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      "text": " Computer running slow? Has your machine somehow acquired a life of its own? Or do you simply desire a deeper and more meaningful connection? Be one with your operating system. It's Arizona's computer guru, Mike Swanson, and his show starts now. Listen in, chat in, and watch live streaming at gurushow.com. Want your voice to be heard instead? Call in with your questions and riddles. The number is 520-790-2040.",
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      "text": " This is a Computer Guru Show on AM1030, KVOY, The Voice. Hello, welcome to the Computer Guru Show. My name is Mike, here to deal with your technology needs and treat you like a person in the process. It's a one-of-a-kind show where we're here to help you. It's a focus on making sure that your technology needs are solved. You can give us a call if you'd like to be part of the show or have your abrupt music change. What are you doing, Tom? You've got to settle down over there.",
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      "text": " It's two weeks in a row now. See, last week... I didn't mean to be abrupt. I thought I was fading it, but maybe my fader needs to be cleaned. Yeah, I think your fader's dirty, man. 7902040. That's 5207902040 if you'd like to be a part of the show. The focus of the show is mainly to solve your problems, the end user, the person listening. This is free tech support.",
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      "text": " you don't get an opportunity to get very often. There are other radio programs about computers in the world, but they really don't have anything to do with you other than they want you to spend some money. Right. Like in Phoenix. But I'm not going to say her name. Anyway, give us a call, 520-790-2040. We'll see what we can do to help you out with whatever technology issues are ailing you. Now, we are freshly back from E3.",
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      "text": " Solid days of E3. Or four. Or four, right? I managed to see Tara for about ten minutes in four days. But we were running all over the convention center, along with the Nerd Junkies guys. And Senshudo TV. And Senshudo. And ran into some very cool people that are in the gaming and entertainment industries. What was your favorite thing?",
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      "text": " About E3. Name the product or game that you thought was just, that's the one that raised your eyebrows. Evolve. Evolve. Hands down. Evolve is an interesting game and a nice concept. It's a four-on-one game where you have a group of four that have to team up to beat the one guy that's playing the monster. And there's interesting dynamics in the game, some mechanics that are pretty interesting, is that the longer that the...",
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      "text": " The beast, the monster, is around. It evolves into a more and more powerful creature. So you have to basically... In the beginning, whoever's playing the monster, their job is to hide from the people trying to kill it. And it has to evolve strong enough to take on the four people. And it's a cool... I mean, it was a very good-looking game. It's a very fun, fun, fun game to play. Now, you get to play. I didn't get to play. I just got to watch it.",
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      "text": " What did you think? Oh, my gosh. Okay, so I was the trapper. The trapper's job is to trap the monster. Right, you put up barriers and such. Yeah. You put traps down to hold him down. You put a dome up so that he can't escape the area. And then you also have this alien dog thing named Daisy. And Daisy will take the shortest route to the monster so you can track him down. All right. So I was the trapper, so I got to track the monster. It was really awesome.",
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      "text": " Unfortunately, we had our assault person was not really on par. He kept kind of going off on his own. Not assaulting? Yeah, no, not so much. And so we lost because of that. But it was still a really fun game to play. I mean, the teamwork that is needed for this game. And I think that's the biggest thing for this game. And I've noticed a lot of other games is teamwork. They're really pushing that teamwork really hard. Right.",
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      "text": " perfectly okay with the whole teamwork aspect of these games, but there were some of them like the Rainbow Six Assault game, which on the last day of E3, they did the live play demo. Yes. And it's great, I guess, but on all of these games where they're promoting...",
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      "text": " The teamwork, like the crew. Assassin's Creed Unity. Right, a few of these other games that are out there. I mean, Edeos apparently, and Ubisoft as a whole, is really about let's do multiplayer, multiplayer, everything. A lot of the games were multiplayer this year. And I'm okay with multiplayer, but the thing that really bothers me about the multiplayer games is that you end up in their sort of multiplayer queue system, and most of them are terrible.",
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      "text": " And then you think if you're going to go spend $60 on a game, a year from now, you're not going to be able to complete anything in the game because you won't be able to find any players. You know what? That's actually something I appreciated about Sunset Overdrive. Did you get to see that game? I did not see it. The way I've been describing it to people is kind of an Adam West Batman combined with Jet Set Radio Future, which is a game where you skate around and graffiti things, combined with Left 4 Dead.",
