Happy Halloween and welcome new mirrors

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! 10/31/2003 09:26 AM

Yay - it's Halloween, my favorite holiday of the year! At Kailee's suggestion, this year I'm dressing up as Stanley Yelnats. :-)

And since it's Halloween, it's time for our annual check of the Willard Library's Ghost Cam!

happy halloween

happy halloween 10/31/2003 11:41 AM
a reminder that our world is full of plenty of real horror and monsters. happy halloween. via yewknee.com

There they are! New mirrors..

There they are! New mirrors.. 12/02/2003 12:28 AM
Thank you, thank you, thank you. What a great community we have. Thank you for providing us with more mirrors. Matthew Healey member of the Western Australian Macintosh User Group and their ISP extremedsl are providing Fink with a full mirror in Perth, Australia. This is our first mirror in down under, thus I am pleased to welcome them to the family. Furthermore the UKMIRROR service has accepted us, making distfile services available for Fink on 21 load balanced server. We are very happy about this development, but we still need more rsync mirrors. Thus, once more, if you feel like helping, please visit finkmirrors.net and get in touch.

Xerocoat Zero-Fog Mirrors

Xerocoat Zero-Fog Mirrors 09/21/2004 10:38 AM

How about those scientists, always coming up with neat new technology? What with the not-being-able-to-see issue featuring prominently for many people in hot and steamy conditions, University of Queensland physicists have created a permanent coating for mirrors, glasses, and car windshields that keeps them from fogging up. If you're more into greenhouses and solar energy than convenience, the coating also cuts out reflections and thereby enables more light to get through the glass. Even more exciting, the stuff is simple, cheap, and environmentally friendly to create. All the janitors down at the coin-op strip joint are going to be so excited!

Rea d - Catalog Page [We-Make-Money-Not-Art]

Improving our mirrors. Can you help?

Improving our mirrors. Can you help? 08/03/2004 10:37 AM
Finks decision to gradually build its own network of mirrors has payed off. To make sure that we can continue to offer a high quality service we need to improve our mirror network. It has been some time since we last asked for more mirrors. It is time to do so again. Fink is very grateful for the resources granted to us by our community. To further improve our service to the community we require an even better mirror system. We especially lack mirrors in central Europe, Russia and the Far East. If you feel that you have at least two Mbit to spare for a rsync mirror or more to offer a distfiles mirror please contact us. To get a better understanding of the different types of mirrors Fink offers, please go and review finkmirrors.net. This is the official homepage for all mirror related issues. If you feel that you can offer other types of resources, web-space for testing as an example, please do not hestitate in contacting us as well.

More mirrors....pretty please?

More mirrors....pretty please? 12/02/2003 12:29 AM
While we welcome our latest full mirror in Norway, sponsored by Havar Valeur, we crave more. To improve our service to all of you, we would like to ask that you evaluate carefully if you maybe do have the resources to become a mirror. All it takes is a 10Mbit link, around 100MB of disk space and some bandwidth you are willing to share for Fink. The exact setup instructions for rsync mirrors can be found here. Especially mirrors in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Europe and Middle Europe are welcome, since we have none in those regions yet. If you feel generous and wish to donate even more resources, please visit finkmirrors.net to learn about your options. The current status of all available rsync mirrors can be viewed on the finkmirrors.net pages as well. We hope to improve this service in the future, yet this depends on your willingness to help us out. We are looking forward to many new applications and thank our community in advance.

mozdev Seeking Mirrors

mozdev Seeking Mirrors 01/22/2004 02:38 AM

Million tiny mirrors

Million tiny mirrors 03/06/2004 02:09 AM

There are a few more options in large screen televisions than there used to be.  In addition to CRTs and projection TVs, LCDs and plasma have come into their own.  There are also several new options like DLP, which this thinly disguised advertisement for Samsung explores.  It turns out that Gateway also has an offering in this area, as does RCA.

I found the techology behind this fascinating.  A color wheel, a light bulb, and a million tiny mirrors.

Omnivision: Smoke and Mirrors?

Omnivision: Smoke and Mirrors? 06/29/2004 03:33 PM
The digital camera chip maker is under the lens.

