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Type: Comments
Date: 18 Apr 2008 03:47
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Thanks for that tip - Really appreciated. Worked perfectly for me. Now, if it's THAT easy to make the change to a plist file to get it working, why has the developer not released an update? |
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Type: Comments
Date: 18 Apr 2008 03:44
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I really like this app, but the main issue for me is the rather slow release of updates. It took an age to get one for Leopard and now Safari 3.1 is causing it problems. I assume the developer is busy with other stuff, but in the end it's just a real nuisance. I'll continue to use it (when the next UD is released) but it would be nice if there was an alternative which worked as well as this does (which there doesn't seem to be). |
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Type: Comments
Date: 4 Mar 2008 07:22
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I dunno. It is a good little app, but it's just that. $14.99 is just far too steep for it. I don't have a problem paying what something is worth, but this is simply worth about $5.99. |
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Type: Troubleshooting
Date: 3 Mar 2008 11:39
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Yep - Crashes on start up on 10.5.2, same as reported elsewhere, so it's a big fat zero for this app. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 29 Feb 2008 22:15
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No OCR - For $99 I'd expect a lot more than this. Forget it. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 18 Feb 2008 12:00
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Mac Mini? I think it could well be a Performa 630, given the speed I get. :) It is pretty crummy - 29K or something here on a 20 Mb connection.... Definitely worth a contribution if it helps the dev get a better hosting solution. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 10 Feb 2008 05:08
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I found this too - Very annoying having someone else's religious beliefs rammed down my throat. It's a calendar program - If I'd have wanted someone to preach to me then I'd have called a priest so the inclusion of it is inappropriate. What next? Photoshop with a call to prayer at 5am every day? Excel reminding me not to work on the Sabbath? There's no place for it and there needs to be an option which turns this off. Apart from that it is a goo app - iCal integration would seem a natural inclusion so I have no idea why it's not in there but as a handy little app to have around (despite the dodgy icon) it's very good. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 3 Feb 2008 11:45
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Gah! Apologies - I should have said "horizontal" lines, not vertical. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 3 Feb 2008 11:43
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Well, I guess we see now why Eyephedrine wasn't getting many updates. Hopefully we'll see more visualiser presets being made available soon, since some of them are a bit tired and could be described fairly as "filler". The whole banding/vertical line thing is still an issue in some presets, irrespective of whether the sync is enabled so it would be great if this could be fixed. I'm enthusiastic about the prospects for the future of this app now - looks like the new guys are taking it in an altogether cooler direction. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 19 Dec 2007 15:44
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Unfortunately I couldn't get it to load under 10.5.1. Just bounced a few times, loaded up a bit of the menu and then got stuck. I'm afraid it's the 1 Star treatment for Cover Stream. Shame, as I liked the sound of it, although possibly not enough to cough $14.95 for it. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 7 Nov 2007 17:02
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A really nice app visually and is well worth the price. Trying to learn Japanese is difficult for me so this really helped me out and you can't argue with the value it offers. Could use a few small changes here and there just to make it even better than it already is (printing flash cards perhaps, scaleable window), IMHO, which I suggested to the developer as politely as I could - Totally unresponsive (not even a quick or automated reply) which kind of sucks, but there you go. Not an unusual situation with a lot of developers these days.... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 2 Nov 2007 14:42
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Doesn't work for me either. Trashed it, looked elsewhere. Single monitor set up - MacBook Pro. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 28 Sep 2007 04:58
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I was hoping to try this. Installed but from the first attempt it appeared to be crippled, telling me I had to buy it. Had never used/tried it before so I gave it a miss.... |
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Type: Review
Date: 4 Sep 2007 03:13
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I'm a terrible disorganised person. My head's a mess and my life is too. I envy those who manage to retain a sense of order because not once in 34 years have I managed it. So, I downloaded this app assuming it would be another one of those things which I use for a couple of days and then leave. I've tried hundreds of to do list style apps, organisers etc. Honestly, it may well still be that, but I don't think so. At first, I thought it looked a bit spartan, and the prefs revealed a pane with just 3options, but then I realised how clever this thing really is. For me, it's power lies in it's simplity. It's all there, laid out easily in an anderstandable and instantly viewable way. It might look a bit Fisher Price to users of some of the more "sophisticated" GTD apps, but then they probably need more than this app provides. I'm going to buy it and hopefully I'll still be using in a month's time! The only thing I would like to see is some control over font sizing and colours. If you're looking for an innovative yet simple way to manage day to day tasks, I think this might well hit the spot. Great stuff. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 31 Jul 2007 02:22
