet at the same time will be the downfall of all that is holy? I can't be the only one.
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I don't know how many fucking times this has to be explained. Metachlorians was 'thought up' a long time before episode 1. In fact, it was a part of the first series of books that came out after episode 6. And the movie didn't do a good job of explaining them.
They are supposed to basically be magical creatures of microscopic size that bind all things, natural and un-natural, living and non-living. They are the carriers of the force. And if you really want to get your fucking panties in a bunch about them, blame the author of the first series of books after Empire (Greg Bear? was it). And you call yourself a fan!
Honestly, I don't know why everyone gets so damned worked up over Episode 1. I thought it was pretty good. I guess everyone on slashdot (and the rest of the fucking world) think it's far more important to get outraged and feel like they were taken advantage of then to just enjoy a goddamned movie. Oh for chrissakes, I feel like I could strangle someone. The goddamned bullshit about star wars has got to stop! Everybody and their dog does everything possible to bring up how 'horrible' EP1 was every goddamned chance they get and it really wasn't that bad if you just pull your underwear out of your ass, sit down and watch it as if it was the authors creation, not as if your very life depends on seeing the goddamned story you want to see. FUCK!!!!!!!!
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Is it any wonder that the aliens haven't bothered to take out the Earth yet? Every few years they pop down, pick up some southern hick, and put him back, saying to themselves, "Yep, no worries about intelligent life on this planet. It must be something in the air." And of course they wouldn't consider living on a planet that only produces such stupidity (you want proof of said stupidity, check out our esteemed president Billy C.);-)
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Corporate America has been trying for ages this experiment where they see just how far they can push you before you snap. Are our jobs any different?
Whether you are working for the company, or you are 'consuming' their products, you are simply a part of the grand experiment. "How much can we fuck with them before they just completely lose it?" seems to be the most important question in the business world today. Sometimes they are unlucky and someone does lose it (the government, i.e. post offices, seems to be the worst at this), but it is suprising just how good businesses are getting at walking that thin line between sanity and insanity. Of course, a lot of that can be attributed to the fact that the businesses in question make the laws in this country (let's face it, 'the people' haven't been in charge for a long, long time) and can adjust what 'seems' to be proper behavior over time. Sad, but true.
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Re:Open source won't survive the next decade
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Oh Bob, you say the sweetest things.
Some people say not to feed the trolls. I say, feed 'em till their good and fat. I hear they taste really good if you feed them lots of candy.;-)
People like you used to make me sick (back in my younger and more idealistic phase). Now, it just makes me want to laugh. That people with so little brain power can still muster up the commands in their mind to "breath in, breath out" is amazing in and of itself. Have fun playing with yourself Bob. I'm sure that it's quite enjoyable for you. And obviously, it's all your capable of.
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Re:Open source won't survive the next decade
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OK Bob, I'll play along.
Are you one of those people that feel that Linux is Red Hat (or Red Hat is Linux)? I'm picking that up from the 7.2 reference (if you were going from Mandrake it's already out).
It will be a long, long, long time before we see a 7.2 version on the kernel. But, since you were also hitting on the old trollish "Linux is communist" line, I'm could assume that exactly what you meant.
BTW, are you one of those idiots that hangs out in COLA (comp.os.linux.advocacy) with about four hundred different personalities? You seem an awful lot like a guy/girl/thing that goes under the name steve/claire/amy/heather/./ and about a million others.
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Yeah, yeah, I have just been trolled. And you have a nice day asshole.
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Open Source was supposed to be dead by the end of last decade too buddy. Have you noticed that when corporations announce the death of something it just seems to keep getting bigger and bigger? It seems the only way they can really kill the interest in it is to embrace it. Unfortunately for them, in the case of Open Source (or Free) software, they can't embrace it so fully that it becomes "ANOTHER CORPORATE PLOT" in the eyes of its creators and the general population. I think the announcements of the death of Open Source that we hear every few weeks is evidence that the high-powered corporate interests that stand to lose the most from the "new" method of software development are getting a little scared of it. Not that they necissarily have to, but dinosaurs were probably just as scared of mice as elephants are. Something new, yet relatively small, can be very very frightening to the big old creatures.
