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This file was processed as: Mailbox/MIME Entity
(archive/mbox).
| Confidence | Program | Detection | Match Type | Support
|
|---|
| 100%
| dexvert
| Newsgroup Content (archive/news)
| magic
| Supported |
| 99%
| dexvert
| Mailbox/MIME Entity (archive/mbox)
| magic
| Supported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Text File (text/txt)
| fallback
| Supported |
| 100%
| file
| news, ISO-8859 text
| default
| |
| 100%
| TrID
| PrintFox/Pagefox bitmap (640x800)
| default (weak)
| |
| 100%
| perlTextCheck
| Likely Text (Perl)
| default
| |
| 100%
| siegfried
| fmt/950 MIME Email (1.0)
| default
| |
| 100%
| detectItEasy
| Format: plain text[LF]
| default (weak)
| |
| 100%
| xdgMime
| message/news
| default
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|000060b0| 30 3a 32 34 20 31 39 39 | 33 0a 53 75 62 6a 65 63 |0:24 199|3.Subjec|
|000060c0| 74 3a 20 33 2e 35 2e 20 | 57 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 |t: 3.5. |What is |
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|00006100| 70 65 65 64 67 6c 75 65 | 2c 20 74 68 65 20 67 6c |peedglue|, the gl|
|00006110| 75 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 | 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 |ue used |in the p|
|00006120| 72 61 63 74 69 63 65 20 | 6f 66 20 72 65 67 6c 75 |ractice |of reglu|
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|00006140| 2c 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 | 65 6e 0a 75 73 65 64 20 |, has be|en.used |
|00006150| 73 69 6e 63 65 20 74 68 | 65 20 6c 61 74 65 20 20 |since th|e late |
|00006160| 37 30 27 73 2e 20 20 49 | 20 62 65 6c 69 65 76 65 |70's. I| believe|
|00006170| 20 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 | 68 65 20 70 72 61 63 74 | that t|he pract|
|00006180| 69 63 65 20 20 77 61 73 | 20 61 74 74 72 69 62 75 |ice was| attribu|
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|000061a0| 72 20 53 75 72 62 65 6b | 2e 20 20 57 68 61 74 20 |r Surbek|. What |
|000061b0| 20 74 68 65 20 70 6c 61 | 79 65 72 73 20 64 6f 20 | the pla|yers do |
|000061c0| 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 20 | 20 65 61 63 68 20 70 72 |before | each pr|
|000061d0| 61 63 74 69 63 65 20 73 | 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 20 |actice s|ession |
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|00006200| 65 72 20 73 68 65 65 74 | 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 |er sheet| from th|
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|00006230| 6e 20 62 6f 74 68 20 74 | 68 65 20 62 6c 61 64 65 |n both t|he blade|
|00006240| 20 61 6e 64 20 72 75 62 | 62 65 72 20 73 68 65 65 | and rub|ber shee|
|00006250| 74 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 | 72 65 70 6c 61 63 65 20 |ts, and |replace |
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|00006280| 20 20 54 68 65 20 73 65 | 63 72 65 74 20 69 73 20 | The se|cret is |
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|000063f0| 6f 66 74 65 72 2e 0a 54 | 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c |ofter..T|his will|
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