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You tight arse. You always work for free do you? Give your time for nothing a lot? Do a lot of volunteer work? Are you another of Macupdate's philanthropic commenters perhaps? Attitudes like yours make me sick - People put their effort and time into making something useful and the best thing you can dredge up is some pitiful comment about it costing a paltry amount of money. I can't believe that you actually have the temerity to question the validity of someone charging money for their work when it's this cheap. If it were $49.95 I would whole heartedly agree with you but it's not. You didn't even have the good manners to mention WHY you felt it was poor value or what was wrong with it. If you don't like the SW then that's fine, but why bother posting such an ignorant comment on it? |
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Type: Comments
Date: 9 Jul 2007 03:20
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Bit of spare time on your hands there Don10? Blimey - get a life. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 27 May 2007 17:20
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Actually, a good definition of "useless" would be your vacuous comment which is of no use or help to anyone. Without Automator I'd be stuck doing a huge pile of dull, uninteresting chores daily that have to be done but take up loads of time. One click and Automator does the whole, complicated thing for me - Saves me about an hour or so - Perhaps more. Automator has something to help save time doing most things on your Mac, so if there's nothing that is apparently helpful to you, then maybe you just don't do much to start with? Anyway, back on topic, these scripts are really handy - A nice addition to Automator and they're free too - Can't say better than that. Thanks for making them available and ignore the trolls! |
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Type: Comments
Date: 27 May 2007 06:56
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$49.95? That is obscenely expensive. While it is clear that plenty of work is needed to create something like this, it's simply too much money. I'm not overly sure if the app really is that useful anyway. The whole idea of playing a guitar is to enjoy it - With this app you'll suddenly be spending ages entering info about your playing, most of which would be better spent sitting there practicing or jamming with your mates. Do you really need a pretty page with a picture of your guitar in it? How much of this info are you really going to use? At $9.95 or maybe $14.95 it would be something which might come in handy for a number of players (shredders mostly, I would assume) but at a cent shy of $50.00 it's just unreasonable. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 21 May 2007 05:20
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Congratulations on that one, Einstein. If at some point in the future you might decide it's useful then have fun re-installing. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 9 May 2007 22:55
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Woooo! Trippy. Not sure how long my eyes can deal with it (I am currently suffering from a heavy concussion) but it's strangely addicive. No more messing with pesky black shapeshifter themes that don't work - Just invoke the magical Nocturne and away I go. Oh Lord - I think I need a doctor! Nurse? |
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Type: Comments
Date: 5 Apr 2007 06:14
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It's nice that Google are finally starting to bring this to the Mac but personally Spoltlight seems to do whatever I need. I realise that it does not index some files that others need it to so I am sure Google works for them though. I found the Google search window to be un-necessarily huge and cumbersome, while Spotlight lives quietly an unobtrusively in my menu bar. You can add Google to your menu bar but it has no search field there - It's just a menu based short cut to opening the app. Google Desktop's original intention was for Winblows users who were justifiably unwilling to suffer that OS' embarassingly bad search, so there was a real improvement to be had. With OS X it seems the gap is considerably slimmer. Either way though, I take the arrival of Google Desktop to be a very positive thing for the Mac and hopefully it will make Windows switchers feel a little more comfortable and make it easier for them to get used to our OS. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 5 Apr 2007 06:08
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You can uninstall everything, including the index files by running the Google Update app which is found in your Applications folder. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 2 Apr 2007 05:41
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Please, at least have the good manners to actually check the product out before commenting on it - Your comments would carry far more weight if you did so. |
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Type: Review
Date: 23 Mar 2007 14:26
