Professional gaming is not just fun and games

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A Brief Look At Professional Gaming

A Brief Look At Professional Gaming 07/25/2004 04:01 PM
The other day I came across an old friend while doing my weekly shopping and we decided to go for some ice blendeds to catch up on things. It went along smoothly until I asked him about his job. At the mere mention of it, he shifted uneasily and his eyes scanned our surroundings. Finally, he leaned close and said in a hoarse whisper: "I play games for a living." It had been a known fact since my high school days that this particular friend loved playing games and often his mind were on his games rather than the opposite sex. At one point he had mentioned that his dream was to become a professional gamer, and it looked like he had achieved his dream, except for one problem: "It's not working out," he said dejectedly. "Everything's falling apart."

A Brief Look At Professional Gaming
kuro5hin.org

A Brief Look At Professional Gaming
kuro5hin.org 07/26/2004 06:01 PM
world of professional competitive gaming

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Online Gaming As A Professional Sport In
South Korea

Online Gaming As A Professional Sport In
South Korea 12/16/2003 03:09 AM
For a while now we've spoken about how video gaming was appro aching a level similar to professional sports, with companies starting to do sponsorship deals and certain gaming contests showing up on television, complete with commentators and fans. Well, it appears that one place where the idea has really taken off is South Korea where profe ssional video gamers can earn more than $100,000 per year. Of course, the article explains that it's not all fun and (well...) games for the players. They are forced to live in "barracks" of the companies that sponsor them and are required to spend 12 hours a day banging away at their console games practicing for major contests (which are televised). Then, the pressure to win (especially when competing against amateurs) is almost unbearable for some. Seems a bit hard-core, but that's what you'd expect in just about any competitive situation. If the players can't take the pressure, then they probably shouldn't have gotten into the competition.

World Class Professional Surfing,
Wireless Phones and Java Gaming Converge
at Boost Mobile Pro of Surf

World Class Professional Surfing,
Wireless Phones and Java Gaming Converge
at Boost Mobile Pro of Surf 09/17/2004 09:52 AM
Investors Business Daily Sep 17 2004 1:07PM GMT

World's Largest Xbox Console Gaming
Community Launches Professional
Competition Service for Teams, League
Play and Tournaments

World's Largest Xbox Console Gaming
Community Launches Professional
Competition Service for Teams, League
Play and Tournaments 08/04/2004 02:42 AM
Team Compete, the current home to over 30,000 Xbox Live Teams announces the launch of a Professional League specifically for Xbox Live TEAM COMPETITION. This subscription based service is designed specifically to complement and enhance the Microsoft Tsunami features available in the next Xbox Live games to release this summer. The Team Compete Pro League is modeled after a blend of several professional sports models and offers competitive play in various skill level divisions leading to the 'Major League' level of play. The service is offered in annual and semi-annual subscription bundles and is available immediately. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

A New Gaming Engine That Can Make Games
More... Real?

A New Gaming Engine That Can Make Games
More... Real? 12/22/2003 02:10 AM
The graphics in computer video games are certainly getting better and better with each generation. However, they're reaching the "good enough" point, such that people are beginning to focus more and more on the actual game play, rather than the game look. When they do that, they notice that many games are... well, repetitive and predictable. So, is there a way to make games unpredictable in a realistic way that doesn't require massively powerful new hardware? That seems to be the plan of Condition30, a Canadian company that believes they've been able to create more realistic gaming engines that involve giving the engine some basic parameters, and letting it figure out the rest - in order to ensure that the end results are a lot less predictable and (hopefully) a lot more realistic. The article is pretty short on details, and raises the skepticism alarm in the back of my head. One thing going for the company, though, is that among the founders is JD "Illiad" Frazer of User Friendly.

