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2009/08/04 04:20:10
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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From: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/
"Rosetta@home needs your help to determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases. By running the Rosetta program on your computer while you don't need it you will help us speed up and extend our research in ways we couldn't possibly attempt without your help. You will also be helping our efforts at designing new proteins to fight diseases such as HIV, Malaria, Cancer, and Alzheimer's (See our Disease Related Research for more information). Please join us in our efforts! Rosetta@home is not for profit."
Basically these guys want you to help them perform computations that normally require the use of a supercomputer. Since said Supercomputers are a valuable resource under constant and varied demand, this was the best alternative. All they do is send your comp a part of the computations, and it works them out and sends back the results for examination. All this can be done when you're not 'online', and you get a nifty screensaver to look at and feel smart about. Together we can all make a difference, mostly without lifting a finger! That should inspire some people to help! Automatically Appended Next Post: So no-one's at all interested in this?
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2009/08/04 09:15:59
Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2009/08/06 05:33:01
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Battlewagon Driver with Charged Engine
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Dowloding right now... can't talk now, there's science to do,
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H.B.M.C. wrote:
"Balance, playtesting - a casual gamer craves not these things!" - Yoda, a casual gamer.
Three things matter in marksmanship -
location, location, locationMagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
Eric
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2009/08/06 07:02:57
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Space Marine Scout with Sniper Rifle
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I would download it, but ... I've got a laptop, and not connected 24/7.
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2009/08/06 07:43:54
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Committed Chaos Cult Marine
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I don't know much about my laptop either.
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95% of teens would go into a panic attack if the jonas brothers were about to jump off the empire state building copy and paste this if you are the 5% who would pull up a lawn chair grab some popcorn and yell JUMP BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Deciver: Straight Flush! Yay!
Eldrad: Four of a kind! Awww!
Creed: Warhound titan. Die, xenos scum!
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2009/08/06 08:57:30
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Moustache-twirling Princeps
About to eat your Avatar...
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So this program will be sending information periodically after running computations?
That sounds quite interesting. I assume these guys are trust worthy, and the government isn't just trying to hi-jack our records  .
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/info.php wrote:The applications run by Rosetta@home may cause some computers to overheat. If this happens, stop running Rosetta@home or use a utility program that limits CPU usage.
HAH! That I find quite funny actually... You can limit it supposedly though, I always worry about freeware a little bit for these reasons.
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/rah_license.php wrote:IN NO EVENT SHALL UW BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF ROSETTA AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UW HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
This actually concerns me quite a bit, although it could be seen as nothing more than lawyer talk. Always look into this stuff before you jump in head-first, and more importantly if you are a minor and/or using your parents computer, PLEASE get their permission.
For what my interpretation is worth the University of Washington (why isn't that VERY clear?) will not be held responsible for ANYTHING, as in if your computer fries it is somehow your fault... anyway. You do take these risks, and I suppose the UW had to have these clauses (is that the right term?) in their license agreement, but it does leave you totally high and dry if anything serious happens.
If you download this program onto a companies system, woe be to you when they find out.
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2009/08/06 09:06:12
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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So, it is pretty much just like the SETI radio scanning program?
Cool.
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2009/08/06 18:05:20
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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SilverMK2 wrote:So, it is pretty much just like the SETI radio scanning program?
Cool.
pretty much, yeah
Choose your cause, your CPU cycle can help many
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2009/08/06 21:46:32
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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trougedoor122 wrote:I would download it, but ... I've got a laptop, and not connected 24/7.
You can set it up so that it downloads while you ARE connected, then runs the program while you're not, then send the results and gets new instructions when you connect again.
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2010/10/28 19:38:41
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Just a bump, to get the word out again.... surely one bump a year isn't too much?
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2012/03/04 08:48:51
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Another bump, it's been two years this time. I was slacking.
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2012/03/04 08:55:58
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
USA
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Interesting. This is the first time I've ever heard of a bot net not being used for criminal ends. Most intriguing. And this got started 2 years ago you say.
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2012/03/04 09:17:36
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Dark Angels Librarian with Book of Secrets
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None of you ever heard of the the SETI@home project, huh? This is not new. Just be warned, while your computer is grinding away, that means the circuitry and processors will be running full-bore while your computer is idle, increasing its power consumption. I have personally seen two computers damaged because of thermal breakdown issues when the interior fans failed to maintain a safe temperature.
