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14th January 2008, 11:30 AM
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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel. -- Homer Simpson |
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14th January 2008, 12:11 PM
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Hey, that's a good name
for a band! 
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Why Darwin Matters, latest Skeptical Inquirer, and biography of Johnny Unitas. I'm always reading more than one thing.
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All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? |
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15th January 2008, 04:49 AM
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Thinker
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Location: Australia
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"God is Not Great; how religion poisons everything" by Christopher Hitchens
"Coral: a pessimist in paradise" by Steve Jones - 'Jones is the Alan Bennett of science writing' (Financial Times) "My Young Years" by Arthur Rubinstein (more about wine, women and gourmet meals than music) "Paris Interiors" by Lisa Lovatt-Smith - see how artistic Parisians live (hint: they don't follow the style rules) - the photographs are luscious. |
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15th January 2008, 05:05 AM
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"Colossus" by Niall Ferguson
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16th January 2008, 03:31 AM
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Thinker
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Currently reading "Days of Infamy" by Harry Turtledove.
Which lead me to wonder why the Japanese didn't follow up with an invasion of Hawaii. Which led me to writing this spoof of the 9/11 Truth brigade:- http://jaycueaitch.wordpress.com/200...e-job/#more-24 I hope blog-pimping is allowed on this site! 
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16th January 2008, 07:53 AM
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Adelaidean
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Location: Australia, not that you'll read the "location" field.
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Mathematics 1A/ Mathematics 1B Notes on Complex Numbers and Matrix Algebra Calculus James Stewart This is what I get for failing Maths first semester. A catch up exam when I've forgotten everything. |
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17th January 2008, 07:51 AM
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Illuminator
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Detroit
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The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993 by Charles Bukowski. Checked it out of the library just yesterday. The exterior shows nothing but a picture of Bukowski's face. So here's a book you really can judge by its cover.
Yes, it's pretty gruesome: Buskowski's face, lying there on the table. But how many poets or other types of litterarties can make you laugh? |
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18th January 2008, 10:56 AM
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Critical Thinker
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Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend by Casey Tefertiller. I'm to the part, just after the shootout at the O.K. Corral, where the townspeople turn against the Earps during the trial.
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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989) |
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18th January 2008, 11:18 AM
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Muse
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: York, England
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The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow - one of the funniest novels I've read for a long time and of particular interest to sceptics. Also the only book I've ever read that purports to be narrated by another book, in this case Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. A terrific read.
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20th January 2008, 01:22 PM
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Graduate Poster
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Just finished:
R. Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451 C. Hitchens – Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man Just started: W. Gibson – Spook Country |
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22nd January 2008, 07:20 AM
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Thinker
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Location: "On the group 'W' Bench...."
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Just finished Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby. I read it because it is one of the ten books that Sam Harris recommends at the end of Letter to a Christian Nation, which I read recently. I also just finished Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein. Now I've started Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics by Robert B. Banks.
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Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you. -- Annie Dillard (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) |
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22nd January 2008, 08:54 AM
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Location: Sunny Leith
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As one of my Xmas presents was a Satnav that also plays audible books, I have been listening to "The Count of Monte Cristo" on my drive to and from work every day. About 10 hours in (think it is about 50 odd in total!) and thoroughly enjoying it.
Would feel a bit strange saying I am "reading" the book though, which I know is bizarre as it is an unabridged translation so I am not missing anything. |
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25th January 2008, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by JQH
Currently reading "Days of Infamy" by Harry Turtledove.
Which lead me to wonder why the Japanese didn't follow up with an invasion of Hawaii. Which led me to writing this spoof of the 9/11 Truth brigade:- http://jaycueaitch.wordpress.com/200...e-job/#more-24 I hope blog-pimping is allowed on this site!
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I've been involved in a lot of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader.--Creed, "The Office" The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be only found in the minds of men. Prejudices and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own.--Rod Serling |
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25th January 2008, 06:26 AM
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Butterbeans and Breadcrumbs
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Just started The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
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25th January 2008, 06:27 AM
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Philosopher
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Location: USA
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Richard & John -- a history of the Richard the Lionhearted and John Plantagenant.
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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel. -- Homer Simpson |
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25th January 2008, 06:28 AM
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"The (Mis)Behaviour of Markets" by Benoit Mandelbrot
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25th January 2008, 03:50 PM
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Muse
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Location: York, England
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Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin.
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25th January 2008, 09:52 PM
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Pastor of Muppets
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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
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"I love you like a fat kid love cake." - 50 Cent |
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26th January 2008, 04:25 AM
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Combat Division 
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Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen.
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I think we should be grateful that somehow the material in the universe came together and gave us consciousness. It was statiscally improbable. We won the lottery. We had a life. Hubbard's Law: Don't take life too seriously; you won't get out of it alive. |
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26th January 2008, 05:32 AM
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Graduate Poster
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In a beautifully understandable universe
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Faith - Len Deighton
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26th January 2008, 06:26 PM
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Ideas Have Consequences by Richard Weaver.