Gaming fest A sneak peak at the bumper
crop of big video games ahead

Gaming fest A sneak peak at the bumper
crop of big video games ahead 08/04/2004 03:10 AM
BBC Aug 4 2004 8:00AM GMT

New Sony Playstation Portable (PSP)
Resource & Gaming Site Features PSP
Games, UMD Movies, Product Reviews,
Purchasing Options and More

New Sony Playstation Portable (PSP)
Resource & Gaming Site Features PSP
Games, UMD Movies, Product Reviews,
Purchasing Options and More 04/05/2005 03:54 AM
The release of http://playstation-psp.blogspot.com/ aims to provide the average video game consumer the ability to learn more about the Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) handheld gaming system. Visitors have the ability to quickly purchase the PSP console, accessories, games and UMD movies. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]

CES Gaming Preview: Xbox 2 and PSP
Mysteries, and Portable Gaming

CES Gaming Preview: Xbox 2 and PSP
Mysteries, and Portable Gaming 01/01/2005 04:24 AM
Abcnews.go.com - Fri Dec 31, 06:48 pm GMT

Blue Sphere Games To Distribute Java
Games On Nokia's Preminet Solution

Blue Sphere Games To Distribute Java
Games On Nokia's Preminet Solution 02/01/2005 10:01 PM
Blue Sphere Games Ltd, a leading Mobile Games Developer, today announced it will distribute its Java Games to mobile network subscribers worldwide using the new Preminet Solution from Nokia. [PRWEB Jan 14, 2005]

Games Pavilion at Macworld Conference &
Expo in San Francisco Showcases Best New
Games for 2005

Games Pavilion at Macworld Conference &
Expo in San Francisco Showcases Best New
Games for 2005 12/17/2004 06:44 PM
FRAMINGHAM, MA, December 15, 2004 – IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets around the globe, today announced that the Macintosh...

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Planetwide Games to Publish Pixel
Poppers™ Library of 80 Video Arcade
Games

Planetwide Games to Publish Pixel
Poppers™ Library of 80 Video Arcade
Games 06/05/2005 10:52 PM
Games based on uWink Game Library Developed by Nolan Bushnell. [PRWEB May 18, 2005]

Jollygood Games Announces Partnership
with Digital Eel - Four New Games
Available Immediately for Microsoft
Windows and Macintosh OS-X.

Jollygood Games Announces Partnership
with Digital Eel - Four New Games
Available Immediately for Microsoft
Windows and Macintosh OS-X. 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
Jollygood Games and Digital Eel today announced a strategic partnership where Jollygood Games will publish and distribute the entire catalog of Digital Eel games for both Windows and Macintosh platforms, including Weird Worlds: Return To Infinite Space, the eagerly-awaited sequel to Strange Adventures In Infinite Space. Weird Worlds, which has already been chosen as one of the finalists in the upcoming annual Independent Games Festival, is slated for release in early 2005. [PRWEB Dec 17, 2004]

Games interview: Kojima slams Japanese
games industry

Games interview: Kojima slams Japanese
games industry 05/21/2004 07:01 AM
Computer Buyer May 21 2004 11:07AM GMT

New NCsoft games show the best, worst in
online games

New NCsoft games show the best, worst in
online games 06/01/2004 08:24 PM
Augustachronicle.com - Mon May 31, 07:30 am GMT

Robotube Games to Unveil Mobile Phone
Games

Robotube Games to Unveil Mobile Phone
Games 03/14/2005 05:55 PM
Robotube Games LLC will display mobile phone game lineup at CTIA Wireless Conference in New Orleans [PRWEB Mar 13, 2005]

Focus on the Family and Digital Praise
Unveil Two New Interactive Computer
Games Based on Adventures in Odyssey;
One of America’s Most Popular Family
Radio Shows Comes to Life in Interactive
Computer Games

Focus on the Family and Digital Praise
Unveil Two New Interactive Computer
Games Based on Adventures in Odyssey;
One of America’s Most Popular Family
Radio Shows Comes to Life in Interactive
Computer Games 06/30/2004 03:04 AM
New game titles announced for ages 8 and up; Titles based on Adventures in Odyssey radio show. [PRWEB Jun 30, 2004]