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      "text": " It's an amalgamation of those three things because you'll go around skating on lines and jumping off walls and jumping off buildings. Right. You're shooting mutants, and it's human beings that have been turned into mutants by an energy drink. So, Mike, watch out. Because it's electrolytes. It's what plants need. So there's this energy drink that's out, and it's turning people into mutants, and you have to go and fight.",
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      "text": " So you're jumping around, you're skating on things, you're doing like these parkour-type moves, and you're also shooting these mutants, which is like a Left 4 Dead feel. So those are the two games. But then when you're shooting them or you throw a giant bomb or something like that, in the mushroom cloud, it'll say boom, or you freeze them and it's all kshh, like Adam West's Batman. And it's amazingly fun. It's not as, like, dark and...",
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      "text": " Dreary is like a Left 4 Dead or Dead Rising or one of those where it's a more serious game. This is a lot of humor, but it's the same thing where you're shooting mutants. So what about the multiplayer on that one? You can either play alone in that, which is nice, or you can play with up to eight people. So, you know, you can actually do a little bit of both, which a lot of the games, it seemed like it was either multiplayer or solo, mostly multiplayer.",
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      "text": " So I appreciated that about Sunset Overdrive, where you get to either play solo or with people if you choose to. All right. Now, the game that had the most number of players involved that I saw at E3 was Just Dance Now. Yes. If you're not familiar with the Just Dance franchise, they release one every year with new songs and new dances in it.",
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      "text": " Historically, it's been sort of a Wii game. Yeah. Because you use the remote from the Nintendo Wii, and it kind of figures out where you're at. Now, Xbox has a version of it that uses the camera, the Kinect camera, to kind of watch you dance to make sure you're doing it right.",
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      "text": " This year with the Just Dance Now, they've decided to make it so that it's just an app on your phone so that you can use the accelerometer. It's built into your cell phone if you have a smartphone. Yeah. That will allow you to play the game. And they're saying an unlimited number of players in game. Yeah. And the demo that we saw on Sunday, they had about 400 people. Oh, yeah. All playing in this very packed area. I was worried about getting hit in the face with a cell phone.",
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      "text": " But it was really interesting to watch. And they've got a bunch of new songs and new dances that look pretty cool. They were demoing those the entire time. So every 45 minutes they were out there doing these demos. The Just Dance Now thing, I mean, I've never considered buying a console, really, other than maybe to play Watch Dogs when they said they weren't going to release it for PC. Yeah. But that's very cool looking. Yeah. And what I like about...",
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      "text": " the Wii games is that they tend to have a common theme, which is you need to get up and move. Yeah. Right. They don't want you sitting on your butt. Yes. And, and.",
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      "text": " stuffing down the Cheetos and drinking Mountain Dew. They want you to get up and move and do something. And these dances that these people are doing. They're hard. It's a workout. They're really hard. So I actually have a video of the Just Dance Now stuff that we're going to post on YouTube. And, of course, we'll put all the links up to it. I'm going to try to get that posted today or tomorrow. But it's very cool looking.",
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      "text": " I like the whole get up and move elements of those games. And there seems to be a lot of that. I mean, like when we went to CES, there was all these concepts, you know, concept games. They're saying, let's use the Kinect camera. Let's use the Wii remotes or use your cell phone as a way to track your movement and then get people up to do stuff. Right. Now, Xbox.",
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      "text": " And Xbox has really taken this to a whole new level. They've got that sports game that they just released, and it's all about standing in front of the camera and actually doing the movements to make things happen. So I like the idea that Xbox and Nintendo are really trying to avoid severe amounts of obesity in the future. And then aside from the games, I don't know if you made it to the peripheral corner. I did. Some of the things that these people are coming out with are amazing.",