Knoppix v3.4 Hits The Mirrors

Knoppix v3.4 Hits The Mirrors 05/03/2004 10:18 PM

OpenSSH Hit with Trojan; Mirrors
Compromised

OpenSSH Hit with Trojan; Mirrors
Compromised 08/05/2002 10:43 PM
CERT warns that some copies of the source code for the OpenSSH package contain a Trojan horse. Compromised downloads may still be circulating on the Internet.

New Business Model, Or Smoke And
Mirrors?

New Business Model, Or Smoke And
Mirrors? 04/08/2005 06:26 PM
Jonathan Schwartz of Sun is out giving his talk again about how subscription fees are the way of the future for buying anything. One of his favorite examples (he's used it for quite some time) is that people will buy cars the way they buy mobile phones, where the device/car itself is free or close to fee, but there's a regular subscription fee that's locked in (he also likes to talk about how people will download "horn-tones" for their car, but that's a different story). He goes on to point out that for a car, this fee would be $220 -- noting that the carmakers have already thought about this. Beyond asking the obvious question (um which car are we talking about here -- because I imagine that a BMW is going to cost me more per month than a Hyundai), isn't this already how many people buy cars? It's called a loan or a lease. They buy the car with a little bit of money down, but pay regularly to cover the rest of the cost of the car. In fact, I'm sure, for some people and some cars, the amount is somewhere around $220. So, this isn't particularly amazing. It's not even new. It's just taking an existing business model and changing what you call everything. Who knew it was so easy to be considered a visionary?

Fedora Core 2 released to Mirrors,
Bittorrent

Fedora Core 2 released to Mirrors,
Bittorrent 05/16/2004 10:41 AM

Mandriva (ex Mandrake) LE2005 hits FTP
mirrors

Mandriva (ex Mandrake) LE2005 hits FTP
mirrors 04/16/2005 08:58 PM
Slashdot Apr 17 2005 12:07AM GMT

Rampage in Minn. Mirrors Other Cases
(washingtonpost.com)

Rampage in Minn. Mirrors Other Cases
(washingtonpost.com) 03/23/2005 12:54 PM
washingtonpost.com - RED LAKE, Minn., March 22 -- The 16-year-old shooter in Monday's bloody rampage at a high school on a northern Minnesota Indian reservation had earlier that day killed his grandfather and stolen his police cruiser, which he drove to the front door of the school before racing inside to begin a spasm of gunfire, authorities said Tuesday.

Half coated mirrors are a great
technique.....

Half coated mirrors are a great
technique..... 04/27/2004 01:13 PM

This reminds me of a project we did at Bally-Midway in 1982 called 10 Ten Deluxe.

It was a shuffleboard bowling game with had a half-way mirror displaying the bowling pins - in the proper position - but they were really 90 degrees tilted, out of view.  A half coated mirror made it appear as if the pins were right in front of you, and you'd 'bowl' with a shuffle puck.

This technique has always been the solution to a REAL BIG problem that exists for video conferewncing.

Ever been in a video conference?  Ever looked at someone eye to eye?  You can't.

'Cause the person on the other side is being videoed by a camera which is NOT the display and the human is looking at the display.  So a half coated mirror technique (sort of like the drawing below) would enable us to both look at the display and be videoed at the proper angle.

The technique in this post is a little scarier. I'm not sure if I want lasers so close to my eyes.  But a camera shooting through a half coated mirror to solve this problem - sounds fine to me.

Here's the post.......

 

Laser vision.

You'll have to feel totally comfortable with beaming lasers into your eyes to want to try this out, but a company called Microvision has come out with the Nomad Expert Technician System, which uses a wireless computer and a sort of monocle to project a virtual image by beaming lasers directly into the retina.

Microvision says they're perfectly safe (they better hope so!), and the US Army is already using them in Iraq to give soldiers a heads-up display with a view of the entire battlefield. Next up, they're being tested by surgeons, who would actually be able to see inside of their patients or keep taps on vital data like heart rate and blood pressure during surgery, and Honda is trying it out with its auto mechanics, who would be able to view car diagnostic and repair information while working. Right now the quality of the images is pretty low, but you know that they'll eventually get it right and it'll be full-color, fully immersive virtual reality for everyone. Or at least everyone who can afford it right now the Nomad Expert Technician System costs four grand.

