Root Access

9:00 AM

@soandos: chrome has a pretty nice remote access function I use, I can host on windows 7, its fast, but it turns off aero for best performance. I need to set it to deactivate and reactivate aero automatically

soandos

@JourneymanGeek, how do you access it?

Journeyman Geek

@soandos: through an app on another chrome system

soandos

chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/…

Or is it something else?

Journeyman Geek

has a passcode, and is associated with your chrome account, or you can send an invite

soandos

@JourneymanGeek, I mean where in chrome is it?

Journeyman Geek

9:02 AM

oh, you need to install that, then its under apps

jokerdino

extension I think.

soandos

The link I posted, or something else?

Bob

@soandos have you considered using Windows' bootloader as primary and GRUB as secondary (chainload using bootmgr)? :P

Journeyman Geek

that link

Bob

I don't even know if that works, but EasyBCD has quite a few options for that :S

soandos

9:03 AM

@Bob, I think that it works, but I might also involve some windows overhead (its why some people do not like wubi, among other reasons)

honestly, bootloaders are these things that I never really want to see

so long as it works, I don't particularly care

Bob

chainloading GRUB shouldn't have any overhead?

soandos

No idea. When I boot into windows (after chkdsk finishes) i'll see if easyBCD can pick up ubuntu

Bob

I always thought Wubi had to mount a virtual filesystem, while chainloading GRUB should be the same as booting directly through it :\

:P

soandos

if it can, that would be the best of all worlds

@Bob, that too

Bob

A possible problem with your setup is that you have your bootloader on the same partition as the main OS installation.

You probably could have avoided this mess entirely if you had it on a separate, hidden partition like Windows (and Ubuntu) do by default :P

soandos

9:07 AM

@Bob, the OS partitions all move. That is guaranteed to mess up bootloaders

and my primary OS is going to be all of win7,win8,ubuntu

now to see if easyBCD can work its magic

Bob

:P

I just realised EasyBCD is full of options for adding new boot entries

soandos

yup

any chance you remember where the one to add grub is?

Bob

Visual BCD Editor still wins when it comes to modifying existing and hidden ones, though

Add new entry on the left

Linux/BSD tab

soandos

For some reason I did not see that

thanks

Bob

Hm.. I never noticed, but Visual BCD Editor can also add a Linux/BSD entry

soandos

9:13 AM

Now to make sure that all three OSes can boot

Ubuntu is good

jokerdino

Wubi? don't use that ugly beast.

soandos

Windows 1 is good

@jokerdino, I couldn't even if I wanted to ;)

jokerdino

it's been particularly buggy recently.

soandos

Why is it not possible to install Ubuntu from windows properly (set up a partition, etc)?

jokerdino

you always needed a cd of sorts to install separately.

soandos

9:17 AM

Why though?

(windows 2 is good)

jokerdino

not particularly sure. you could only install a Wubi inside Windows.

soandos

I mean, why doesn't someone create a new program that will install Ubuntu from windows without a boot disk

Bob

@soandos Perhaps not many have enough unpartitioned space..

jokerdino

someone might do in the future.

Bob

They would also need to have ext drivers for Windows, I guess?

jokerdino

9:19 AM

that too.

Windows doesn't properly support ext partitions IIRC

soandos

@Bob, the drivers can come with the program, and the space issue can be solved the way that is now with a ubuntu install disk

show a graphic, etc

windows can repartition

Ivo Flipse

Please read and comment on Suggestions for updating our FAQ

2

Go make yourselves useful!

jokerdino

Keep the pinned posts coming xD

2

Ivo Flipse

At this rate we'll own the entire sidebar

jokerdino

Just a couple more. Almost there.

Bob

9:22 AM

@soandos I didn't know there were any good ext drivers for Windows :P

@soandos Yes, yes.. but you can't do it from within Windows, as you well know :P

jokerdino

What do you do when someone trolls Ubuntu too much?

soandos

@Bob, they don't need to be that robust, they are basically one use only. And the partitioning is supposed to be doable from within windows, it just messed up with me :P

@jokerdino /dev/ignore?

jokerdino

-13

Q: Using Ubuntu isn't worth it for me, Windows works best.