Online Games Of Skill vs. Online Games
Of Chance

Online Games Of Skill vs. Online Games
Of Chance 05/24/2004 04:40 AM
While the US has been notoriously tough on the idea of any online gambling in the US, there are a number of companies doing quite well in the somewhat "gray" area of online games of skill for money. These aren't games of chance, but still require players to put up money, and the winners go home with more than they put in. The difference, of course, is that the win is based (at least somewhat) on the skills of the players. However, this can be a very fine line. Most games involve a mix of skill and luck, and you can make the claim that classic gambling games like poker and blackjack require some amount of skill as well. Still, the online "games of skill" providers claim they're just like a typical sports association, like the US Tennis Association, that sets up tournaments and awards prizes to the winners - minus their own cut. Of course, they conveniently skip over the part about where the money comes from. With these online games, it is still a "pay to enter" sort of contest. Either way, it's not entirely clear how the legal issues will play out. Some states already bar such online games of skill, but many don't. Federal laws are still unclear, and the companies involved in this space are lobbying heavily to try to make the point that they should be allowed to continue where online gambling sites are forbidden.

Vue 4 Professional

Vue 4 Professional 05/04/2004 10:44 AM
Vue 4 is an affordable, high-quality, natural-scene creation app that works superbly on its own or as an add-on to other traditional 3D apps. By Andrew Tokuda, MacAddict (via MyAppleMenu)

Professional XML

Professional XML 05/24/2002 11:27 AM

The professional

The professional 04/20/2004 07:27 PM
Computer Times Asia Apr 20 2004 11:14PM GMT

Becoming a Mac Professional?

Becoming a Mac Professional? 01/26/2004 12:40 PM

EMS IB Manager Professional v3.8.0.4

EMS IB Manager Professional v3.8.0.4 09/15/2004 05:51 PM
EMS IB Manager is a high-performance tool for administering InterBase and FireBird. Its Graphical User Interface allows you to create/edit all InterBase/Firebird database objects in a simple and direct way, design databases visually, run SQL scripts, manage users and privileges, visually build SQL queries, extract, print, and search metadata, create database structure reports in HTML format, export/import data, view/edit BLOBs and many more. [Shareware $195.00 30 Days 4,28 MB]

PlexTools Professional 2.15

PlexTools Professional 2.15 07/03/2004 08:32 AM

ChrisTV Professional 3.80

ChrisTV Professional 3.80 07/06/2004 06:43 PM

Mobiado Professional

Mobiado Professional 12/19/2004 03:01 PM

The last thing "crafted on a CNC machine" I had next to my face was a pair of hand-made brass knuckles outside of my 10th grade "bowling education" class. The Mobiado Professional looks a lot less stitchy, although it still has plenty of hard edges in its aircraft aluminum body to be used as a weapon should duty call. These couture phones come unlocked and ready to work on almost any worldwide GSM network and run an OS based on Nokia's Series 40 platform, meaning all the requisite minimums, like VGA camera and Bluetooth and MP3 playback are all here.

Unfortunately the horse/griffin on the back appears to be standard-issue—you'd think for $1,200 you could go horseless. Mobiado, I hope you come to your senses.

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PlexTools Professional 2.16

PlexTools Professional 2.16 08/02/2004 05:07 PM

ChrisTV Professional 3.70

ChrisTV Professional 3.70 05/15/2004 12:49 PM

CuteFTP Mac Professional 2.0

CuteFTP Mac Professional 2.0 05/10/2004 11:28 PM
The easiest way to transfer files between your Mac and remote FTP servers.

X-NetStat Professional v5.0

X-NetStat Professional v5.0 05/08/2004 01:15 PM
X-NetStat is a powerful utility for Internet users that allows you to view your current network connections in a graphical interface. XNS will display your each of your connections' source and remote network address (Hostname or IP), the local and remote port the connection is utilizing, the protocol (ICMP, UDP, TCP) being used to communicate, and the status of the connection. [Freeware 1.32 MB]

Lasso Professional 7.1

Lasso Professional 7.1 09/16/2004 11:12 PM
The next-generation Web Data Engine, allowing Web developers to quickly build and serve powerful data-driven Web sites.

Staff Professional IV

Staff Professional IV 12/02/2003 12:44 AM
Nov 24, 2003 ... technology approach. Generic: HTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, XML Web Services. Project Specfic: ASP, ColdFusion, .net, php, CGI, Perl.

