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6,600 | Hi,
I'm working on a project that involves storing an application's rendering
to an X display and then playing it back again. Rather than
"reinvent the wheel", it like to find:
* a file format for saving X protocol.
* software that saves and replays such a session.
Any ideas out there? I've heard that there is a... | 6 |
6,601 | Posted on behalf of Craig Southeren who does not have access to
a net account:
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Can anyone provide me with a colour space transform that would
emulate the effects of red/green colour blindness? I have had
a quick look in the computer graphics literatur... | 7 |
6,602 | I need to duplicate a bunch of floppy disks (3.5") and ideally would like to
be able to keep 2 to 4 floppies busy simultaneously on a single PC.
[Yes, I know that services to do this exist.]
I know that standard ISA bus floppy controllers can only have one drive active
at a time. I know that some controllers are avai... | 5 |
6,603 |
Compared to the Second Amendment? I think it's worse.
The problem is, the devil is in the details. You know, the Brady Bill
sounds like a "good idea" too, until you discover that there is NO check,
and that the police DON'T have to allow your purchase even if you check
out, and that you have NO recourse if they ... | 19 |
6,604 | 12 | |
6,605 |
{>
{>
{> >What is the difference between the US Robotics Courier v32bis external and t
{> >Sportster 14400 external? I see that the price of a Sportster has dramatical
{> >dropped to below $200 but the price of the Courier remains above $400.
{> >
{> >Anyone with knowledge of both of these modems or anyone that owns... | 5 |
6,606 |
The experience you describe is why I don't like to sit with my bike in
gear - I figure there's a chance that I'll be startled in some way and
stall my bike. And I figure this is more likely than the chance that
I'll be unable to escape some situation because of the extra time
needed to put the bike in gear.
So I co... | 0 |
6,607 | 8 | |
6,608 | I have a few the original IBM 10Mb harddisks for sale. They are actually
Seagate's ST412, MFM, full height, has the IBM logo and black face plate.
Each disk is checked and formatted with DOS 6.0. It can be doubled to
20Mb or so with dblspace or stacker if you so desire. Have the original IBM
foam fitted boxies ... | 1 |
6,609 | Hello,
my name is John and I have the following comic books for sale - please
feel free to make a bid if you'd like. Add one dollar for shipping (USA).
Remember to e-mail your replies to OETH6050@iscsvax.uni.edu - as I am not a
regular on this group. thank you.
Marvel---------
Silver Surfer (current series... | 1 |
6,610 | Updated April 27, 1993.
Most comics here are priced at 40% below the Overstreet Price Guide, all
comics are in near mint to mint condition.
TITLE PRICE
--------------------------------------------------------------
Alpha Flight 13 (Wolverine appears) ... | 1 |
6,611 |
Yes. Here's what you should do.
Keep the vertices in an array, and have the polygons (triangles are okay,
but n-sided polygons are slightly more efficient) store the indices into
the array of the vertices that comprise them. You set a flag for each
vertex when you transform it, so you don't have to transform any v... | 7 |
6,612 | netnews.upenn.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!news.se
ervice.uci.edu!network.ucsd.edu!btree!terry
Will they name Lindros captain next year or Recchi.
Geoff
| 16 |
6,613 | Nikkor 70-210 AF for immediate sale. Excellent condition. | 1 |
6,614 | (Ali's letter deleted for brevity)
Roger,
Your responses might just exclude you from sharing your opinions,
then. You see, the same rights Ali has to mail her letter to the NHL
are the same ones that let you post replies that mow her down like
wheat at harvest-time. She never said she represented the entire
interne... | 16 |
6,615 | Original to: wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM
G'day wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM
20 Apr 93 18:17, wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM wrote to All:
wAC> wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson), via Kralizec 3:713/602
wAC> The Apollo program cost something like $25 billion at a time when
wAC> the value of a dollar was worth more than it... | 12 |
6,616 |
I heard yesterday that Pocklington was talking with folks at Copps
that afternoon (yesterday).
| 16 |
6,617 |
what does that make me for showing up with an old interceptor with worse
brakes and handling (due to bent frame) than a VMAX? and i didn't even...
uh.... well, i was more than semi-coherent when the ambulance.... uh....
nevermind.
axel
| 0 |
6,618 | I recently got a document describing the JPEG FIF (JFIF) file
format. I was looking thru it, but I didn't get the idea how
to determine the size of a pic in pixel without decoding the
whole image.