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      "text": " The augmented reality where you're using the camera on your phone to play the game. And so you're seeing, you know, the floor, the table that's right in front of you. But there's also a dragon that you're trying to shoot. Right. Or they had some insole stuff to track your movement in your shoes. I think that was called Boingo or something. Right.",
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      "text": " Yeah, and it goes in your shoe, and then it tracks where you're leaning and stuff, and you could use that for games or athletic-type stuff to see how many steps you've made in a day or whatnot. Well, there was plenty of stuff to see at E3, and we're going to be putting articles and videos up about the things that we saw over the course of the next couple of weeks. And I'm also going to be putting up some reviews of some actual peripherals that were given to me as well, and those will be on the Arizona Computer Guru site. Excellent.",
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      "text": " In the meantime, Tom, we're going to take a quick break, and then we'll come back. And we've got some interesting news to talk about, maybe a little more E3 coverage, but more importantly, your phone calls at 790-2040. That's 520-790-2040. We'll be right back. Your computer guru, Mike Swanson, is here to help you tame that beast of a machine. Join the chat right now at gurushow.com or call in. This is the Computer Guru Show on KVOY, The Voice.",
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      "text": " Tom's all gun-shy now about fading out. You just threw me off, Tom. That's all. It's no big deal. You are the man. You're the computer guru. I will do your bidding. You can direct me. All right. Well, in that case. All right. 7902040 if you want to be part of the show. Anybody who know who Elon Musk is? Yes. Do you know who that is, Tom? Do you even know him? Isn't that a...",
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      "text": " A man's deodorant? It does sound like a man's deodorant. I don't know. But he's a really, really rich dude. I don't know any rich people. Yeah, I know. Most importantly, as it connects to the story I'm going to talk about right now, think Tesla Motors, all right? So the guy who owns that. That Elon Musk. Yeah, that guy, yeah. That's what it smells like, and their new car smell is Elon Musk.",
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      "text": " But Tesla is doing some really cool stuff. Not just the cars, which are cool enough in themselves. And I've decided that if I can afford it in the next three years, I'm going to have to buy a Tesla. You know who likes the Tesla four-door sedan? The S, the Model S, right? Consumer Reports. Yes, they do. They have rated that as the top sedan over...",
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      "text": " The V6s and the V8s of Mercedes and Nissan and Toyota. Well, they're very, very good cars. They're just very, very expensive cars. Apparently, they're well-designed. They use quality materials, and they're well-made. Yes, they are. And they are, like, it's the future of cars is really what it comes down to. And, you know, they decided over at Tesla that the future of cars.",
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      "text": " I mean, not just about them selling cars. The future of cars to them is zero emission vehicles. Right. Where they want no gasoline used in cars ever again. And they decided that that future is not happening fast enough for them. Even though they're anticipating to have two billion cars on the road. Wow. Pretty soon. Apparently, basically they're saying we cannot keep up with the number of orders we have. Right. There's no way that we can build them fast enough.",
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      "text": " The patents that are involved with this, nobody wants to go up and fight against them because Tesla has some awesome patents. Right. So Tesla decided that they are now open source. They have taken all of their patents and said anybody who wants to use these in good faith to build electric vehicles can use our technology, even the big guys. They're saying build electric cars.",
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      "text": " Is this mainly for their battery technology or for the batteries and the electric motors and everything? Every patent that Tesla has is now open source. Well, aren't they kind of giving it away to General Motors and Ford if they want? Yep, because they don't care. They're just saying, we want to see more electric cars on the road, and we are open to competition. Whoever builds the best car wins. And that's really cool to see.",
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      "text": " in a manufacturer, right, in an auto manufacturer. Well, that way it doesn't have to get stolen by a company that comes up called Edison Motors or something like that. Right, well, they sort of mentioned that. They said that anybody who really wants to use this technology is going to find a creative way to get around the patent anyway. So rather than let's not turn this into a war like with the Apple-Samsung thing where it was a patent war, let's just say you go ahead and the patents are available.",
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      "text": " Use the technology, right? Just build something that will help the world. And that is a cool idea, in my opinion. Now, I was talking with Rob the other day in the shop saying, you know, if I had my input as to how the whole patent thing should be working is that there should be, they should institute a second system within the patent system, right, where you get to choose, right? You can patent for money.",