I've been using Linux for five years and have constantly been told that I am wasting my time. Even now, running a business on it I keep hearing that I should just scrap it and go with.NET instead. I'm sorry, but I don't really see something that has steadily and slowly grown over the past few years just up and disappearing because some large corporations fear it. It's something that works for me and many like me. And more people gain interest each day.
Having said all of that, I realize that I have just been trolled. And yes, I will have a nice day;-).
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Um, better check your brain there pal. Look up the thread a bit. Loreena McKennitt is the person we are speaking of. I didn't comment on the Clapton thing though. Totally different style of music. Comparing Blues to Celtic Folk is like comparing Heavy Metal to Church Hymns. Well, maybe not quite that drastic, but you get the idea.
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Already got it. In fact, the only LM that I don't have that I know of even existing is that Live two shows CD collection thingy. But I have heard it, and it is awesome just like the rest of her stuff.
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I use Moxix-Linux on five older machines for MP3 compression. Mosix works very, very good, and is simpler than the typical Beowulf type stuff in that you just have to seperate the jobs up and Mosix will automatically distribute it to whichever machine has the most processing power available. It works very, very well, as it keeps more running on my higher-powered boxes than it does on the lower powered ones. I currently have two 386s, two 486s, and one Pentium running Mosix, if the jobs get launched on your lowest end machine, they will migrate quickly to your fastest and you just run batch on the low-end box to keep all processors working full-time. As I said, it works very, very well.
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You fucking SHIT-HEAD! I would love to find out who you are so I could expose you for the FUCK that you are!
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Yeah, just remember that basically the same sort of accusations were levelled at Mozart and Beethoven during their time period. Of course, looking back, they don't seem to be nearly the freaky, fucked-up individuals they were percieved as. And you would be extremely suprised at the similarities between heavy metal and that sort of 'classical' music.
Metal is rock and roll a bit louder and faster/heavier. Rock and roll is forever, as anyone that has every felt it coursing through their viens would tell you. Backstreet Boys/NSINK, and whatnot will all fade in time, and be nothing. But these metal bands that weren't ever popular will leave a legacy because the people that listened to that type of music still do, and always will. They aren't fad bands, and if you only get into the fads, then these bands definitely aren't for you.
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I can't believe that no one is mentioning the band Death. I would definitely say that they held the crown in my opinion on Death Metal back in the time period we are talking about. And to the guy mentioning Black Sabbath, a band that definitely deserves a genre all it's own: black metal (sometimes called dark metal). Ah, this is starting to bring back such pleasant memories.
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Overkill I thought was also a speed metal band. Macabre? Dunno.
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Um, technically, Slayer was never a 'Death Metal' band. They were a thrash metal band, Metallica was a speed metal band, Megadeth was a techno-speed metal band, and Antrax were a borderline crossover metal band. There's the big four, let me know if you want more ;-) (oh yeah, Pantera is a Power Groove band).
And quite honestly, all we saw was that as the heavy bands got older they really did lose their ability to play anything requiring any skill. Look at Metallica (now a radio-pop band). And Slayer now plays hip-hop, or damn near it from what their last album sounded like. This isn't a sign that morality is coming back into style. This is a sign that even our greatest heroes are now falling for the 'money is everything' creedo that has become the mainstay of corporate sponsored American culture. Sorry if I sound bitter. The death of real metal has left me feeling a little empty.
Of course, metal still lives in my house. Just ask my wife and neighbors;-).
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Posting as an AC is the only way to avoid the tag of being a Kara-whore or a troll (unless you are an obvious asshole type troll). Personally, I find conversations with trolls to be very enlightening and entertaining. Other people take things way too seriously most of the time. I try to ride the border in between troll and non-troll, karma whore and karma-sink. Thus far, it has been far more enjoyable than my previous attempts to be either a serious poster, or a troll. To each his own I guess.