Welcome to Ubuntu and the lack of support( 12.04 LOS ). If I say Ubuntu 12.04 is a so so broken OS, I will get flamed. But if I ask for help, I can here the crickets chirruping. Unix/Linux user have an attitude and really don't like to share info. Because if they help everyone, they wouldn't hav...

goodbye-cruel-world

@soandos haha that might possibly work ;)

soandos

@jokerdino, who created that tag?

and just delete the question

jokerdino

i think it just got created.

soandos

9:25 AM

he had 1 rep, he can't do that

jokerdino

the editor did. probably.

soandos

yup, lol

Bob

Why create a tag for this? :\

jokerdino

having fun I suppose ;)

~~funny~~ finally it got closed.

soandos

I was going to say

nhinkle

9:29 AM

FYI folks

2

Q: Suggestions for updating our FAQ

Based on the results of the vote for a change of policy we've drawn the conclusion that the majority of the users (who voted) are in favor of allowing appropriate tablet questions. So the new policy means we allow tablet questions, but we don't actively encourage iOS or Android questions. Basica...

discussion featured

jokerdino

@nhinkle Don't pin it again.

soandos

10 mins ago, by Ivo Flipse

0

Q: Suggestions for updating our FAQ

Based on the results of the vote for a change of policy we've drawn the conclusion that the majority of the users (who voted) are in favor of allowing appropriate tablet questions. So the new policy means we allow tablet questions, but we don't actively encourage iOS or Android questions. Basica...

discussion featured

nhinkle

@jokerdino too late. New post, anyhow.

jokerdino

@nhinkle Oh wow. Is this some kind of a joke?

nhinkle

@jokerdino no

jokerdino

9:30 AM

10 mins ago, by jokerdino

Keep the pinned posts coming xD

nhinkle

anyhow, I unpinned the older one, since that's decided now

oh. ivo already pinned it. oops.

jokerdino

Right. Let me suggest changes.

nhinkle

Further suggestions should go as answers, feel free to use CW as you see fit.

Ivo Flipse

goodbye-cruel-world <-- epic tag

jokerdino

haha :D

Ivo Flipse

9:33 AM

Almost as good as our tag la-la-la-not-going-to-happen, for feature requests that get ignored indefinitely

nhinkle

@IvoFlipse did... that exist?

@IvoFlipse I think it was status-la-la-la-la-what-feature-request

Ivo Flipse

Oh right :P

jokerdino

@nhinkle It does in AU atm.

nhinkle

That is funny.

jokerdino

@soandos I appreciate AU appearing in the proposed FAQ.

Ivo Flipse

9:39 AM

That's the point @jokerdino, we're not out to overrule our sister-sites

We're one big family and we love them all :)

Except that bully SO, which gave us a lot of crap when we were young, but he's starting to come by now that he's getting more mature

jokerdino

Spread the love and the unicorns!

Journeyman Geek

lol

@IvoFlipse: I think we're gradually getting over the send EVERYTHING over to SU mentality

jokerdino

You guys should thank Programmers for that.

Journeyman Geek

@jokerdino: and better inter site communication

jokerdino

and perhaps, the "don't migrate crap" rule.

Journeyman Geek

9:43 AM

Thats been implicitly in place for quite a while

avirk

@iglvx why do they think so...................

jokerdino

/dev/ignore for the win!

soandos

@jokerdino, the don't migrate crap rule should go under vote to close privileges, not the FAQ

jokerdino

Good point. It could also be listed when you are casting close votes.

soandos

It also occurs to me that the close vote for off topic will also have to be changed to include home networking (this should be done now, as that is currently part of the FAQ)

Bob

10:16 AM

o.o

someone wants to install packages on an old version of Ubuntu :\

@jokerdino you got any expertise here? :P

jokerdino

depends on whether they want a new package or just install the package.

Bob

0

Q: Unable to install software on Ubuntu 8.04

I have recently installed 8.04 Ubuntu onto an industrial board and applied the vendor kernel modifications to it. I need to develop applications on another desktop to run on this board in C++ but I am unable to install any software (specifically build-essential) on it so I am left with gcc 4.2.4 ...

ubuntu c++ gcc g++ ubuntu-8.04

jokerdino

Just upgrade to the latest version really.

It's a pain using 8.04.