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      "text": " Right. Saying that if anybody uses this, that you get to sue them. Right. For cold, hard cash. In return for that, there is a huge tax penalty that says that if you do sue somebody for this, that the patent office of the government is going to take a whole bunch of the whatever you make off of it. Right. A lot of it. I'm talking like, you know, less than half still, but a lot. Yeah.",
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      "text": " And then you have the option to then say, well, or additionally to say, well, I'm going to take this patent. I'm going to put it up for notoriety, for science. We get to say that I invented it. For science. Right. I invented it. I developed this particular process or device or product or whatever, and I get a point for it, a point system. And if anybody else uses it.",
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      "text": " It gives me points. It gives that person points. And those points can then be turned into either tax credits or some other type of something worth something. But that way, it ends the whole war thing. It just says, yes, you developed that. Now everybody gets to use it. And the reason that's important is because there is a certain amount of once something is out there in the world,",
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      "text": " It becomes a commodity at a certain point where it becomes part of life. It becomes part of every day. At what point does that technology or that patent belong to the people rather than to the inventor? Right. So as an example, the one that Rob used, the example that Rob used of Star Wars. Oh, yeah.",
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      "text": " I have to pay a premium for my phone because it has the word droid in it. Because Lucas patented the word or copyrighted the word droid forever ago. So first of all, you've got to put some reasonable time limits on this stuff. It's become part of the regular vernacular. Or that he invented droid, short for Android, which I think he invented also or somebody else did. But he was the first one to copyright it or patent it.",
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      "text": " Advanced technology, because literally the copyright, patenting, and trademarking, trademarking I can live with, but the patenting and copywriting is stifling technology. Yeah. Because nobody, everybody's afraid to build something because somebody's going to sue them because somebody else already owns that idea. There are no new ideas in the world. I know. All right, let's talk to Charles. Hey, Charles, how are you? Good, Mike. Your system, first of all, I admire your acknowledgement.",
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      "text": " your idea sort of strikes at the root of capitalism the main idea of capitalism is that you're supposed to be able to enjoy the fruits of your own labor and if you allow government an avenue to tax that labor uh just because you have the idea what you will do is kill incentive reverse effect of doing the opposite of what it is you seek to to it's already doing that though",
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      "text": " The copyright and patent system as itself is already stifling innovation, is already stifling other people who are trying to build products themselves. And I agree with you on that, but there's a way to handle it without the thieving hand of government being introduced into it, and that's shorten the patent period for innovation. The 1911 Colt, that patent is long expired. You know, the Colt 45 semi-automatic? Right. Everybody kind of knows, even if they don't like guns, what it is.",
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      "text": " A GI-45, it's called a 1911. The patents are long expired on that, and today, even though it's 105-year-old technology, maybe even a little older than that, it is the most copied firm in the world today because the patents ran out. So if you run the patents, tax anybody on the product of their mind, you will have a much better system, and you won't have socialism and incentive-killing government regulation.",
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      "text": " Well, and I'm sure there's several ways that you can go about doing it. I mean, it's just an idea that there's something. And I did mention that I think that the terms of these things are unreasonable. I think that they're way too long. And they should be shortened as a whole. I think a patent now is... Learn, and that's how society as a whole benefits from one person's knowledge or even collective knowledge. So it's important that the...",
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      "text": " corporations and people like you and I, Charles, that we put our information out there and it's available for everybody to learn from and to utilize themselves. The mannerisms or the format of this show or any of that stuff or yours even, at least for my case, I don't mind somebody copying the show. I don't mind people taking this idea and using it. The thing is, how do you promote",