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I don't know what possibility is sadder, the possibility that there might actually be a genuine l33t j03 fan, or the possibility that this person is so lonely and empty inside that he has to make a second account to 'drum up support' for his primary account. God, I think I'll go cry silently in the corner for a few minutes. Someone should weep for this poor soul.
Slow moving marsupials and the women that love them
Does anyone else think it is odd that a commercial browser is 'release' quality when they take a slightly buggy beta release from an open-source project, add a bunch more much, much buggier features and then pop it out the door? I'm sorry, I really like mozilla, but I think Netscape may be shooting themselves in the foot if this release isn't 'perfect' or at least much more stable than what IE on Windows is. Any major screw-ups and you can kiss the little bit of market share in the Windows world they have left goodbye. I really think they should be cautious with this one.
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It would pay off if your goal was to 'use-up' or waste as many resources as possible. Frankly, I think that's probably appropriate as anyone that wants to be 'on-top' (as the above poster said) usually is just a gigantic waste of resources. A resource sink?
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Modded as funny your comment wouldn't be funny, but modded as informative it made me spew mountain dew all over my monitor.
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Try not to choke on the irony there pal. Seriously, I didn't necissarily say that TMBG sucks ass, just that they aren't my cup-o-tea. Thank you oh great AC for letting me know what an ass I am for liking something different.
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As the resident computer guy for my company (and all around geek/nerd/what-have-you) I can honsetly say that TMBG is not my cup of tea. I don't hate them, and I can stomach listening to them (unlike most music on the radio), but I would much rather listen to something with some musical value (like Loreena McKennitt, or old school heavy metal, not that crap you hear passing for it now, like pre-90's, or most Pantera). I'm sorry, but TMBG=nerd band isn't quite accurate, as I'm definitely nerd material, and am no TMBG fan.
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Um, I'm curious as to why the above comment is flamebait. Are the moderators now offended at the idea that someone might cat a file into their dsp device? Or was it somehow implied that any enterprising band (such as They Might Be Giants) would only use Microsoft solutions, as anything costing less and being more useful would not appeal to a band with such means? Or was the attempt at humor in the above post just way too fucking far over the moderators heads?
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Whip that horse Jon! It may be dead, but I'm sure you can make it keep working if you just whip it a little harder.
Only Jon Katz can find something that the rest of us are totally bored with, mention every possible solution we have come up with for it, and still think he has something original and insightful enough to post a pages long essay on the matter. God forbid the dumbass actually comes up with something orginal.
Sorry, this may sound like flamebait, but isn't anyone else tired of Katz's whining about how technology will save us all, yet at the same time will be the downfall of all that is holy? I can't be the only one.
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I don't know how many fucking times this has to be explained. Metachlorians was 'thought up' a long time before episode 1. In fact, it was a part of the first series of books that came out after episode 6. And the movie didn't do a good job of explaining them.
They are supposed to basically be magical creatures of microscopic size that bind all things, natural and un-natural, living and non-living. They are the carriers of the force. And if you really want to get your fucking panties in a bunch about them, blame the author of the first series of books after Empire (Greg Bear? was it). And you call yourself a fan!
Honestly, I don't know why everyone gets so damned worked up over Episode 1. I thought it was pretty good. I guess everyone on slashdot (and the rest of the fucking world) think it's far more important to get outraged and feel like they were taken advantage of then to just enjoy a goddamned movie. Oh for chrissakes, I feel like I could strangle someone. The goddamned bullshit about star wars has got to stop! Everybody and their dog does everything possible to bring up how 'horrible' EP1 was every goddamned chance they get and it really wasn't that bad if you just pull your underwear out of your ass, sit down and watch it as if it was the authors creation, not as if your very life depends on seeing the goddamned story you want to see. FUCK!!!!!!!!