Become a Professional Gamer

Become a Professional Gamer 05/21/2004 02:20 PM

Six Apart Professional Network

Six Apart Professional Network 09/04/2004 01:00 AM
Six Apart professional network weblog

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"Professional Network"

"Professional Network" 09/02/2004 03:29 PM

Maple Professional v2.5

Maple Professional v2.5 11/17/2003 09:15 AM
Maple Professional is the flagship of the tree outline managers for power users. If you need more complicated set of commands and features - check out Maple Professional. [Shareware $27.00 30 Days 4.53 MB]

The Bat! Professional Edition v3.0

The Bat! Professional Edition v3.0 08/31/2004 09:14 PM
Virus-proof E-Mail System for 95/98/W2K/XP to make your e-communication efficient and safe. [Shareware $45.00 8.02 MB]

Professional BitTorrent?

Professional BitTorrent? 08/31/2004 04:28 AM
A startup, Atzio, is now claiming that they have the first peer-to-peer internet platform for television, apparently ignoring something like BitTorrent. Of course, the technology can basically be described as... BitTorrent with copy protection (how innovative). Plus, they only allow a select group of clients to seed material on the network, making it less likely that people will bother to download the software to make it possible for all this P2P television distribution. The company's own website, amusingly, claims it's having trouble handling all the traffic from the news of their launch -- which might raise some concerns from a company telling the entertainment industry they can handle the distribution of large files in great demand. Still, you have to wonder how effective this sort of solution is. The whole point of their system is you want more people getting and redistributing the content, but then they throw in this copy protection, which is almost laughable considering the system doesn't work if people aren't copying from you while you're copying from others. Besides, if you're a content producer, why bother paying this startup (and I assume they want money) to put your content on their network, when it's easier to just create a torrent, and get it out there -- where a lot more people already have BitTorrent clients.

netautor professional

netautor professional 12/05/2003 12:30 PM
Netautor Professional 5.1 out now
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Soldiers: Army Ignores Illness
Complaints (AP)

Soldiers: Army Ignores Illness
Complaints (AP) 04/09/2004 06:46 PM
AP - Six soldiers who have fallen ill since their return from Iraq said Friday that the Army ignored their complaints about uranium poisoning from U.S. weapons fired during combat.

Secure Your Network (And Hack It) With
MacAnalysis

Secure Your Network (And Hack It) With
MacAnalysis 11/10/2003 11:25 PM
MacAnalysis is the most comprehensive security tool that we've seen on any platform, and should be a part of the security toolbox of any Mac user. By John F. Braun (Mac Observer via MyAppleMenu)

Oxford Students Hack University Network

Oxford Students Hack University Network 07/15/2004 11:52 PM

New evidence points to Cisco network
hack

New evidence points to Cisco network
hack 05/20/2004 10:07 AM

Feds Hack Wireless Network in 3 Minutes

Feds Hack Wireless Network in 3 Minutes 04/05/2005 02:24 PM

Is Comcast Using Linksys Wireless
Gateways to Spy On Your Network?

Is Comcast Using Linksys Wireless
Gateways to Spy On Your Network? 05/07/2004 07:51 AM
Holy canoli! Could those new Linksys Wireless-G Cable Gateways (WCG200) that Comcast is leasing to its cable subscribers be a trojan horse for Comcast to sniff what's living inside your private home network?If you scroll through the press release, you come to a section which says that the gateway supports...

Comcast looks to stop the spam coming
from its network

Comcast looks to stop the spam coming
from its network 05/24/2004 12:19 PM
Infected PCs of Comcast broadband subscribers are one of the largest sources of spam, sending upwards of 800 million e-mails daily. Now Comcast is preparing to fight bac.

StarCraft X 1.11

StarCraft X 1.11 04/29/2004 11:12 PM
Lead a small group of human exiles doomed to fight for survival on the edge of the galaxy.