Bob

lol

jokerdino

ask him to follow this instructions, modify properly and upgrade to 12.04. askubuntu.com/questions/22265/…

Bob

10:22 AM

probably best if you tell him :P

I know nothing about Ubuntu besides how to mess it up every few days

jokerdino

heh :P

Bob

One of my most visited sites is one on resolving broken dependencies :\

Nima

I've never had dependency problems with ubuntu :D lucky i guess

jokerdino

If you haven't broken your dependencies, you haven't been adventurous :p

Bob

Adventurous? All I try to do is update my packages :\

jokerdino

10:25 AM

it won't break that way would it?

it only breaks if you mess up the architecture, install third party debs etc.

@jokerdino The installation is made onto a compact flash card that is acting as a hard drive on the board. Thus far using ubuntu installation discs 8.04 is the only version that installs successfully. Also according to the vendor the board only supports up to 10.04 version of ubuntu. — mathematician1975 2 mins ago

He also needs to upgrade the hardware then.

Bob

@jokerdino Or use the GUI software centre things

they always break something :P

jokerdino

It never happened to me that way.

this guy has complications further than the software issue.

Bob

lol

jokerdino

10:44 AM

@bob answered. Might not be what is required but gave it a shot anyway.

Nima

I support dinosaurs with scars

jokerdino

xD

Bob

11:10 AM

@jokerdino :)

Reminds me of that guy who wanted a 'modern' browser for Windows 3.1 on a bandsaw

jokerdino

11:25 AM

lolwut?

Bob

152

Q: Is there a modern browser that runs on Windows 3.1?

Ok, so I know what you are thinking: "What on earth are you doing still running Windows 3.1?" Here's the situation. The computer running 3.1 is also the controller for $150,000 bandsaw made in Germany, so any chance of upgrading the actual computer without spending quite a bit of money up fron...

browser windows-3.1

jokerdino

It became so popular? o.O

Bob

lol

Journeyman Geek

12:00 PM

h, i remember this one

also

upgrading hardware is not always an option

William Hilsum

William's happy face!

5

Bob

@WilliamHilsum Nice!

When did you order?

William Hilsum

Months ago!

jokerdino

12:30 PM

1

A: Setup Ubuntu with differing locale and language settings

Why? -- No Idea Any Drawbacks? -- None that I know of.

Journeyman Geek

12:41 PM

lol

yay, pi!

HaydnWVN

1:02 PM

nice 3.14159

isn't that the street name for them yet? ;)

avirk

1:13 PM

@Bob good job.

Nima

Anyone else got the addiction of clicking on superuser logo to refresh the questions?

avirk

@Nima now it does through the AJAX so why refresh through logo

Nima

@avirk easier than clicking on "x questions with new activity" ? :P

avirk

@Nima :p

Tom Wijsman

@Bob: Solved your two issues. Also made a README: github.com/TomWij/SuperUser-AutomaticCorrector/blob/master/…

Bob

2:31 PM

@TomWijsman Thanks. And nice README.

avirk

0

Q: Not able to copy or delete items form pen drive

When I want to download any file from Internet and try to transfer it to my pen Drive I'm unable to do so. Also I'm not able to delete the files form the pen drive as well.

windows-7

Bob

That's a nice solution for the help files.

@avirk Slight mistake

Not able to copy to would be more appropriate; i.e. he's having issues writing to it.

avirk

@Bob mistake?

Bob

@avirk Your title edit..

I would go with "Not able to copy to or delete items from pen drive"

avirk

@Bob ah yes that is

BTW nice program of autoshutdown.

Bob

2:36 PM

@avirk lol thanks

avirk

He accept the answer

Bob

you said you wanted to see how to do such a thing in C#; the source code is all there if you want

avirk

@Bob Yeah! I downloaded it alredy and working on it

Can you tell me how can I check hardware brand, ID etc through C#

Bob

@avirk What hardware specifically?

I haven't dealt with much hardware/low level stuff in C#

avirk

@Bob like processor, HDD and battery

Bob

2:39 PM

hm

WMI should work

avirk

8

A: Can I change the behavior of my firefox shortcut on the Windows 7 taskbar?

You have need to download the TabMixPlus add-on for Firefox. After installing it you will find it under the Tools menu with the name of Tab Mix Plus Options. After launching the addon now see the Links tab and check/tick the option Enable single window mode. Now under the Events tab select...

have you checked out my that answer.