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Is it any wonder that the aliens haven't bothered to take out the Earth yet? Every few years they pop down, pick up some southern hick, and put him back, saying to themselves, "Yep, no worries about intelligent life on this planet. It must be something in the air." And of course they wouldn't consider living on a planet that only produces such stupidity (you want proof of said stupidity, check out our esteemed president Billy C.) ;-)
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Corporate America has been trying for ages this experiment where they see just how far they can push you before you snap. Are our jobs any different?
Whether you are working for the company, or you are 'consuming' their products, you are simply a part of the grand experiment. "How much can we fuck with them before they just completely lose it?" seems to be the most important question in the business world today. Sometimes they are unlucky and someone does lose it (the government, i.e. post offices, seems to be the worst at this), but it is suprising just how good businesses are getting at walking that thin line between sanity and insanity. Of course, a lot of that can be attributed to the fact that the businesses in question make the laws in this country (let's face it, 'the people' haven't been in charge for a long, long time) and can adjust what 'seems' to be proper behavior over time. Sad, but true.
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Oh Bob, you say the sweetest things.
Some people say not to feed the trolls. I say, feed 'em till their good and fat. I hear they taste really good if you feed them lots of candy.;-)
People like you used to make me sick (back in my younger and more idealistic phase). Now, it just makes me want to laugh. That people with so little brain power can still muster up the commands in their mind to "breath in, breath out" is amazing in and of itself. Have fun playing with yourself Bob. I'm sure that it's quite enjoyable for you. And obviously, it's all your capable of.
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OK Bob, I'll play along.
Are you one of those people that feel that Linux is Red Hat (or Red Hat is Linux)? I'm picking that up from the 7.2 reference (if you were going from Mandrake it's already out).
It will be a long, long, long time before we see a 7.2 version on the kernel. But, since you were also hitting on the old trollish "Linux is communist" line, I'm could assume that exactly what you meant.
BTW, are you one of those idiots that hangs out in COLA (comp.os.linux.advocacy) with about four hundred different personalities? You seem an awful lot like a guy/girl/thing that goes under the name steve/claire/amy/heather/./ and about a million others.
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You stupid fuck:
Loreena McKennitt and her private record label Quinlan Road
To quote Eric Cartman: "Suck my balls."
Yeah, yeah, I have just been trolled. And you have a nice day asshole.
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Open Source was supposed to be dead by the end of last decade too buddy. Have you noticed that when corporations announce the death of something it just seems to keep getting bigger and bigger? It seems the only way they can really kill the interest in it is to embrace it. Unfortunately for them, in the case of Open Source (or Free) software, they can't embrace it so fully that it becomes "ANOTHER CORPORATE PLOT" in the eyes of its creators and the general population. I think the announcements of the death of Open Source that we hear every few weeks is evidence that the high-powered corporate interests that stand to lose the most from the "new" method of software development are getting a little scared of it. Not that they necissarily have to, but dinosaurs were probably just as scared of mice as elephants are. Something new, yet relatively small, can be very very frightening to the big old creatures.
.NET instead. I'm sorry, but I don't really see something that has steadily and slowly grown over the past few years just up and disappearing because some large corporations fear it. It's something that works for me and many like me. And more people gain interest each day.
;-).
I've been using Linux for five years and have constantly been told that I am wasting my time. Even now, running a business on it I keep hearing that I should just scrap it and go with
Having said all of that, I realize that I have just been trolled. And yes, I will have a nice day
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Um, better check your brain there pal. Look up the thread a bit. Loreena McKennitt is the person we are speaking of. I didn't comment on the Clapton thing though. Totally different style of music. Comparing Blues to Celtic Folk is like comparing Heavy Metal to Church Hymns. Well, maybe not quite that drastic, but you get the idea.
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Already got it. In fact, the only LM that I don't have that I know of even existing is that Live two shows CD collection thingy. But I have heard it, and it is awesome just like the rest of her stuff.
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First someone mods up Bob Abooey as Informative, now someone modes up the Signal 11 account as Funny?
Pardon me, can anyone give me a hand tying this rope around my neck? I've just lost the last little bit of faith I had left in humanity.
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