[unmediated]

Tiny Projectors: Hologram and Lasers,
Not Smoke and Mirrors

Tiny Projectors: Hologram and Lasers,
Not Smoke and Mirrors 06/30/2004 12:37 PM

Researchers from Cambridge and Light Blue Optics, Ltd. have developed a prototype pocket-sized, battery-powered video projector -- or at least the technology that should, in the mythical two to five years, lead to one. The trick is a total lack of lenses or light bulbs, but instead to display a two-dimensional hologram on a microdisplay then shine a laser through it, which scatters the light into a larger, projected picture. Projectors are great -- I'm about to pick up a cheap one, myself. If they could slip these into cellphones or PDAs, there would be no need for roll-up screens or dorky mirrorshade HUDs at all. All you'd need is a clean wall and a total blotting out of the star we call our sun.
Read - Holograms Enable Pocket Projectors [TechnologyReview]

Related
More Photos from the Society for Information Display Show [Gizmodo]
Microvision Nomad Heads Up Display [Gizmodo]

Smoke, Mirrors and Silence: The Browser
Wars Reignite

Smoke, Mirrors and Silence: The Browser
Wars Reignite 06/01/2004 02:27 AM
Smoke, Mirrors and Silence: The Browser Wars Reignite .. Nigel McFarlane's article at InformIT

informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=174156
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"Smoke, Mirrors and Silence: The Browser
Wars Reignite"

"Smoke, Mirrors and Silence: The Browser
Wars Reignite" 06/02/2004 08:54 AM

Halloween XI: Get the FUD

Halloween XI: Get the FUD 06/22/2004 10:44 AM
I've just seen a dispatch from the front lines of the FUD wars, Huw Lynes's report from one of Microsoft's Get The Facts roadshow in Great Britain. It's a fascinating read, especially when considered in context with Halloween VII and more recent leaks out of Microsoft. The outlines of the next stage in Microsoft's anti-open-source propaganda campaign are becoming clear. It's a good time to take stock of where we are, what our favorite evil empire is doing, and how best to respond.

Halloween

Halloween 10/31/2003 06:18 PM
Yay Halloween. The flowers I received are so pretty. I'm going out for Halloween tonight. And to a party tomorrow...

Bits of Swell or Dubious Advice from
Hollywood Which Most Mirrors My Life

Bits of Swell or Dubious Advice from
Hollywood Which Most Mirrors My Life 02/05/2005 10:03 PM
(From The American President) Advising prudence - "We gotta do one thing at a time." The near-zen response - "We don't have time to do one thing at a time." ...

But everyday is Halloween!

But everyday is Halloween! 09/01/2004 10:09 AM
David Pescovitz: An idiotic principal at a middle school in Kansas is cracking down on goths, sending them home if they dress in a way that may "disrupt the school environment or impede learning in the classroom." Principal Cherle Crain's quotes in this MTV.com article are amazingly asinine. Here's my favorite:

"Last week, a parent told me her two kids were talking about this at dinner," Crain said. "And one of them said 'I'm so glad Ms. Crain did this, because a Goth sat behind me last year and every single day he'd hiss at me like a snake.' And that impeded his learning."

Link (Thanks, Meri!)

Halloween Decorations

Halloween Decorations 10/31/2003 09:36 PM

Spotted so far:

• Lawrence Journal-World (where I work) - check out the funky blinking red eyes
• Google - naturally
• Radiac.net - "Randy Towers" ;)
• Sam Ruby

Quite a poor showing really. I was going to add a bat to my top right hand corner but Halloween is already over in the UK so it didn't seem worth it.

Big Halloween Icons 1.0

Big Halloween Icons 1.0 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Hand sketched halloween icons for your scary files. Set of 10.