Bob

@avirk TMP! :D

avirk

@Bob TMP?

:(

Bob

@avirk Tabs Mix Plus

avirk

@Bob :p

@Bob superuser.com/q/439533/86550

@Bob check out it too ;p

1

Q: Keyboard shortcut to cycle through programs (rather than just the alt-tab switch)?

This question applies to both Windows and Mac OS X because I intend to use my mouse (Logitech G700) with both of them. The idea is I want one of my configurations to use two of my buttons to switch applications. However binding them to Alt/Cmd+Tab and Shift+Alt/Cmd+Tab is not good because the f...

windows osx keyboard-shortcuts applications

Bob

2:49 PM

@avirk codeproject.com/Articles/17973/…

They use WMI there

avirk

@Bob Ah i've account there

thanks

Bob

It might be easier to do some basic testing with wmic in the command line or Get-WMIObject in PowerShell first

Anything you can access with those you can access through System.Management

Some more examples here

avirk

@Bob you ar gonna my teacher of C#

join me on twitter

Journeyman Geek

hmm

multiple identical posts in the flag line >_>

Bob

@avirk I don't use twitter :P

avirk

2:53 PM

@Bob no social account

Bob

@avirk I can explain some basic stuff, but I can't teach programming ;)

Stack Overflow is a great resource for C#, though

avirk

@Bob ah I need basic

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Flag line? o.O

Journeyman Geek

high rep user thing. We have a review panel for flags where we can flag or disagree

Bob

@avirk I mean, if you have a specific question. But others here (in this chat room) probably (definitely) know more than me too :P

avirk

2:55 PM

@Bob ;)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Oh, that thing.. lol

avirk

@JourneymanGeek what is average rep cap?

Journeyman Geek

200 anywhere

not counting accepted answers and bounties

jokerdino

and suggested edits I suppose

avirk

0

Q: Can I extend my total RAM by buying more, and what kind do I need to buy

I currently have 4 GB total RAM and I would like to get some more, to bring it to a total of 8 GB. Is it possible to simply buy another 4 GB and bring it to 8? If so, what kind should I be buying? There is a lot of different possibilities, DDR3, DDR2, clock speed, etc. I am kind of lost among all...

memory hardware-combination

@JourneymanGeek @Bob vtc

Bob

3:03 PM

> Note that I am not looking for shopping recommendations. I'm worried about the hardware compatibility.

:\

The question doesn't read as looking for recommendations either

This is a somewhat localised question, but.. I dunno :P

I wonder if anyone has enough time to write a canonical answer/blog post about RAM? :P

Journeyman Geek

hmm

superuser.com/questions/376784/… closest thing to that i can find. Might be a good starting point

@avirk: please use the VTC room

avirk

@Bob check out this

0

A: Can I extend my total RAM by buying more, and what kind do I need to buy

Newer DDR2 and DDR3 modules are physically incompatible due to the notch being in a different location:

Journeyman Geek

3:19 PM

@avirk: why would you VTC and answer?

and that dosen't seem a bad question since he has an anomoly - his system is DDR2, cpu-z reports ddr-3

avirk

16 mins ago, by Bob

> Note that I am not looking for shopping recommendations. I'm worried about the hardware compatibility.

Journeyman Geek

I almost said cpu-z is on crack, but i didn't want to offend anyone

Bob

@JourneymanGeek But the RAM part number matches DDR3..

avirk

@JourneymanGeek have you won the bounty

Bob

It doesn't help that I can't find the motherboard specs anywhere :\

avirk

3:27 PM

@Bob ACER EG43M mainboard

Bob

@avirk can't find specs for that!

Gah

It's a Gigabyte one

bloody OEMs rebranding their motherboards

It may well be DDR3

avirk

@Bob lol

Bob

running something like memtest is a nice way of verifying SPD data

Journeyman Geek

@avirk: One of my suggestions didn't work, the other one i don't know yet

@Bob: the rest of the features don't make sense, hence my recommendation of a memory scanner, looking at the physical characteristics of the chips, and the slik screening

Bob

@JourneymanGeek you did? refreshes page

@JourneymanGeek the chips are often labelled with a model/part number that can be looked up too

@JourneymanGeek The Intel G45 chipset apparently has DDR3-1066 support

and also DDR2 backwards compatibility

intel.com/assets/pdf/prodbrief/319946.pdf

Journeyman Geek

3:35 PM

lol

i looked that up MOMENTS before and added it to my answer.