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I really like this. Some of the visualisations are a little weak, but they are balanced out by some real killer stuff. Dancing Fountains is one of my faves but it's difficult to choose. One of the features I would love to see is to be able to have a selectable colour background, or even just default to plain black when you choose not to use the artwork as a background since the weird purple/blue crystal like image which is set as a default BG is really not that great. As yet, I haven't been able to get the "alternate picture path" feature to work - Not sure why. That would be nice if I could get it happening. More frequent updates with new visualisations would be nice and some kind of kit for you to make your own using a simple interface (if that's possible) would definitely encourage people to get involved and create interesting visualisations. The better the FX, the more people will buy it and the better the products can get. Even if this is not an option, it would be nice to be able to control a number of variables and parameters in the visualisations since on some the intensity of the track can lead to a lack of dynamics. These little points aside, I think this is by far the best iTunes visulaiser out there today, even besting the now rather tired looking White Cap and G-Force, which is no mean feat. Well worth the money - I'd encourage you to pay for it, not use a pirated serial as it's deserving of your support. $8 is nothing for a great piece of SW like this. Well done to Giofx! |
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Type: Comments
Date: 20 Mar 2007 08:29
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Lack of a sense of humour, poor attitude, over serious and whiny. Get a life for pity's sake. It's just a frivolous little waste of space - If you don't like it then I'm sure you can find something more stoney faced to do. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 14 Mar 2007 06:55
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Well, your little whine is moot now anyway. The window in the latest versions can be closed altogether without using any functionality. World poverty, innocent people dying in wars, children living on the streets and you're all fired up about an app on your expensive computer takes up a few too many pixels. Get a life. Really. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 11 Mar 2007 04:22
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Tried this, M$ Access not supported. Pretty ridiculous that it doesn't support all Office components. Laughably they suggest that if your chosen app is not supported then you should give them some money int he hope that maybe it will be. Put the pipe down boys.... Seriously though, I love the idea but the last time I checked it just wasn't all that together (probably about 6 weeks ago). Hopefully it will improve and be able to run Access some time soon. Seems odd that such a high profile app and part of Office is not supported. Thankfully the Coherence mode of Parallels is starting to improve for me with every build so won't be needing CrossOver at the moment. I have to confess to being thoroughly impressed with Parrallels. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 6 Mar 2007 08:06
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Well don't use the app then and stop wasting everyone's time with your vacuous statements. |
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Type: Review
Date: 23 Feb 2007 04:10
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Quits whenever I try and generate/render anything. Tried a few times and still the same. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 8 Feb 2007 06:26
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I dunno. I think if you can't hear the difference between this and the iTunes EQ you might have a hearing problem! I was sceptical at first (I work in the high end audio industry) but for $20 (about £10.00 here in England) I got something that I find it impossible to not use now without getting hearing hangover. I'm only using Soundsticks, which probably benefit more than a decent set of speakers but for me the built in EQ can't fully replicate what SRS iWOW does. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 2 Feb 2007 03:22
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Why ignore the last review - Because it's bad? I wouldn't cough for something that slow either. If it didn't work out for that guy it helps that he let us know. Reviews are supposed to be honest, not an excuse to big up you favourite developers. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 1 Feb 2007 04:31
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Unfortunately, OmniWeb has always had some reason that I can't use it. In this case it's that sidebar. In an age when so many apps compete for screen space it's just ridiculous to take such a huge chunk of it when tabbed browsing work so well. If, as someone said, you can't figure out what is in the tab by the name on it then you probably shouldn't be using a computer at all. By all means, keep the carbuncle on the side as an option, but give us tabbed browsing too so we can choose which we prefer. With Safari et al being free and having this feature, why would anyone want to actually pay for something that lags so far behind and takes up more space? |
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Type: Comments
Date: 26 Jan 2007 04:32
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I can't get it to work. I've sat at countless places where it should be "eavesdropping" and I get nothing. Messing with the config seems to have no effect. Obviously others have got it to work or they wouldn't have posted positive reviews, so I must be doing SOMETHING wrong, but after an hour or so of meddling I fail to see what...... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 25 Jan 2007 03:45