Comcast Offers Home Network
Installation, Equipment Rental

Comcast Offers Home Network
Installation, Equipment Rental 05/05/2004 03:44 PM
Comcast will install Wi-Fi gear, configure a router, and rent it to their customers with new program: Comcast Home Networking includes the delivery and installation of Wi-Fi networking for a setup fee and $5 per month (covering the router and one PC Card). Setup costs $200 for two computers up to $300 for five computers, the maximum covered by this deal. A current discount program chops $100 off that price until June 1. The terms and pricing don't explain the rental fee for the second through fifth computers' hardware, referring to a "rate card" that isn't on the Web site. The installation includes configuring and setting a WEP encryption key for the network, a task which with certain equipment can cause grown men and women to weep. There's definitely a place for a service in which the equipment is covered against defects. The site for the program doesn't note this, but Comcast's overarching subscriber terms says, During the term of this Agreement, Comcast will repair and maintain all Comcast Equipment and you agree that the Comcast Equipment will not be serviced by anyone other than Comcast employees or agents. Part of the press release noted that this package, offered as $52.95 per month excluding the rental fees and install fees, has up to 4 Mbps download speeds and 384 Kbps upload speeds. The basic package is $42.95 per month for 3 Mbps down and 256Kbps up. These prices require a Comcast cable subscription; it's $10 extra per month without such a subscription. (Macintosh users need not apply.) Qwest DSL's comparable service is $39.99/month for 1.5 Mbps down, 896 Kbps up (with Qwest phone service). Qwest also offers a wireless option with less support and no installation but without the rental cost: you just buy an Actiontec device with 802.11g and DSL modem support built in....

StarCraft: Brood War X 1.11

StarCraft: Brood War X 1.11 04/29/2004 11:12 PM
Continue the award-winning saga of galactic warfare as the Zerg, Protoss and Terrans struggle for their survival.

3G Network Platform Patent

3G Network Platform Patent 07/08/2004 10:49 AM
3G Jul 8 2004 3:11PM GMT

Network Chemistry Launches Platform

Network Chemistry Launches Platform 12/03/2003 02:41 PM
Network Chemistry officially introduced its intrusion detection solution this week: The company already has 40 paying customers. Like AirMagnet, Network Chemistry requires customers to distribute wireless sensors that detect external attacks and internal policy violations as well as rogue APs. The launch includes some new features on the product, including detection of 802.11a, b, and g APs. Also, the sensors are can now be powered over Ethernet....

Midrange 1U Network Development Platform
Available for OEMs

Midrange 1U Network Development Platform
Available for OEMs 02/01/2005 10:07 PM
WIN Enterprises, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of customized embedded systems, has announced the availability of a 1U networking platform – PL-01021 – to help OEMs and system integrators achieve a faster time-to-market. Choice of Celeron or Pentium III Processor, Up to 1 GB SDRAM, Six 10/100 LAN, Mini-PCI Slot. [PRWEB Jan 27, 2005]

Gibson Guitars Prepares Digital Network
Platform

Gibson Guitars Prepares Digital Network
Platform 01/08/2004 07:20 PM

EDS, Management Network Group offer
wireless service platform

EDS, Management Network Group offer
wireless service platform 03/19/2005 03:27 AM
Electronic Data Systems and The Management Network Group Inc. have unveiled plans to offer a managed wireless voice and data services platform in the emerging mobile virtual network operator marketplace.

airpwn - platform for injection of
application layer data on an 802.11b
network

airpwn - platform for injection of
application layer data on an 802.11b
network 08/09/2004 02:31 AM
as deployed by its author and crew at DefCon 12 .. Goatse at Defcon -- brought to you by airpwn

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ANSA cross-platform system manages
network-wide patches

ANSA cross-platform system manages
network-wide patches 04/26/2004 03:55 PM
Developer Autonomic Software released its cross-platform system Autonomic Network & Security Administration (ANSA) on Monday. ANSA provides a transparent method for IT administrators to quickly deploy critical software patches. Its architecture allows it to support thousands of cross-platform clients on a single ANSA inoculation server, which runs on Windows.