ESR's Halloween XI -- Get the FUD

ESR's Halloween XI -- Get the FUD 06/23/2004 11:00 AM

Getting Ready For Halloween

Getting Ready For Halloween 03/17/2005 03:09 AM

A few months ago, the wall clock in my living room mysteriously dropped onto the ground from where it's hanging, right at the stroke of midnight. (Or thereabout.) Closer examination shows no damage to the nail in the wall that hanged the clock. Anyway, that clock broke, and we replace it.

This morning, I woke up to discover my watch has stopped and one of the snaps broken. You guessed it -- the watch stopped;at just around midnight. (12.01 am)

Coincidence? I don't think so. :-)

Free Wireless Everywhere Tech
visionaries' new project mirrors roots
of Internet

Free Wireless Everywhere Tech
visionaries' new project mirrors roots
of Internet 01/23/2004 03:48 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Jan 23 2004 8:14AM GMT

Halloween Safety Tips

Halloween Safety Tips 10/31/2003 02:59 PM
Smilin' Jay (Fark audioedit master of the universe) just sent in the following Halloween Safety Tips. Ignore them at your own peril. You have been warned.

Assorted Bits of Halloween

Assorted Bits of Halloween 10/31/2003 03:02 PM
It wouldn't be halloween without a linux jack-o-lantern like the one submitted by h0mee writes "Just an amusing little Halloween set of pics. If you're curious ...

Halloween banned in Russia

Halloween banned in Russia 11/01/2003 08:35 AM
Aaaah! .. banned

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Halloween fun for Xbox gamers

Halloween fun for Xbox gamers 10/31/2003 06:21 PM
USA Today Oct 31 2003 4:48PM ET

L.A. May Ban Silly String on Halloween
(AP)

L.A. May Ban Silly String on Halloween
(AP) 08/18/2004 10:40 AM
AP - Banning Silly String in Tinseltown on Halloween? It's a proposal that to some seems almost too silly for words.

The Ghost of Halloween Past

The Ghost of Halloween Past 11/03/2003 04:48 PM
An old picture I dug up of me as a witch for a Halloween long, long ago. My sister...

Blogcritics.org: Halloween Countdown

Blogcritics.org: Halloween Countdown 11/01/2003 05:17 AM
BLOGCRITICS HALLOWEEN FRIGHTFEST .. Halloween related posts .. Blogcritics .. Halloween

blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/25/124005.php
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Billionaire Halloween Masks

Billionaire Halloween Masks 10/30/2003 11:25 AM
this scary masks .. billionaire .. Behold

forbes.com/2003/10/28/cx_mh_1028billiemasks.html
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Forbes.com: Billionaire Halloween Masks

Forbes.com: Billionaire Halloween Masks 10/31/2003 03:55 AM

Rebelscum Halloween Costume Winners

Rebelscum Halloween Costume Winners 11/07/2003 09:57 AM
First of all I want to say thank you to each and everyone of you who entered this year. I've been running this event the past few years and enjoy hosting the competition here at Rebelscum. This year we had a whopping 131 entries from which we had to narrow down to only three adults and two children. Winner this year will be getting shopping sprees in the TFN eStore! So who won this year? Click on through for all the details! . . . .

Michael Jackson Halloween mask

Michael Jackson Halloween mask 09/20/2004 02:37 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: This Halloween mask of entertainer Michael Jackson is pretty creepy. Link
Grok Description matches for Happy Halloween and welcome new mirrors
GrokA matches for Happy Halloween and welcome new mirrors

Crack My Knuckles - by Rob Manuel

Crack My Knuckles - by Rob Manuel 05/11/2004 07:54 AM
§‡ ¨§§„Š ˆ ¨§…Š „› §†ͺ§† §Š† ͺ ˆ ¨ƒ†Š! (Š‡ †Š ͺˆ ‡…Š† …§Š‡ ‡§) .. knuckle cracking simulator .. Crack my knuckles

www2.b3ta.com/crackmyknuckles
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The B3ta Zoo

The B3ta Zoo 08/07/2004 09:06 PM

b3ta-zoo.tk
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Has B3ta been spammed?

