HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tvasi@shakti.bio.uci.edu (Taha K.Vasi.)
Subject: +8 and above ...
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 8 Apr 92 06:52:48 GMT

  As the subject says, how do you get a weapon's enchantment to +8 or above.
The Wheaton spoilers claim that there is no limit (sounds unlikely). However,
every time I tried getting my Excaliber over +5, I have failed.

  Now I have a +6 Excalibur and have a blessed scroll of Enchant armor. I also
have a normal scroll. What are my chances at succeeding?
From: kaoru@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kaoru MAEDA)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Discerning weapon enchantments
Date: 8 Apr 92 11:07:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: kei.1992Apr8.110729.27335
Reply-To: kaoru@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Organization: Dept. of Information Science, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan.
X-Bytes: 1087

In article <1992Apr6.203541.17016@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
	act31797@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Procrastinator  P1000) writes:

 >	  Whenever a player puts on a piece of armor it immediately becomes
 >apparent what that armor's enchantment is.  Why is this not so when a player
 >wields a weapon?  At the very least, a weapon's enchantment should become
 >known when that player uses that weapon in combat.  IMHO it would be a good
 >idea if in the next version of nethack a player could find out a weapon's
 >enchantment (numerical, not (un)cursed/blessed status) upon either wielding
 >it or using it in combat.

I'd say rather in the opposite way.

AC should not be displayed.  Applying a stethoscope or a
wand of probing at player himself, or drinking a potion
of enlightment can identify his AC.

And how about ability characteristics?  How a person can
determine ``mmm, my charisma is 11, not 10''???
--------------------------------------------------
 Kaoru Maeda		 kaoru@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
 Dept. of Inf. Sci., Fac. of Sci., Univ. of Tokyo
--------------------------------------------------
From: "john russell" <john.russell@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: shopkeeper spoiler
Date: 16 Apr 92 19:33:04 EST
Reply-To: "john russell" <john.russell@canrem.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

It isn't just if you are invisible the shopkeeper won't come after you:
in my experience, he won't come out the door after you, so you can stand
outside and throw things through the door.

But losing telepathy is tough on a good character -- several times I've
had to go up and down all 30 levels looking for a floating eye before
going down to hell, and once I was lucky enough to pray and get granted
my telepathy back.

John
--
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World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
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From: cec35848@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chuck Carroll)
Subject: Re: STORY: Vendik's Tale - Part 3
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 04:06:24 GMT

	Hmmm...you could do some interesting things with some other
classes, too.  Some examples follow.  They may or may not contain
spoilers.


	As I entered the room, I saw a gem lying in the middle of
the floor.  By my training I immediately recognized it as a diamond.
I held my trusty whip in hand, being suspicious of what appeared to
be a gift.  As I approached the gem, a garter snake hidden under it
bit me!  I *hate* snakes.

	Thag see goblin.  Goblin throw knife at Thag!  Thag angry.
Thag smash goblin with club.  Thag see chest.  Chest won't open.
Thag smash chest.

	As I opened the door, I realized that I was in a shop.
The merchant greeted me warmly.  "Welcome to Possogronoe's general
store!  And may I say that's a lovely shirt you're wearing."  He held
out a book to me.  "This would make a lovely souvenir for a friend
back home.  And it's a steal for only 800 gold."  As I looked it over,
I heard a noise behind me.  A kobold had entered the shop!  *This*
would be something to tell my friends.  I *had* to have its picture.

-- 
Chuck Carroll					      cec35848@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Vous bumme, il y a un poisson dans votre bibliotheque.
 (You bum, there is a fish in your library.)"		  -- Dave Barry
From: kavuri@lips2.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri )
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: More Q's for the Omniscient
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:18:22 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network


 As it were, I am habituated to asking a few questions
 every now and then. So, here I go again.

 (Q1) I lost my intrinsic telepathy twice.  First time I killed
      a shop keeper.  Second time I killed a guard.  The only 
     other way, I hear, is through killing a Priestess or a 
     gremlin chuckling at you.  How about killing an Oracle ?
     

 (Q2) Can a gremlin take away fire resistance when you are 
      in the hell ? That sounds scary.  Do you normally 
      genocide these guys, then ? 

  (Q3) I have (a) speed boots (b) boots of levitation 
      (c) ring of levitation (d) +3 ring of inc damage
       (e) ring of teleport control.
      I can teleport at will.

       Should I choose (a, c, e) or (b, d, e) ?
       Also, since I lost my telepathy, is it worth the
       giving up one of the rings to wear ring of see inviz ?

      I have a WoW. Should I ask for (1) RoR (2) RoConflict
          

      I am currently at level 49.  Climbing up. 




 Surya Kavuri
 (Wizard Slayer)
From: jwbutler@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (J.W.)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: I've isolated my 386/Enhanced mode problem!
Date: 16 Apr 92 20:39:49 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Purdue University

In <4b8D02hl10rd01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> jdg00@ccc.amdahl.com (Josh Grosse) writes:

>In my MS-DOS 5 CONFIG.SYS I've got two records that appear to be the cause
>of the problem:
>          DOS=HIGH,UMB
>          DEVICEHIGH=C:\.....
>I load a device driver that can run above the 640K line.
>If I drop this driver back below the line by changing these lines to:
>          DOS=HIGH
>          DEVICE=C:\.....
>My problem goes away (once I remove RAWIO, of course).  I've been
>working with Mike Gallop (mikey@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca) on this problem,
>and perhaps with this new insight he can figure out what the root cause
>is.

Funny, I've got lots of stuff loaded high in the UMB area, and I can run NH
inside of Windows (3.1) without any problem in 386 Enhanced mode.