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      "text": " And what I'm telling you is it needs to be promoted through incentive, not through coercion. Because any time you give government coercive power, you always diminish freedom. I'm with you on that, and I agree with that. What I was trying to illustrate was not necessarily the coercive power of government, but a disincentive for corporations to own knowledge. And I think that they shouldn't own that knowledge for a certain amount of time. Sure, you go ahead and you build your process, you develop it.",
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      "text": " You build what you need to build with it, but at a certain point, when it becomes popular enough, where it becomes, if you are truly interested in the product that you've created, because hopefully whatever product you've created, you've brought into the world to make a positive change to that world. And like Tesla's doing, in their particular case, where they're saying, we want to see a positive change affected on the world with our technology, and we don't care to sue people over it. We're saying that we've...",
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      "text": " We've developed these patents. We've developed the technology. And now that we're stable in ourselves, it's free to use for everyone. Now, whether that be just because the patent terms are shorter or because corporations are somehow incentivized to free that knowledge, it doesn't matter to me. What I want to see is I want to see a positive change in the world.",
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      "text": " call incentivized government, incentive equals coercion. And so while your idea is noble, the government's execution of it will usually be ignoble. Well, I can agree with that. I can agree with that, and that's why I'm saying that if you change it to a point system rather than having it be in a monetary-based system, I mean, personally, I think that there shouldn't be any money involved in it anyway.",
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      "text": " Hi. If you're Daniel. My cell phone's kind of fuzzy out here west of old Tucson. But anyways, thanks for taking me on. And I'm new to your show. Just found out about it. I have a MacBook, a vintage 2007. And I was just trying to transfer over. I don't know much about even my Dell PC, but they stopped supporting that. And it was okay until the power pack.",
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      "text": " And if it does, then that's great. But if it doesn't, then, you know, you're going to either have to take it back to Simutech and have a look at it, or you can bring it down to us and we can look at it. I'm sorry. As I say, I'm new to your show. I was out of town for a while, and I'm back. So what's your name and where are you? My name is Mike Swanson, and my company is Computer Guru. Okay. And we're over at First and Fort Law. You can reach us at 304-8300 if you want to call us at the shop. He's writing. I can tell. It is great to be back in Tucson, and I'm glad you're there. Great.",
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      "text": " But meanwhile, I need my computer to do that. Right on. All right. You should talk to Charles Heller, because, you know, Charles, I disagree with you, Heller, who calls the show all the time. Charles Heller. No, he's got a good show, and his show is, he has several, actually a few shows, but he mainly talks about things that are regarding liberty and keeping yourself free from government and bureaucracies and all of that stuff. So that's, you know, you should listen to his show. He's on tomorrow. I will check it out. Right on.",
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      "text": " One more question that's on me briefly. My Latitude PC, Dell, thank God, and the battery doesn't charge anymore, even though I put a new one in, but I restarted the wires on the power pack and made that thing work. And somehow I managed to disengage my Wi-Fi capability, so I can't even go to the library or McDonald's or wherever. And with all the hieroglyphics, I was trying to simplify it, so I deleted the ability. Is that hard to recover as far as the ability to use Wi-Fi?",
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      "text": " Well, if it's software-based, like if you just deleted the driver or something, yeah, that's easy enough. But if you physically undid something, it's still fairly easy. It's just hard to tell you which one you did. Yeah, and I've got a few disks here. One of them is Dell Latitude CS-CSX Resource CD colon driver is diagnostic. Well, that would be the one. That's the one you need. Oh, beautiful. Great. Right on. Great.",
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      "text": " All right. Well, man, you've been very helpful, and I appreciate it, and you have a good summer. You do the same, and you better listen next week or else. I will. I will now. Thank you, sir. Thanks for the call. I appreciate it. All right. Goodbye.",
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      "text": " Oh, man. Okay, so other things that I wanted to bring up before we ran out of time. See, we've only got like three minutes left. Did you have something that you wanted on there? No, my whole week was E3, and I'm going to write about it. So look on the website after the show. I'm going to be putting up some blogs about the different things that I experienced while I was there. All right, well, I'm going to send a series of links over to Tara to put in today's podcast, one of which is a tool that you can, even though it's not advertised, it's still another way that Netflix is trying to stick it to Time Warner.",
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