How do you get the height and width of a JPEG in a JFIF?
How do you determine wether it is a color or a greyscale
picture... | 7 |
6,619 |
You should post his/her email request, with proper attributes, of course, to
the newsgroup. The request then becomes a matter of rec.moto public record
and warrants the ceremonial gang-FAQing.
Glad to help,
Ride safe,
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 |
6,620 |
As David Veal points out, this sort of "promotion" would be used
against gun owners by the mass media.
However, here is my proposal: offer gun safety classes in your area,
free, as a community service. Such a class would normally cost $40
or $50, so offering it free is a good promotion.
Our Gun Club has organized s... | 19 |
6,621 | I have the following games for sale/trade. Make an offer.
Trouble Shooter
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
--
brian
oplinger@ra.crd.ge.com | 1 |
6,622 | Hi
I am looking for an algorithm or pointers to any papers on how to convert
Quadratic Splines to Cubic Splines or Beizeirs. If source is available
in the public domain, please let me know.
Thanks very much
-ks
| 7 |
6,623 | !: Concerning the proposed newsgroup split, I personally am not in favor of
!: doing this. I learn an awful lot about all aspects of graphics by reading
!: this group, from code to hardware to algorithms. I just think making 5
!: different groups out of this is a wate, and will only result in a few posts
!: a week pe... | 7 |
6,624 | :Hello,
:I heard that a certain disease (toxoplasmosys?) is transmitted by cats which
:can harm the unborn fetus. Does anybody know about it? Is it a problem to
:have a cat in the same apartment?
:
Having the cat around is not a problem, but the pregnant woman should not
change the litter box. Toxoplasmosis can be t... | 9 |
6,625 | This will not, of course, deter the several die-hard Koreshies on
this net, who will probably claim that the Tarrant County medical examiner
(Dr. Peerwani) was coerced by the FBI into faking this evidence. Either that,
or they'll claim the FBI shot them.
The rest of us might contemplate the difficulty of determining... | 8 |
6,626 | I like to know how effective ProHibit is to prevent spiral meningitis
for a child who is five years old. I heard it's from Canada.
What sort of side effects , etc. | 9 |
6,627 |
All gimmicks! Stick with plain 'ol carnauba wax that's non-abrasive.
Eagle 1, Meguiars, Turtle Wax, and a few others are good examples.
The colored waxes just color in the scratches so they're not so
apparent. The better approach is to buff minor scratches completely
off with a cleaner/mild abrasive.
Never tried ... | 4 |
6,628 | This definately gets the car going, but... WD-40 is highly flammable. Explosive
even in the right conditions, like a vapour sealed inside a distributor for
eg. And contact points tend to arc a tiny bit :) | 15 |
6,629 |
Then by your logic, the Jews in Europe in the 1930's were the cause for
the Holocaust. Hitler told them to leave and because they didn't they
brought the whole thing on themselves. Because as you say, they could
have COME OUT of Germany.
Same for the Jews in Europe 1930's.
You don't see any evidence of the ... | 19 |
6,630 |
Price reduced: asking $165 only!
| 1 |
6,631 | I thought I'd share a good experience, too. I bought the APS Quantum 240 zero
footprint drive in May '92 (back when they still used two separate LEDs on the
front panel and the case was metal). While traveling with it (it was in my
SE/30 Mac bag, on top of the Mac) this past winter, one of the plastic tabs
holding th... | 10 |
6,632 |
+>1. There is no such thing as non-toxic tear gas. Tear gas is non-breathable
+> remaining in it's presence will cause nausea and vomiting, followed eventually
+> by siezures and death. Did the FBI know the physical health of all the people
+> they exposed?? Any potential heart problems among the B-D's??
... | 13 |
6,633 | For Sale 1989 Kawasaki TS (650) Tandum seating
Color: White with Blue and Red.
Jet Ski runs great and looks good.