Has B3ta been spammed? 03/14/2003 03:36 PM

Every Friday, b3ta send out their newsletter - a newsletter that goes out to many thousands of people and is known world-wide. The newsletter contains links to fun things made by B3ta people as well as to cool things send in by members of the public...

Except this week it's different. The b3ta newsletter contained a link to a game described as follows:

">> Stroke the Kitty Game <<
"I've made a new game", writes Jibbed, "I've
named it Kitty Stroke. The cat needs your help.
She's in dire need of some serious stroking
action. Stroke that cat as if your life
depended on it." TIP: The aim of the game is
to follow the cat with your cursor. Great.
http://www.magic-carpet.freeserve.co.uk/thb/kittystroke.html

When you click through to the page, however, the game isn't there at all. It has been replaced with a button that claims to launch the game, but instead launches an affiliate link to Sky Digital. Also on the page is an advert for OneTel. Now, as far as I can make out, there are two explanations for this state of affairs. 1) The people at the other end changed the page "accidentally" or 2) The people at the other end decided to co-opt the mailing list and use it as a cheap and easy way of making some money.

Which leaves us with the question: Given that we don't want our cool mailing lists and independent bits of cool and homegrown content usurped by unscrupulous idiots - how do we make sure that they make no revenue out of this? Presumably neither Sky nor OneTel wish to have their affiliate programmes abused in this kind of way...

eBay Today: Mirror, Mirror

eBay Today: Mirror, Mirror 06/23/2004 10:57 AM
Another vintage Sigma classic...

Hey Hey 16k - Anim by Rob Manuel - Song
by MJ Hibbett

Hey Hey 16k - Anim by Rob Manuel - Song
by MJ Hibbett 05/06/2004 12:09 AM
This Flash video for the song Hey Hey 16K gave me a good chuckle, and made me feel old .. Hey Hey 16K (What Does That Get You Today?)

www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k
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DayLite 1.5

DayLite 1.5 10/31/2003 09:37 PM
Contact and sales management for Mac OS X.

Collector's Collections Gallery: Manuel
Villavicencio

Collector's Collections Gallery: Manuel
Villavicencio 07/17/2004 01:29 AM
Today's Collector's Collections update features items from the collection of Manuel Villavicencio from Mexico City, Mexico. If you'd like to see your collection featured here at Rebelscum, send me your name, location, and pictures of your collection, and I'll add your gallery for all the world to see.

Manuel Castells: sobre mϊsica, Internet
y propiedad

Manuel Castells: sobre mϊsica, Internet
y propiedad 09/05/2004 08:26 PM

snapshot zen: Don Manuel at the Versace
boutique, Beverly Hills

snapshot zen: Don Manuel at the Versace
boutique, Beverly Hills 08/10/2004 02:05 PM
Click thumbnail for full-size. I can't remember whether or not I've already posted this portrait I shot a few months ago. My memory's failing, and so are my Google skillz, so if this is a repeat, sorry. Something reminded me of it this morning.

Don Manuel is a Mayan priest and K'iche language instructor who lives in a small Guatemalan village called Nahuala. He saw and experienced a lot of suffering during the country's civil war. The "hot war" is over, but life is still extremely hard for many indigenous people like him. Not much justice, not much economic opportunity. There is a longer story behind this image, for another time. But for now, I'll just post this, shot with a micro-mini Canon elph in front of the Versace boutique on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. This was the first time he'd ever been outside of Guatemala -- a trip to the US to work on a translation project involving historic Mayan texts. A few minutes before, I walked down Rodeo with Don Manuel, escorted him inside a few of the couture shops. We stepped inside the Gucci boutique, where there was a mink-lined doggie carrier. He asked me how much it cost, and when I translated the five-figure price into Guatemalan quetzales, his jaw dropped. A few moments later he said in Spanish, "In Guatemala, dogs live on the street. This house for a dog costs many times more than the building that houses my entire extended family in Nahuala."

DayLite Business Edition 1.5

DayLite Business Edition 1.5 10/31/2003 04:03 PM
Contact and Sales Management for Mac OS X.

Marketcircle releases DayLite 1.7.5

Marketcircle releases DayLite 1.7.5 06/22/2005 02:22 AM
Marketcircle today announced the release of DayLite 1.7.5, the latest version of its business contact and sales manager...