Time Warner, Comcast Get Adelphia,
Comcast Celebrates By Turning Off DNS

Time Warner, Comcast Get Adelphia,
Comcast Celebrates By Turning Off DNS 04/08/2005 12:13 PM
It looks like Adelphia cable broadband customers who are about to get shifted over to Comcast have plenty of outages to look forward to. The same evening that it's announced that Time Warner and Comcast will jointly devour what's left of Adelphia for about $18 billion, Comcast had major DNS issues leaving many of their users offline. Of course, in explaining the widespread outage, Comcast is using their favorite phrase: "scheduled maintenance." That's the same thing they told me when Comcast turned off my service nearly every weekday last October. I would call every morning and be told that it was "scheduled maintenance." However, when I asked what the schedule was and if I'd have service the next day, I was told they had no idea. Apparently, it doesn't become scheduled until it actually cut you off.

302 Redirect Hack Fastly Becoming Most
Infamous SE Listings Hack Ever

302 Redirect Hack Fastly Becoming Most
Infamous SE Listings Hack Ever 03/14/2005 05:10 PM
This subject just will not die until the search engines address it. "Google and Yahoo are now working to perfect ways to determine when to treat a 302 like a Moved-Temporarily redirect, and when to treat it like an exit-tracker. It's far from a simple problem, so it's going to take some time."

Comcast Outages Prevent Comcast From
Commenting On Comcast Outages

Comcast Outages Prevent Comcast From
Commenting On Comcast Outages 04/14/2005 01:21 PM
Last week, we noted that Comcast was having widespread outage problems, which they chalk ed up to "scheduled maintenance", even though no one was actually informed of said schedule ahead of time. It turns out that schedule is pretty crowded, because all week long, there have been continued reports of recurring outages all across the Comcast network. Comcast, of course, continues to be pretty much silent on the issue, leaving its increasingly fed up call center staff to deal with incredibly angry customers who feel they're getting no information at all. How hard is it to admit that they screwed up and they're working on fixing the problem? Instead of chalking it up to bogus scheduled maintenance or pretending there's nothing wrong, admit what the problem is and give people real updates. People would still be unhappy, but at least they'd feel like the company wasn't ignoring them. Of course, maybe they can't do that because Comcast staffers don't have any internet access either...

Hack . . . hack back . . . repeat

Hack . . . hack back . . . repeat 08/13/2004 10:39 AM

Pogo-0.10

Pogo-0.10 02/12/2004 10:09 AM

Kozio, Inc. Introduces Complete
Diagnostics Software Platform Supporting
ADI Engineering's Pronghorn Wi-Fi
Application Platform; Kozio test suite
supports diagnostic and manufacturing
test for ADI’s Intel® IXP42x-based
802.11 Application Platform

Kozio, Inc. Introduces Complete
Diagnostics Software Platform Supporting
ADI Engineering's Pronghorn Wi-Fi
Application Platform; Kozio test suite
supports diagnostic and manufacturing
test for ADI’s Intel® IXP42x-based
802.11 Application Platform 09/09/2004 03:14 AM
Kozio, Inc., a developer of embedded systems software, has introduced a new software release supporting ADI Engineering's Pronghorn 802.11 Application Platform based on the Intel® IXP42x. Kozio's test software now ships with this ADI product, providing diagnostic and manufacturing test capabilities to manufacturers who build WLAN products using Pronghorn. [PRWEB Sep 9, 2004]

Pogo 3.0RC43

Pogo 3.0RC43 07/31/2004 03:55 AM
A compact, programmable, and highly customizable application launcher for X11.

Pogo 3.0RC38

Pogo 3.0RC38 05/27/2004 03:02 AM
A compact, programmable, and highly customizable application launcher for X11.

Pogo 3.0RC4

Pogo 3.0RC4 11/15/2003 02:12 AM
A compact, programmable, and highly customizable application launcher for X11.

Pogo 3.0RC12

Pogo 3.0RC12 12/29/2003 01:36 PM
A compact, programmable, and highly customizable application launcher for X11.

Pogo 3.0RC39

Pogo 3.0RC39 06/23/2004 03:17 AM
A compact, programmable, and highly customizable application launcher for X11.

Pogo 3.0RC37

Pogo 3.0RC37 05/24/2004 12:07 AM
A compact, programmable, and highly customizable application launcher for X11.

Pogo 3.0RC42

Pogo 3.0RC42 07/24/2004 12:55 AM
A compact, programmable, and highly customizable application launcher for X11.

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