Ziemans Trailer with locking Utility Box.
Color: Black
Ziemans Trailer is less than a year old.
Both have been garaged kept and well maintained.
$4200.00 for both
(To be sold as a set only) | 1 |
6,634 | Does anyone have any experience or is familiar with the Cardinal P9000
VL-Bus graphics card? Would appreciate knowing what you think of its
capabilities. Thanks. | 5 |
6,635 | A 180 degree V Ya gotta love it !>
| 4 |
6,636 | I dont know about Saabs but whenever there is a 'long temr tset' in a magazine
they always say that tehy're are little annoying niggles which keep on occuring
every so often... I wouldn't expect that from such a 'quality' car.... why
doesn't anything like this ever happen on BMWs? Maybe coz they're 'quality'
cars ;-) | 4 |
6,637 |
Don't forget Robert Blake in "Electra Glide in Blue" (where else do
you get to see a full-dress Harley playing with dirt bikes?).
And if you're going to count Smokey and the Bandit, then you darn
well better include "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure".
| 0 |
6,638 | I'm trying to connect a Mac SE modem port to a PC 25 way serial port,
can someone provide me with a wiring diagram for a null modem lead for
this setup.
Please use Email since my news feed is a bit quirky.
Thanks in advance
Sean Gordon | 5 |
6,639 | 6 | |
6,640 | There are several programs on sumex that allow Macs with superdrives to
read and write unix tar diskettes.
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-- | 10 |
6,641 | NHL PLAYOFF RESULTS FOR 4/22/93.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS BEST OF SEVEN
PATRICK ADAMS NORRIS SMYTHE
NJ BUF (leads 3-0) STL (leads 2-0) WIN ... | 16 |
6,642 |
Qualcomm had spare cycles in the DSPs for their new CDMA digital
cellular phones. They wanted to put strong crypto into them since they
had the capacity. The government decided to "discourage" them.
Really, none of this stuff is especially hard. All you need for a true
private phone is an ISDN codec, a vocoder (eithe... | 3 |
6,643 | I remember a post from last year indicating that a "pitch clock" was tried
in one of the minor leagues some time back and did not work. I don't remember
why they said that it did not work. Anyone remember this?
Jody McDonnel on WIP in Phil. has been saying that a pitch clock was
inevitable. How would a pitch clock ... | 11 |
6,644 | *****************************************************************************
* Lyme Disease Electronic Mail Network *
* LymeNet Newsletter *
*****************************************************************************
... | 9 |
6,645 |
|>>|> Excerpts from "Insight" magazine, March 15, 1993
| *Paranoia part deleted.*
| Isn't Insight magazine published by the Mooneys?
I don't remember the article that you removed so I can't comment on it.
What I can comment on though is your response.
Do you really b... | 13 |
6,646 | [deleted]
This is a pet peeve of mine. I wish companies would put power switches on the
front of the equipment! If my Apple monitor had the switch on the front, I
would happily power it off at night. Almost every piece of computer equipment
I own/use has the switch on the back (including external hard drives and
... | 10 |
6,647 | I am looking for a program to draw various kinds of diagrams on my Linux
system.
- It must be free.
- It must run on standard (monochrome) X with a small screen size (800x600)
No motif/openlook etc.
- It must compile under Linux with gcc/g++. Most generic unix software
works ok.
- It must produce postscript files... | 6 |
6,648 | The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are
carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) 427-0674, and are updated daily (when
possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this
system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current
elements for the current... | 12 |
6,649 | [reply to timmbake@mcl.ucsb.edu (Bake Timmons]
Which newsgroup have you been reading? The few anti-Christian posts are
virtually all in response to some Christian posting some "YOU WILL ALL
BURN IN HELL" kind of drivel.
Bake, it is transparently obvious that you are a theist pretending to be
an atheist. You p... | 14 |
6,650 |
Sounds like more of the same. Gods were used to describe almost
everything in the past. As we come to understand the underpinnings of
more and more, the less we credit to a god. Now, the not-so-well
understood elements (at least by the author) includes quarks and tectonic
drift. I guess that's better than describ... | 14 |
6,651 | The OTIS Project presents...
