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	sefo anilg, new comments are deleted automaticall y because of some abuse recently
	anilg this is plain wierd. I submitted comments twice to article 950, and they dont seem to be there. Something wrong with the comment code?
	CodeX shout-boxes in general are old + the staff thing happened to everyone after an issue 2 months ago
	anilg /me is no longer staff :(
	anilg Also, osix's shoutbox predated twitter. Heh.

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Level	Size	Comments	Date Submitted
Face Value	77 bytes	0	08-12-2003
The Power of the Program	89 bytes	0	10-12-2003
SuperStego	2292 bytes	1	30-06-2004
Brute Force	1689 bytes	1	03-12-2004
Mersenne Twister	946 bytes	0	08-12-2004

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A Brief History of OSI	100	20-05-2004
History and Basic Programming Knowledge	71	14-06-2004
Advanced Programming Techniques	93	21-05-2004
RFC1459 Test	60	13-04-2005

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