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A new update fixes the problem and it works fine for me now. Still has a horrible interface though, and the constant need to click "OK" in the dialogue box each time it finds an episode is really stupid - A better way woulkd be to show one box once it has finished searching, confirming how many episodes it located. I sat there clicking away for ages when adding a new series.... Finally, an option too choose the favoured BT client would be nice, rather than just using the default one. All in all this is a nice idea and has potential, but it's interface and general usability is consistent with it's "pre 1.0" status. |
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Type: Review
Date: 24 Jan 2007 11:05
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Can't get it to work - Just get a repeated error - "Unknown object '<'" Pretty horrible interface anyway - Shame, as it's a great idea. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 24 Jan 2007 02:20
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Same as everyone else - There's a problem with the "notavailable.mov" file. Opening it in the package reveals that it is there and works but for some reason the app can't use it. You'd think that the developer might actually take a moment to to test this before posting it but I guess that was too much trouble. OK, so it's just a little fun app but it's almost worse when something so blindingly simple doesn't even work. Don't give up your day job mate... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 9 Jan 2007 09:55
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Yeah, I've lost count of the nights I lost sleep over that.... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 1 Jan 2007 07:33
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What a great application. I was initially a little concerned about the potential for it causing some problems and did not relish re-installing my OS and all of my apps, but I gave it a go. It sat there for quite a while dilligently scouring various folders for numerous un-necessary language resources and erased them. When it was done I'd saved 2.5GB of HD space. Very welcome since my Boot Camp partition is getting to be rather large. I've since recommended this to friends and all have had a flawless experience with it. Given this, and the fact that it is free then I can't come upw ith a reason not to give it a full 5 stars. I'm sure that in some configurations it might have the potential to cause an issue but that's pretty much the same with ANY software. Excellent |
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Type: Comments
Date: 1 Jan 2007 07:26
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I have no idea what you're talking about. Seems rather alarmist. I've had no problems at all (MacBook Pro 2.0GHz, CoreDuo,1GB RAM) |
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Type: Review
Date: 23 Dec 2006 08:27
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Companies who make commercial DVD to iPod convertors must hate this guy, and they deserve to since many of their products are embarassingly bad and/or way too much money. The whole reason I love and use Macs is that they typically make complex tasks totally simple. There's a whole culture amongst the developers of trying to give power to the user without them needing to know too much about what's going on under the hood unless they want to. I have better things to do than tweak this and mess with that - I just want to get the job done as easy as possible. Handbrake Lite is a perfect example of an app that allows me to do so. You just put your DVD in, select it and hit a button to convert it. Handbrake takes care of the rest. When you're done you just add it to iTunes and then sync your iPod. Fantastic. The results I got were top notch; Totally perfect. There are some extra options if you want to mess with them, but for me I didn't need to. Now AC/DC are rocking Donnington on my 80 Gig wherever I go. That this software is so good is one thing, that it is free is astonishing. It may not have the sexiest interface I've ever seen but who cares? It just does exactly what it says it does without any fuss. So, full marks to the developer for an excellent, easy to use product. |
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Type: Review
Date: 23 Dec 2006 05:37
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I've given up with this. I get the SBBOD whenever I try to download any maps or when expanding the size of the initial location window. After a while it just crashes. With the time I spent messing with this thing I could have been out on my bike! |
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Type: Comments
Date: 23 Dec 2006 05:30
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Ths is interesting but some very basic and rudimentary apps still don't work with it. Last time I checked, one of these was M$ Access. As part of what must be the most commonly used suite of apps on Windows you'd assume that this would be a priority, but it appears not. I only need to use Winblow$ for Acesss, nothing else, so it obviously doesn't work for me at this time. Right now I've had good results with parallels on my MacBook Pro and until this app is more polished I haven't really got the time to mess with it. That's not to say I am not looking forward to the day it reaches final, since it's a great solution - Almost perfect in fact. I'm surprised Apple don't just buy this company and integrate the technology into Mac OS X. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 5 Nov 2006 09:50
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Yet again over zealous crippling by the developer means that I'll be ignoring this app. Basically, unless you buy it you can't save your cards, so I take the time and trouble to enter the info and then lose it when I quit. Why not just put a nag box or an expiration instead? |
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