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Profile Homepage #18
OUTSOURCED is nice.

GO BYE-BYE
KICK ME
OOPS
*I WUZ HERE
I DIDN'T MEAN IT
ED WANNABE
BLOCKED BY IP
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
DENNAB
UR MOM XD ROTFL!!!1!!!
DECEASED N00B
VIRUS DELETED

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The Silent Assassin has no comment.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
To Battle in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #19
Have you ever wondered whether or not the developers of UBB threw in these little bugs just to see what the users would do when they happen?

I'd say "Here's to Spam", but Tyran ruined that for me.

[ Sunday, November 05, 2006 22:48: Message edited by: Lenar Labs ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
To Battle in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #18
1. Do I care about the diferences? If we are attacked, I will fight back. If provoked beyond reason afterwards, I will end the threat.
2. I will not go into a religious war, as it is a paradox. And I will never convert, unless convinced that I am wrong.
3. See #1.
4. See #1.
5. What would the point be?
5. I prefer reform in the case of social issues as such.
6. I die free.
7. Bring it.

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The Silent Assassin has come up with a new form of subterfuge involving large conflagrations and jello.
So long as he cleans up the mess in the kitchen.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Computer Advice in General
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Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #9
Less than $2000? Nice.
I built a gaming and film editing machine over the summer for $600. It plays Oblivion at the preset High settings, and runs Adobe Photoshop with no issues. And, of course, I can still play old-school Exile when I so choose. :D

So how soon does your father want ths computer? If he already has Internet access and can stand to wait a week for shipping, I would strongly advise that he not go to a computer store in person, and instead go online to do his research and shopping.
Why? Because computer stores have salesmen, who many times get paid a commission on their sales. Meaning that the store ups the price a little to pay the salespeople, and the sales people are going to be trying to get you to buy the most expensive equipment and accessories possible without thinking about whether or not you can use them.

My suggestion is to build your own. For a PC, it's always less expensive.
Recommended sites:
TigerDirect
Newegg.com
PCMall
Overstock.com

Some advice from an experienced builder, if he goes for a PC:
NEVER buy a premade from Sony, Compaq, or HP.
When Comparing Dell to Gateway, Dells generally have better performance but will generally only last until the service contract expires; Gateways have poorer performace, but generally last a lot longer.
When you go shopping, ALWAYS look at consumer reviews (especially the negative points), and ALWAYS compare the actual abilities of the stuff that you're looking at.
Don't let a salesman tell you something that you can have them look up. They'll get it wrong.

To answer your qualifications:
So what is he planning on using this for, anyway? High video and RAM requirements generally mean some sort of visual com purpose... or gaming, of course.
I'm told Dual-Core is nice. Me, I'm running at Pentium 4 3.6 GHz with Hyperthreading, and it suits my purposes. Dual-Core merely can multitask better. Granted, only the more recent programs are applicable to the dual-core system.
Don't know about virus protection. The McAffe firewall/ virus scan system is pretty nice, but it is also a bit of a resource hog.
RAM? DDR2 or higher, if he can help it. It's not expensive. I bought 500 MB for $30.
If you decide to go with a video card, I would recommend an NVidia chipset out of experience. I have a card that I got for $150, and slightly underclocked (my case is poorly ventilated), it runs Oblivion at High settings.
I, personally, will not even consider investing in Vista until SP1. And at that point, I'll be getting a new computer anyway.

I hope that helps...

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The Silent Assassin prefers to ignore computer hardware.
Unless, of course, it makes pretty color flames when it burns.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #109
quote:
Originally by Arancaytar:
(Whole spam thing)
And people wonder why my post count is so low, relative to my time here.

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The Silent Assassin believes that if one can launch a chicken into space using a rubber band and a pair of latex gloves, one can do anything.
Fortunately, he has no chicken to work with.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
X in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #18
In before, etc.

Can we get this guy IP banned?

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Humans Only in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #22
I am a Citizen Guardian. 75% and 65%, respectively.
I suppose that means that I use the laws to protect, or something like that.

Self-interest is not necessarily evil. All creatures have some form of self-interest. Most people call it "motivation".
Self-interest at the expense of other beings, on the other hand, is evil.