SYNERGY: Revolt
...the first in a continuing series of collaborative
art initiatives designed to exploit the binarity
of the infosphere. This series of diversely
structured art-manipulation projects will attempt
to stretch across network boundries encouraging
use of electro... | 7 |
6,652 | Last year my nine year old son fell in love with baseball and now
likes to play and to follow the professionals. I would like to buy
him a board game so he can catch a glimpse of and practise a little of
the managerial stragegy. I am not looking for a computer game or any
type of game where manual dexterity determine... | 11 |
6,653 |
this is true.
this has merit but is not entirely true.
this last statement is not true. According to the CBO the United States
has a force of about 88,000 US Army personel in Europe, I do not know
if this includes a USMC division in Norway. They have available
a little more than 500 USAF attack aircraft, includin... | 2 |
6,654 |
First of all I think when ESPN covers the game they do a wonderful job, but
last night I felt the same way. I really hate watching Devils/Pens game.
Everyone knows that Devils are going to get their ass kicked, why even
bother showing them. I was so bored and these ESPN people don't seem to have
any brain. Af... | 16 |
6,655 | Yesterday I read an article from someone who was requesting references for
introductory texts on cryptography. Although I marked the article to
return, it appears to have expired on this site.
Anyway, on one of the previous occasions when this subject arose I saved
a couple articles which made suggestions. One of th... | 3 |
6,656 | Please take this system off my hands. I no longer use it and it is
taking up valuable room. They system consists of a Microcom PDOS Apple II+
clone with 64k on board and PDOS installed. It comes with a load of boards,
including: a disk drive board, 2 Z80 boards, a 16k board, an 80 column
board, a couple printer boa... | 1 |
6,657 | Hi guys....
What happened?
1. Potvin didn't let six goals by.
2. Wendel and Andreychuk woke up.
3. Home ice and LOTS of yelling in the Gardens gave the Leafs
the emotional edge.
4. Refs calls (especially last night) tended to favour Leafs.
A couple of comments:
1. On Gilmour: Just because the guy isn't... | 16 |
6,658 |
Let me improve this one for you, then. For nearly one thousand years,
the Turkish and Kurdish people lived on their homeland - the last
one hundred under the oppressive Soviet and Armenian occupation. The
persecutions culminated in 1914: The Armenian Government planned and
carried out a Genocide against its Musli... | 2 |
6,659 |
As far as I know, there is no FAQ for tpg. Somebody was working
on one, but I think it "died in committee."
| 19 |
6,660 |
I read it when it first came out, and the controversy broke. Put my name
on the waiting list at the library (that way if the book was really
offensive, none of my money would find its way to the author or
publisher), and read it, "cover to cover" (to use a phrase that seems
popular here right now).
And I *liked* it. ... | 14 |
6,661 | 3 | |
6,662 |
How about some citations or is this just impressionistic speculation
on your part?
For 30 years I've been laboring under the delusion that chain drives
were more efficient that shaft drives. Chain drives are also stronger.
(Ever seen a successful shaftie dragster? No.)
No flames, please! I've got both kinds... | 0 |
6,663 |
Not very -- you just type "xloadimage" or "getx11" instead of "xv".
-- | 7 |
6,664 |
As Herny pointed out, you have to develop the thruster.
Also, while much lighter, you still have to lift the mass of
the thruster to orbit, and then the thruster lifts its own
weight into a higher orbit. And you take up room in the payload
bay. | 12 |
6,665 |
And you shouldn't, as the matches kill more kids. So why are you bleating
about guns?
It may be tired, but it is true.
No, that's not right either. People who have both easy access and the
desire to kill, kill people. Considering that people who have the
desire to kill turn that into easy access .... (Haven't ... | 19 |
6,666 | FREE-ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
by Robert E. McElwaine, Physicist
Ninety to a hundred years ago, everybody "knew" that a
heavier-than-air machine could not possibly fly. It would
violate the "laws" of physics. All of the "experts" and
"authoriti... | 14 |
6,667 |
[well, actually, he didn't, but we'll pretend the real author of this
query has his name tacked in here....:-)]
while it's being mentioned, i personally prefer the moonroof/sunroof/t-top/
targa thing as well. I simply don't like cloth tops, nor the extra insurance,
nor the S**** color matching alot of companies do... | 4 |
6,668 | hi, is there anybody has some example programs about using
the internationalization features in X11R5 ? Such as a small
X program just to show Chinese texts in wondows, menu bar or
icons... Thanks in advance. | 6 |
6,669 | Probably won't help. I'd be willing to bet that _every_ manufacturer
used those little self-contained modules. I think Sharp made them.
