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>				In&nbsp;them&nbsp;I&nbsp;trust;&nbsp;for&nbsp;they&nbsp;are&nbsp;[hackers]<br>
				Witty,&nbsp;courteous,&nbsp;liberal,&nbsp;full&nbsp;of&nbsp;spirit.<br>
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>Please, do not email the authors directly. You may well be ignored because they're they type that gets a ton of mail.  Anyone willing to address your question reads the list, and you don't want to offend anyone willing to help you by going about it the wrong way.</P
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