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The Silent Assassin has recently discovered the wonderful use of soda cans as shrapnel.
Right now, he's out back under the blast shield creating what he hopes to be the next great work of garbage art.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #268
quote:
Originally written by Archmage Alex:

IMAGE(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a181/Alexsticks/dikiscript.gif)
:D
Well, Diki, you are now forever immortalized with Alo, Marlenny, Richard White, and the Fluffy Turtes...
What are you going to do next?

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The Silent Assassin says that you had better not be going to Disney World. He says he'll polka if it's Disney World.
Trust me. Don't make him polka.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Humans Only in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #7
The answer, of course, is yes.

Hmm... as a student of Biblical Theology, I am required by my professors and peers alike to blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah. However, in light of the metaphysical implications of blah blah blah blah blah, one can assume that man is blah blah blah.

Or, I can take this the practical way.
Define your terms.

Being a Christian, I define evil as being anything contrary to the will of God, with good being defined by God's perfection.
Therefore, mankind cannot be inherently good, nor evil. The nature of an individual man may tend toward one or the other (most times, I believe, the latter), but one cannot fairly classify a whole race as good or evil (note the modifier "fairly").

EDIT: I would think of a good punchline only after I hit the post button.

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The Silent Assassin just drove off with several dozens of gallons of fushia paint and a gas-fueled high pressure water pump and nozzle system.
I have a vague suspicion that I suddenly know what all of those pictures of City Hall were for...

[ Thursday, November 02, 2006 16:56: Message edited by: Lenar Labs ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
My first celebration topic... in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #14
Congrats to The Stew Boy!
Many happy returns, and, to spam!

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The Silent Assassin celebrates this momentous occasion by preparing ham for dinner.
With my luck, it'll just be ash by the time he's done with it.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Click here for Scorpius' corn-dog in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #31
quote:
Originally written by chasm of Sar:


d: shakes his head in frustration as he tries to draw a correlation between the score and the image, particularly after his latest debacle (above)

The moral: The harder you try, the worse off you get!

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The Silent Assassin has projected that at current growth rate, the mutant muffin in the oven will have consumed the world in just over three years.
I think we'll have it under control by then.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Click here for Scorpius' corn-dog in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #15
Um...
IMAGE(http://www.quizmeme.com/pointless/results/62.gif)

I think this describes the Silent Assassin more than myself.
Oh well.

EDIT: UBB = annoying.

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IMAGE(http://www.quizmeme.com/pointless/results/56.gif)

[ Wednesday, November 01, 2006 21:51: Message edited by: Lenar Labs ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Needed: Windows Testers in Blades of Avernum Editor
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #5
You have my e-mail.
I'd love to test.

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The Silent Assassin knows...

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Ghandi? You must be joking! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #10
-3.00 Economic
+0.41 Social

Hmm... I'm kinda out in the middle of nowhere...

So are we going to chart this one, too, I wonder?

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The Silent Assassin believes that he has found a means to recycle dryer lint...
Time for a bonfire!

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The SpiderWebWorld in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #2
I think Infernal should be Israel, for obvious reasons...

*i as Oceana...

Jeff should be the Vatican City!

EDIT: I changed my mind.

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The Silent Assassin has declered himself ruler of the whole globe!
So now I have to find an atlas instead.

[ Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:19: Message edited by: [I] Grimmsby [/I] ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The Abominable Halloween PhotoThread in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #0
I know there are some of you out there.
Some of you who get dressed, get out, and make huge fools of yourselves by going door to door and asking for candy...
So reveal yourselves to us in all of your wicked finery!

IMAGE(http://photos-494.ak.facebook.com/ip005/v27/211/120/141300242/n141300242_30165494_6294.jpg)
I'm the one on the right...

EDIT: The other guy is my roommate, not the Silent Assassin.

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The Silent Assassin laughs at Jingles the Clown, and prepares a pie to desecrate his Whiteface status.
Little does the Silent Assassin know that I have removed all of the whipped cream from the bunker, as well as collected all of his cash and frozen his credit card.
I'm such an evil clown.

<small>[ October 31, 2006, 11:28 AM: Message edited by: Grimmsby ]</small>

<small>[ October 31, 2006, 11:29 AM: Message edited by: Grimmsby ]</small>

[ Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:11: Message edited by: [I] Grimmsby [/I] ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Notice: ermarian.net down for maintainance NOW in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #50
quote:
Originally written by Micawber.:

Gosh, that Endeavour programme sounds dangerously close to intelligence.
That's why we have Endeavorbot: to keep it in check. :D

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The Silent Assassin has gone and painted his nails purple as a statement of fashion.
It makes very little sense to me... the nail gun shoots them in so deep that it's hard to tell what color they are.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #89
quote:
Originally written by Tyranicus.:


To spam!