Radio Shack used to sell them for a few bucks (maybe they still do.)
The module had 3 leads: power, ground and demodulated output. It
contained the photo-detector, amplifier, inte... | 15 |
6,670 | Hello!
I need a technique for separation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN)
from the peripheral blood of mice. Because of the low PMN:Lymphocyte ratio
(approx. 20:80) it«s not just as easy as the corresponding technique used
with human blood.
Yours,
... | 9 |
6,671 | If you think that kind of uncalled for blanket statement will
cause censorship at Mr. Jefferson's university you are wrong.
| 2 |
6,672 | A few weeks ago I posted about the Phillies team personalities. Did anyone see the ESPN feature on the Phils on Monday Night. John Kruk had a great line. He was talking about people on the team always playing and not sitting out because of a minor injury. He said if they do they know we'll kick their ass. The
tim... | 11 |
6,673 |
Hmmm... how about a piece of copper wire? 0 to 5V input range, standard
TTL output, instantaneous conversion time!
[ (-: for the humor impaired ]
| 15 |
6,674 | Due to some problems with my IDE drive, I LL formatted the Maxitor7213AT.
Now it started to give me some errors in some applications. I was told
Maxitor has a utility called IDE_INT in their BBS, anyone tried it? Can
some one tell me what that BBS number is? Or better, can I find the file
in some ftp site? Or perhaps s... | 5 |
6,675 | ... Wayne McGuire? Did someone prove he's anon15031@anon.penet.fi,
and he ran off to restock on PCP? | 2 |
6,676 | Hey all,
I'm looking at buying a new car, but I'm confused about the insurance
coverage. This also applies to my existing car insurance policy. Does
anyone understand what the "Limited Tort Option" means. Will it lower
my rates if I opt to have it, or will it be more expensive if I opt
to have it? What does it do... | 4 |
6,677 | Hello!
I have a SE/30 and a Generation Systems 8bit PDS card for a 17"
screen.
It worked great until I upgraded from 5 to 20 mb ram.
Now with Sys7.1 and MODE32 or 32enabler it does not boot..
a tech support person said the card does not support these 32bit
fixes.
BUT: when pressing the shift key while booting (when ... | 10 |
6,678 | I am getting desperate. I have a report that must be finished by midnight,
and W4W doesn't seem to have what appears to be a MUST! I use the autonum
field for numbering chapters, but my document is distributed amongst
several files. I just can't find a way to make Word start the numbering
at something else than 0 or 1.... | 17 |
6,679 |
As I don't know this book, I will use your heresay.
It depends on how he defines God. The way I understand the meaning
of that term preclues it being used in a useful way in science. Ideas drawn
from an understanding that God is supernatural precludes us from forming
scientific assertions that can be falsified, th... | 14 |
6,680 | The Jets gave the Canucks another run for their money in an almost
identical game to the first of the series but once again came up short as
Vancouver outscored Winnipeg 3-2.
The pattern of the first game was repeated tonight, with the Canucks
scoring quickly and then going to sleep in the second period, only to stav... | 16 |
6,681 |
I had the same inconvenience when I bought my EX-500; only I could at least
go 50 mph during the initial break-in.
Despite the high quality of motor oils and motorcycle engines these days,
I would follow the instructions, and just keep to city street riding for
the first 500 miles. Heck, those miles go by fast, and i... | 0 |
6,682 |
Or perhaps even weird?
Hmmm, you might want to read this group more carefully; there's been a good
amount of discussion of the proposed Pluto Fast Flyby (PFF) mission that is
specifically designed to be small and cheap. | 12 |
6,683 | Dear netters:
I have been scanning this news group for a while but has not found a FAQ.