Bob

Of course, this might be the G43

his CPU-Z results say G43/G45

Journeyman Geek

CPU-Z isn't on crack i suppose

still

physical inspection would solve the issue

Bob

lol

true

hm

well

Intel has their own board with a G43 and DDR3

downloadmirror.intel.com/18711/eng/…

the only one I could find, but that's good enough :P

Journeyman Geek

whoa

boingboing.net/2012/06/22/28-port-usb-hub.html

Bob

3:57 PM

@JourneymanGeek what the...

I can't imagine using anywhere near that much

I have a powered 7 port hub, and it's unused most of the time. Heck, the only reason I use it is because my front USB ports are unstable with any real power draw

Oliver Salzburg

According to our records, you have registered yourself on http://whatpulse.org on 2006-09-21. Unfortunatly, our records also show that you have not pulsed since 2007-08-02 12:05:26.

WhatPulse accounts expire when they have not been used for 24 months.

Obviously, the term "24 months" is quite flexible.

Bob

lol

hm

with GitHub, what's the difference between HTTPS and SSH mode?

Would I be able to use tokens rather than having to type my username/password every push?

Oliver Salzburg

\o/

Oliver Salzburg

4:14 PM

BTW guys, in case you didn't know. Don't try to use 3TB drives with Windows Server Backup.

Bob

@OliverSalzburg ?

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob It's not supported.

Bob

Not that I have any 3TB drives, nor any copies of Windows Server, but why not? :P

oh

Oliver Salzburg

Also, you can't backup volumes larger than 2TB :P

Bob

o.O

Is this a MBR/GPT issue, some artificial limit, or just something weird?

Oliver Salzburg

4:16 PM

@Bob It has to do with the block size or something like that

Bob

ah

Oliver Salzburg

3TB drives can only be that large because they use 4096

And that is a problem for Windows Backup somehow.

It's mind-boggling

The server threw all kinds of errors at me. First, because I wanted to backup a 4TB volume and only 2TB max is supported.

Then I told it to backup the volume contents, which works

But it kept stopping the backup due to some weird VSS errors.

So my co-worker looked some stuff up on the net and found out about the 3TB Windows Backup dilemma.

Bob

:\

Oliver Salzburg

So I went back to the store, returned the 2 3TB drives I got an hour earlier and got 2 2TB drives instead.

Bob

this is where you start using third party backup software :P

Oliver Salzburg

4:19 PM

Plugged them in, reset the backup, and, voila, works.

Bob

I don't trust Windows backup anymore

Oliver Salzburg

Neither do we.

We never planned on using it.

But this years budget did not allow us to implement the backup solution we want.

Bob

My system image and all my backups over the past year mysteriously disappeared (disk space still taken) after my failure to boot a month ago...

Oliver Salzburg

Next year...

Bob

:\

lol

Oliver Salzburg

4:20 PM

Then we'll use Data Protection Manager, most likely.

Bob

how much does that cost?

Oliver Salzburg

social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-AU/windowsbackup/thread/…

That's the whole 3TB drive story, if I'm not mistaken.

Bob

:\

Oliver Salzburg

And, some if( disk.sector.size > 512 ) alert( "This disk sucks!" ); would have been real nice!

Bob

Even better, a warning when formatting, hmm? :P

Oliver Salzburg

4:25 PM

@Bob Well, part of the processing of it becoming a backup volume is a format process. So, yeah :D

Bob

what the fu-

superuser.com/a/440296/117590

HaydnWVN

@OliverSalzburg look up 'Cobian Backup' or something like that

freeware and quite good

Bob

massive wall of text

he's also posted this twice

HaydnWVN

no shadow copy, but way better than windows backup

Bob

Oh, it's been deleted already :P

@mods work fast!

Oliver Salzburg

4:28 PM

@HaydnWVN That's kind of a contradiction in itself :D

HaydnWVN

lol, shadowcopy is full of problems

we actually replicate a server here rather than using it

then backup the copy

Oliver Salzburg

You think I'm gonna install my client some freeware app without support to backup his enterprise?