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28th January 2008, 10:16 AM
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Illuminator
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Location: Detroit
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The Swan's Trumpet, by E. B. White.
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28th January 2008, 11:13 AM
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Just finished The God Delusion, just started Ilario by Mary Gentle.
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28th January 2008, 01:28 PM
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Scholar
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Small Wonders by Barbara Kingsolver
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28th January 2008, 07:33 PM
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Pastor of Muppets
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Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer by Maureen Ogle
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"I love you like a fat kid love cake." - 50 Cent |
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28th January 2008, 08:15 PM
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Critical Thinker
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The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham, a semi-autobiographical tale of a rebellious teen growing up in a rural American Hassidic community.
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett, a Discworld book. Not one of my favorites--I know the Discworld books are satires, but it's a touch too anvilicious even for a satire. |
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29th January 2008, 06:18 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: USA
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McMansion a murder mystery by Justin Scott
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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel. -- Homer Simpson |
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29th January 2008, 07:29 AM
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Girl
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"Affluenza" by Oliver James. It's pretty bad and I'm not going to finish it.
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29th January 2008, 11:00 PM
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Dominus Sinistrae
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Location: Las Vegas
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Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad.
Available free for download: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/526 LLH |
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What though the field be lost? All is not lost—the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield - Milton, Paradise Lost |
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30th January 2008, 06:05 PM
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Graduate Poster
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In a beautifully understandable universe
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Lord of the Rings Tenth or so time but first since seeing the films.
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31st January 2008, 06:46 AM
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Master Poster
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Location: Texas
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I just got King's Duma Key. It's a big one at 600 pages. On top of my schedule and things I have planned, it'll take me a while to finish.
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31st January 2008, 06:48 AM
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Illuminator
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Originally Posted by Acleron
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31st January 2008, 06:50 AM
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Illuminator
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Location: Detroit
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Just finished good old J. Nickell's Looking for a Miracle. Hey, the choir likes a good sermon!
Now starting Ruggles of Red Gap. Humor too often goes stale with age, but not this 'un. |
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31st January 2008, 06:58 AM
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Illuminator
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Just finished good old J. Nickell's Looking for a Miracle. Hey, the choir likes a good sermon!
Now starting Ruggles of Red Gap. Humor too often goes stale with age, but not this 'un. |
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31st January 2008, 08:17 AM
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Colorado
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Anabasis The March up Country - Xenophon translated by W.H.D. Rouse
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My principles? They are very much for sale and surprisingly cheap. I take credit cards. |
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31st January 2008, 08:37 AM
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Critical Thinker
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I've just finished Matter by Iain M. Banks. I enjoyed it but thought the ending was a little weak.
I am now starting on Dark Heresy the RPG rules for playing in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. My enjoyment is only slightly spoiled by the fact that Games Workshop announced the closure of its RPG arm two days after the game's release. |
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1st February 2008, 02:15 PM
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Salted Sith Cynic
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I am a Strange Loop (Douglas Hofstadter)
The Consolation of Philosophy (Botheus, translation into English) DR |
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Helicopters don't so much fly as beat the air into submission. "Jesus wept, but did He laugh?"--F.H. Buckley____"There is one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth ... His mirth." --Chesterton__"If the barbarian in us is excised, so is our humanity."--D'rok__ "I only use my gun whenever kindness fails."-- Robert Earl Keen__"Sturgeon spares none.". -- The Marquis |
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1st February 2008, 07:03 PM
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New Blood
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Location: Seattle, WA
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Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine, by R. Barker Bausell, Ph.D.
What if someone with impeccable academic credentials and years of experience in designing rigorous clinical trials turned this expertise toward CAM (complementary and alternative medicine)? What if this same person reviewed the controversial and contradictory literature of CAM for efficacy? What if this same person went the extra mile and helped to develop a credible placebo for, say, acupuncture? Find out answers to all 3 questions in this book, written by the former Research Director of a National Institutes of Health-funded Complementary and Alternative Medicine Specialized Research Center. If I had 10 hands, I'd give this book all 10 thumbs up. |
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2nd February 2008, 06:44 AM
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Philosopher
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Just finished No Country for Old Men and Your Call is Important to Us: the Truth About Bull(rule8). First was excellent, though seeing the movie first did affect my visualization. The second was just ok, basically a book-length editorial, but it did put things into perspective regarding where my workplace fits in the grand scheme of things (I'm head of security at a call center).
Currently reading Sperm Wars, Robin Baker The 33 Strategies of War, Robert Greene and A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole. And a recommendation for the chick in acuity's avatar: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Shaving-My...1963377&sr=8-5 |
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"There's vastly more truth to be found in rocks than in holy books. Rocks are far superior, in fact, because you can DEMONSTRATE the truth found in rocks. Plus, they're pretty. Holy books are just heavy." - Dinwar "Roy Moore of Alabama. The world would absolutely benefit by him being run over by any vehicle." - Lowpro |
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4th February 2008, 05:06 AM
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