You've beat it to death, Tyran.
Could you give it a break for a few posts, and maybe only include it where it can be found either amusing, beneficial, or constructive?
I know I'm asking a lot for you to tone down on your new catchphrase... but even the spam is getting worn out from the verbal abuse of your raucus cheer.

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The Silent Assassin is trying to create a new form of plastic explosive.
Frankly, I think he just wanted an excuse to try and mix silly putty with peanut butter.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Do You 'Frequent' These Boards? in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #13
quote:
Originally written by wz. As:

Intentionally fragmental? know.
Have you read some of my posts?
Or worse, what I've had to say in the aim chat logs?
Nioca is quite structured and complete in comparison.

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The Silent Assassin has taken notice of your sacrifice of three pennies, a garage door opener, and a stirring straw.
You may now rest easy for the duration of the season.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Guaranteed results!! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #85
Chaotic Good Half-Elf Fighter.

I still have a good name, but dangit I want to stay multi-classed!

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The Silent Assassin has only one answer:
SMITE THEM!

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Guaranteed results!! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #75
quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Such is the problem with linking to older topics or telling people to search for them. :P

Dikiyoba.

Forgive a guy for trying to clear his good name. :P

EDIT: Whoops... left the punchline out.

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The Silent Assassin has created a monument to Andy Warhol in our front lawn, made entirely of cereal boxes.
He's been sitting on the front porch all day, waiting for rain.
The Silent Assassin claims himself to be an Impressionist.

[ Sunday, October 29, 2006 09:33: Message edited by: [I] Grimmsby [/I] ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Wealth. in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #29
Perused the thread, felt like throwing two cents in (just two, I swear!).

I have considered many issues and appraches of government for years, and have come to only one conclusion:

Anarchy is not an option. Even anarchy will eventually fall into a system in which someone controls and regulates someone else.

Make what you will of it. I doubt that it will contribute anything... but two cents is two cents...

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The Silent Assassin wants to build the better mousetrap.
And I refuse to give him the six-digit funding for which he asks.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #178
quote:
Originally written by -X-:

-X- doesn't want to be a villain!!! -X- reveres Spiderweb Software! -X- just wants to be an evil hero. Like Lord Grimm.

Um... wow.
I'm not sure how to take that...
-is totally put off guard and will continue to be so for some time-

incidentally,-X-... I've been classified as Chaotic Good ... :P

EDIT: Ooh. 350 posts. Moving up in the world.

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The Silent Assassin just came back from Flipper Shopping.
Fortunately, he has informed me that he will be spending the rest of the evening playing chess with the cat.
Meaning that I get to laugh at him when the cat beats him again.

[ Saturday, October 28, 2006 19:54: Message edited by: Lenar, Inc. ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Ice cream... in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #20
Favorite Ice Cream flavor?
Butter Pecan
Length of Major Sleep?
My ideal REM cycle puts me at about 7 and a half hours
Favorite Arcade Game?
I like racing games.
Favorite movie made from a cartoon?
Logan has always been my favorite comic character. That said, the films have done him little justice.
I'd have to go with Spider-Man.
Favorite place to nap?
We have a bowl chair in our room. It's very comfy.
Favorite print cartoon?
Calvin and Hobbes.
Do you eat ice-cream during a cold weather?
Yes.
Favorite hour of the DAY to sleep?
I don't have one? If forced, I'd say 2-3 PM.
Favorite Age? Meaning what was the year of your life that you enjoyed the most.
Umm... I can't boil an entire year down to a favorite, because just about everything I can immediately think of balances out the really good and the atrociously bad.

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The Silent Assassin is out buying a new set of spare flippers.
I can't believe how quiet it is around here...

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Spiders of all ages... in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #80
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

Tace, vulgaris. :P
-Smiles, nods.-

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The Silent Assassin has gone off on this tangent questioning the legitimacy of the law of sines so much now that if he gets himelf hurt on a project, I'm not going to cosine a thing!

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00

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