Could someone enlight me where to find the FAQ if there is a one. Also,
could someone recommend a few good books about encription and decription,
about patent information, goverment regulation on this science/technology.
I will app... | 3 |
6,684 | -=> Quoting The Logistician to All <=-
TL> I am in need of all of the players wearing #77 in the NHL. I know now
TL> only of one, Ray Borque for the Bruins. Any help would be greatly
TL> appreciated.
TL> Thanx.
Hi there Logistician, is not Paul Coffey wearing
# 77 for the Detroit Red Wings?
... | 16 |
6,685 |
That's not all it says. The coverage of modifiers is in Chapter 8
of Volume Four (or chap 7 in older Athena editions), where there is about
10 pages on how to specify translations to capture
various combinations of keys or buttons.
The Xlib route uses XLookupString and there is a lot of coverage
of how that works i... | 6 |
6,686 |
This isn't at all too high of a price. Keep in mind that you get *8* meg of
ram, a *local bus* IDE *and* SVGA card, a *250* mb hd, and a *15"*
monitor. The local bus IDE and SVGA really kick butt in Windows. I have
used a couple of machines with VLB in the past, and all I can do is praise
Gateway.
| 5 |
6,687 |
Word is that the ones he let go were not his.
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"Foot" the Bill: let's get a new President. | 8 |
6,688 | My original post was:
This article will just scratch the surface of a few security
considerations, comments are requested. (email: fw@world.std.com)
My thanks to the people who responded, both on usenet and from
Oracle Corp.
The most common response was to suggest use of oracle audit
features or OPS$ passwords to c... | 3 |
6,689 | 2 | |
6,690 |
How can you tell for sure? Three days haven't passed yet.
--
Steve Bittrolff | 8 |
6,691 |
My opinion(for what it's worth) is that 40 x-rays is *way* too many.
Guidleines have been set on the number of dental x-rays and chest x-rays
that one should have over a given period of time because of all the
environmental factors that can cause cancer in humans, ionizing radiation
is one of the most potent(spli... | 9 |
6,692 | Counterpoint SA-12
85watts per channel
very very warm tube sound, great for warming up CDs
Excellent shape | 1 |
6,693 |
The GS300 and SC300 have an inline 6.
Inline 4 is correct.
| 4 |
6,694 | Hi peeps,
Here's another of those "any ideas" type queries.
I've been given an oldish Phillips TeleVideo terminal type thingy, without
a keyboard. But no problem so far.
When I dismantled it, I discovered that it is really just a standard
RGB monitor with built in modem/ROM software etc.
Phillips kindly labelled t... | 5 |
6,695 |
A similar reason is why people at work, used to seeing SCO unix running
on a 486, are suprised when they see my Sun-3 at home running faster w/a 16MHz
68020/68881. The Sun was designed from the ground up for UNIX, the PC
wasn't.
This is why you need a gargantuan processor to run Windows. The basic
design of the b... | 10 |
6,696 | I think you can get that at most head shops. I'm not kidding... although
it seems more appropriate for them to be selling Simple Green. | 0 |
6,697 | Hi:
I am looking for tires. I would like to hear your experience on the
BF Goodrich Radial T/A tires and/or the Touring T/A especially for
size P185/70R13.
For Radial T/A: How do they do in SNOW, and WET weather? Are they quiet tires?
For Touring T/A: How many miles can they last? I believe they are in
... | 4 |
6,698 | # |# # Can someone tell me why when Mr. Cramer spouts on about homosexuals,
# |# # he only addresses homosexual men, and never, in any post I've read,
# |# # addressed lesbians?
# |#
# |# I can't really speak for Mr. Cramer here, but I can say that a
# |# homosexual [male] is an entirely different animal than a lesbia... | 13 |
6,699 | KW> If you don't like additives, then for godsake,
KW> get off the net and learn to cook from scratch. Sheesh.
Mary Allison exclaims:
MA> EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
MA> Why can't people learn to cook from scratch *ON* the net.
MA> I've gotten LOTS of recipes off the net that don't use additives.
Because one simply _can... | 9 |
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