That's simply not an option unless I would live next door.

Don't get me wrong, after today, my opinion about Windows Server Backup isn't the best either ;D

HaydnWVN

The amount of problems with windows backup through the years (NT4 onwards) i'd never consider using it

"some freeware app with no support" is a better option lol

heard of some of the issues with the built in windows 7 one?

1TB volumes taking more than 24 hours due to some file check and the backups never completing as the schedule doesn't end the previous before attempting to start the next?

Oliver Salzburg

We never planned to use this solution at all, so I'm not really happy about it either :D

HaydnWVN

talk about idiotic

i always loved seagate backup exec

not even sure who owns it anymore

one of those great bits of software that got bought out and passed around so much it got ruined :(

shop.boingboing.net/product/Domo-and-Friends-Figure-Set

OMG I WANT!

hometime now anyways, cya next week :)

have a good weekend o/

Bob

4:46 PM

@HaydnWVN cough see above, disappearing backups cough

@HaydnWVN And then there's the backups just randomly failing for no apparent reason, even for relatively minuscule amounts of data...

KronoS

anybody know how to do strike through in markdown?

nvm... just used <strike></strike>

Oliver Salzburg

5:27 PM

@KronoS I don't think it's in it. I use <s></s> too

Diogo

6:51 PM

superuser.com/q/440338/79358 What could I missing on my explanation to have less votes that the other 2-lines question??!?!?!?!

soandos

@Diogo, people are silly

Oliver Salzburg

I like both answers

One if a good summary the other provides the details. Don't understand the vote difference though.

Diogo

I understand this that I don't need to explain or detail anything when answering...

Just type a few words without details or explanations and people will like it...

Oliver Salzburg

You're oversimplifying

He answered the question fully in 2 sentences and he is correct.

NReilingh

Yeah, brevity is a virtue.

They're both good answers, but his is way easier to read.

Diogo

7:07 PM

So, everyone who find this question on google and open to see it will understand what is being exchanged?? I mean, everytime I answer a question I think on another people than only who are questioning...

NReilingh

That's why it's still a good answer, and certainly deserves to be on that question

Diogo

not everyone will understand why the constant 7200rpm have to do with unconstant performance...

NReilingh

And those people will upvote your answer :)

Diogo

k k.... I understand..... but again... I think answers here would give all details as possible due to people that don't understad exactly all the technical reasons involved...

Its my point of view.... by the way, it looks like people don't have the same view...

Luke

8:36 PM

@WilliamHilsum Lucky you with your Raspberry Pi!

Oliver Salzburg

9:00 PM

@Luke I just got a mail that mine is delayed till next month :(

Luke

I want one :( I'm on a waitlist just to ORDER it

nhinkle

9:25 PM

You know it's going to be a good website when....

> Your password should consist of 8 to 12 characters. Letters and numbers are the only acceptable characters. No spaces or other characters are allowed. Your password is not case sensitive; "A12B34CD" is the same as "a12b34cd".

KronoS

@nhinkle :O

William Hilsum

9:38 PM

@OliverSalzburg I have seen them go on Ebay for quite a lot... I don't really have time for mine at the very moment and was wondering if I should sell it! ... But, I don't think it is worth the hassle... Plus, I don't know when I would get another

yeah, very happy to hold it... although, didn't get a card, nor a power adapter (I didn't realise it didn't even come with a usb cable), so, I can't really use it at the moment!

Tom Wijsman

10:08 PM

@nhinkle Yeah, lately had a local website restrict me down to almost half of that length, also weird restrictions...

Jun 8 at 16:31, by Tom Wijsman

I had a password thnig this week that asked me "minimal 6 characters, maximal 8 characters". :(

iglvzx

Webpage footer fail: The Microsoft Careers footer is just plain text, despite presenting itself as links. See: careers.microsoft.com

:(

Oh... The links work in Internet Explorer

That's beautiful

@iglvzx Looks like a layout issue, after closer investigation. The links work, but are hard to click. Don't mind me! ....

Renan

11:05 PM

@nhinkle I will avoid pretty much any site which has limitations on length/allowed characters for passwords.

nhinkle

11:25 PM

@Renan I do too. Unfortunately, this one is mandatory training for the research I'm doing.

Renan

@nhinkle :|

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