Just a warning...
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2012/03/04 09:17:47
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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LordofHats wrote: And this got started 2 years ago you say.
Even longer ago than that, I saw it on a documentary of some sort, it was well established by the time I made my first post about it in '08. Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, there ARE a lot of different programs for the BOINC platform, and you can pick multiple causes to help. I'm curently running Rosetta@home and Seti@home. Each gets an hour of CPU time before the BOINC manager switches to the other.
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2012/03/04 09:20:27
Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2012/03/05 08:04:22
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Krazed Killa Kan
Minnesota, land of 10,000 Lakes and 10,000,000,000 Mosquitos
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It's apparently been a few years now, are there still issues with computers overheating and/or frying themselves? I mean, this is kind of a big concern if the program can use up so much CPU that it toasts the computer...
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2012/03/05 08:10:12
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Master Tormentor
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I use Folding At Home myself, and yes, if your computer isn't adequately cooled it can seriously damage your motherboard and anything else unfortunate enough to be near the processor/graphics cards. You can change how much of your processor the thing uses while it's running, but it does default to 100%.
Basically, if your computer is an off-the-rack model that's not designed to run at maximum power for hours at a time without overheating, you'll want to mess with the configuration settings a bit before using.
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2013/03/01 19:09:09
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Yearly bump for Science! And for those with lingering concerns, I have yet to damage my motherboard with this program. If you can remap controls for a videogame, you can set the limits for the BOINC manager, not that they're similar in process other than level of complexity.
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2013/03/01 19:28:36
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Zealous Sin-Eater
Montreal
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Pretty cool to remind me of this. I tried once to make it work and it didn't, couldn't figure out why. I'll try again!
Does this default to Rosetta@home, or does it automatically assign the tasks from different projects?
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2013/03/01 19:46:52
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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You can choose when you download the main BOINC client.
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2013/03/01 19:56:51
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Yvan eht nioj
In my Austin Ambassador Y Reg
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Might have a go at this. My dad does something similar of an astronomical nature - not sure what exactly but it is similar.
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2014/03/02 16:16:57
Subject: Re:Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Another yearly bump for science! I'd like to thank the Mods for allowing me to bend the necro rules once a year in the name of several good causes.
Here's some feels for those of us already contributing to this particular project (and hopefully some added incentive for others to join us.
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/forum_thread.php?id=1177&nowrap=true#75630
We have discovered how to make several new classes of protein structures! Rosetta@home has been absolutely critical in this work: when we design a sequence to fold into a new structure, the last thing we do before ordering a synthetic gene so we can make the protein in the laboratory is to send it out to you to predict the structure-if it folds to the structure we designed, we go ahead with it, but if you find that the lowest energy state is a different structure we go back to the drawing board. Our success rate in making brand new structures is far higher than I or anybody else ever expected, and the reason the success rate is so high is that your calculations provide a very stringent test of whether the designed sequence will actually fold the way it is supposed to. In the next few weeks I and other scientists here will describe to you the new classes of proteins we are making, and the many applications they will be useful for. Thank you for your absolutely essential contributions to this newly emerging scientific field!
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2014/03/03 16:08:07
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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[DCM]
Moustache-twirling Princeps
Gone-to-ground in the craters of Coventry
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I've been running Folding@Home for a few years now.
Let it plod along in the background when your PC is on, and kill it off if it takes up too much processor time.
https://folding.stanford.edu/
"Help Stanford University scientists studying Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's, and many cancers by simply running a piece of software on your computer."
I think it's this one that runs in Sony's screensaver-thingy on PS3s.
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2015/03/25 00:04:23
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Hey, it's that time of year again. Bumpity bump.
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2015/03/25 04:34:35
Subject: Use your computer to help science without using it!
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:None of you ever heard of the the SETI@home project, huh? This is not new. Just be warned, while your computer is grinding away, that means the circuitry and processors will be running full-bore while your computer is idle, increasing its power consumption. I have personally seen two computers damaged because of thermal breakdown issues when the interior fans failed to maintain a safe temperature.
Just a warning...
Will there be any noticable difference between leaving the computer on to do the calculations and using it ourselves?
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
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