Marketcircle releases DayLite update

Marketcircle releases DayLite update 02/13/2004 03:58 PM
Marketcircle has released version 1.5.5 of DayLite, the company's popular contact and sales manager...

Marketcircle releases DayLite 1.5.4
update

Marketcircle releases DayLite 1.5.4
update 12/24/2003 11:05 AM
Marketcircle has released DayLite 1.5.4, the latest version of its powerful contact and sales manager for Mac OS X...

Marketcircle releases DayLite 1.5 update

Marketcircle releases DayLite 1.5 update 10/31/2003 01:53 PM
Marketcircle today released DayLite 1.5, a new version of its Mac OS X business application designed to manage customers, accounts, marketing campaigns and sales...

Marketcircle to present DayLite at
OpenBase conference

Marketcircle to present DayLite at
OpenBase conference 08/17/2004 04:13 AM
Marketcircle has announced it will present a session on using DayLite, the company's application for managing customer relationships, sales opportunities and company projects, at the OpenBase Developers Conference in Maui next month...

Mirror, mirror on the wall...

Mirror, mirror on the wall... 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
..who will mirror Fink above all? There is a new player on the turf and it belongs to the Fink team. Finkmirrors.net tells you everything you wanted to know about mirroring Fink and its related resources on your Server. As our mirror structure will hopefully grow in the future, this web-site will also hold information about each individual mirror. To ensure that our service remains as stable as possible and to distribute the load imposed onto our main rsync server, we are looking for rsync mirrors or full mirrors. Those of you who are willing to share resources will find all the necessary information on Finkmirrors.net. UPDATE: Yes, I screwed up when I initially installed the DNS records. If you cannot connect please try again later. I am very sorry for this inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding.

DayLite seminars coming to NY-area Apple
Stores

DayLite seminars coming to NY-area Apple
Stores 01/22/2004 11:43 AM
Marketcircle and The New York Group have announced a new seminar, "Building Your Business With A Mac," which will soon be touring the Apple Stores in the New York metropolitan area...

dvd-slideshow 0.5.2

dvd-slideshow 0.5.2 01/26/2004 03:30 AM
A DVD video slideshow creator for your pictures.

dvd-slideshow 0.3

dvd-slideshow 0.3 12/19/2003 03:45 PM
A DVD video slideshow tool for your pictures.

dvd-slideshow 0.4.4

dvd-slideshow 0.4.4 01/02/2004 12:01 AM
A DVD video slideshow creator for your pictures.

DVD Slideshow

DVD Slideshow 01/23/2004 05:20 PM
DVD Slideshow 0.5.0 released

dvd-slideshow 0.4.6

dvd-slideshow 0.4.6 01/05/2004 11:45 PM
A DVD video slideshow creator for your pictures.

dvd-slideshow 0.4.2

dvd-slideshow 0.4.2 12/23/2003 04:59 AM
A DVD video slideshow creator for your pictures.

dvd-slideshow 0.4

dvd-slideshow 0.4 12/21/2003 08:25 PM
A DVD video slideshow creator for your pictures.

R-Slideshow

R-Slideshow 06/25/2004 05:05 PM
general test of R-Slideshow

Slideshow Magic 2.0

Slideshow Magic 2.0 01/16/2004 11:03 AM
Why pay over $75 for an expensive “professional” slideshow creation tool, when you can use Slideshow Magic.

Joe Jennings slideshow

Joe Jennings slideshow 03/28/2005 03:32 AM
skydiving photos skydiving or skydriving (via)

Flash Slideshow

Flash Slideshow 12/19/2004 03:32 PM
Todd (What Do I Know) has done a lot of work on his open source Flash slideshow since I reported on it 1/2 a year ago. It has been released in a "regular version", and is to be released as...

WinHEC 2004 Slideshow

WinHEC 2004 Slideshow 05/06/2004 01:23 AM

PSP Media Guide Slideshow

PSP Media Guide Slideshow 03/30/2005 09:11 PM

Happy Halloween and welcome new mirrors

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