My .pif is as follows:

Name: NETHACK.EXE
startup dir: C:\NETHACK

KB REQUIRED: 0
KB DESIRED: 640


This seems to run quite well both in full screen and windowed mode. 

Also, I just left my .cnf the way it was and did NOT rmove the rawio command.

Joe

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
 PPPPPP    Q: What's the difference between IU's Little 5 & Purdue's Grand Prix?
 PP   PP   A: Real Men drive Go-karts, not bicycles! 8-)
 PPPPPP
 PP        The "Powers from the Towers" - Cary Quad: Purdue's 1st Hall
 PP        jwbutler@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
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From: mehr@oskar.uchicago.edu (David Mehringer)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: nethack servers
Keywords: nethack servers
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:52:02 GMT
Organization: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

In article <1992Apr13.052733.14615@ccsd.uts.EDU.AU> eugene@uts.EDU.AU (R Rosen) writes:
>
> Could somebody post or email me a list of nethack servers provided
>they do exist?
>                          eugene@amdahl.ccsd.uts.edu.au

tarkas.tamu.edu (Thank you cjohn mace!)

--
Dave Mehringer            | "... But the most amazing thing to me is,
dmehring@zia.aoc.nrao.edu |   I/get paid
National Radio Astronomy  |   for doin'
Observatory, Socorro, NM  |   this." -- Steve Martin
From: hayes@ddemo3.aero.org (Brian Hayes 74-35 x65129)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: amulet of yendor ... in level 28 ??
Date: 13 Apr 92 23:39:18 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company; El Segundo, CA

In article <1992Apr13.172203.10107@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> kavuri@lips3.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri ) writes:
N>
>  OK, I found an amulet of yendor in level 28.  Does this
>  mean I am done with the game ?
Try identifing it...FYI: there are other ways of doing this (so posted) without
using spells.

> I have found no way down 
> level 28.  There was no castle level so far.  Is this 
> the end of the dungeons ? 
MINOR SPOILER:

Keep looking ... the castle is around level 30 (if i remember correctly) and 
the wizard...well, they say that level teleporting is the best way to 
start searching for him (possibly start looking for him around level 99 :^)

-- 
<<<<<<<<<< Brian Hayes hayes%bh_ddemo3@hac2arpa (310) 616-5129 >>>>>>>>>>>>
From: mckinzie@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Mark McKinzie)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Infinite gold
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:52:34 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin Dept. of Mathematics

wen5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Stan "T2" Wen) writes:

>I have found a way to get infinite gold on any level, but I'm afraid to
>reveal it because people might abuse it.  What should I do?

Infinite gold strikes me as being useless in the game.  But if you
have a way of getting infinite strength to carry the gold, then I
might be interested.


-- 
Mark McKinzie          | Listen, if they're going to buy lunch boxes,
mckinzie@math.wisc.edu | they might as well buy David Cassidy lunch boxes.
UW Dept. of Mathematics|
Madison, WI 53706      |            -David Cassidy-
From: rousseau@leffe.cma.fr (Olivier-Laurent Rousseau)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: HELP
Date: 17 Apr 92 10:49:36 GMT
Reply-To: rousseau@carolus.cma.fr
Organization: Institut Superieur d'informatique et d'Automatique



	I am new at this game. I've just brought the sources and compiled
them for HP9000S300. Now it works (or it seems to work). There are some
problems left and I hope someone will help me to solve them :

		- Sometimes, when you're about to  reach a profound level,
		it says approximatly:
			"Can't build the STRONGHOLD"
			"Program in disorder"
			"You'd better quit the game"

		- When I restart a saved game, it always says
			"You are lucky, full moon tonight"

	Thank you for your help. 


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From: eugene@uts.EDU.AU (R Rosen)
Subject: nethack servers
Organisation: University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:25:34 GMT
Summary: nethack servers?
Keywords: nethack servers


 Could somebody post or email me a list of nethack servers provided
they do exist?
                          eugene@amdahl.ccsd.uts.edu.au
From: hayes@ddemo3.aero.org (Brian Hayes 74-35 x65129)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: All and the sundry ... a few questions
Date: 13 Apr 92 23:33:38 GMT
Followup-To: hayes@hac2arpa
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company; El Segundo, CA

In article <1992Apr13.170134.9496@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> kavuri@lips3.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri ) writes:
>  (Q1) I have seen a whole array of monsters but the 
>       most difficult was a titan which I faced in level 15.
>       (I am at level 26 now).  This guy blew away my
>       I need a particular intrinsic to kill this guy ?
The best intrinsics you can have are a) wisdom and b) experience...next time, I
suggest you use...a) wand o' death (if you're in a hurry) ...b) cockatrice
corpse (if you smoke these, do you get *really* stoned?) ...c) etc...	
>  (Q2) I had the intrinsic "see invisible" quite early in the
>       game.  At level 21, I was blinded by lightning from 
>       a Dragon.  I lost my intrinsic after that! 
I had something similar happen to me...what a pain. 
But, I've never lost any other intrinsic (other than those associated with 
objects that nymphs like to steal).

Is it true that gremlins can steal intrinsics?

-- 
<<<<<<<<<< Brian Hayes hayes%bh_ddemo3@hac2arpa (310) 616-5129 >>>>>>>>>>>>
From: hayes@ddemo3.aero.org (Brian Hayes 74-35 x65129)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Helm Of Opposite Alignment
Date: 15 Apr 92 18:54:08 GMT
Followup-To: hayes@hac2arpa

My Knight (lawful) has obtained a Helm Of Opposite Alignment.  In 
what ways might this be benificial and detrimental?

For example, can I #offer at choatic offers while wearing the helm 
without reducing my luck or offending the lawful god?

If while wearing the helm can I wreck havoc like any other choatic 
character without damaging my lawfulness?


-- 
<<<<<<<<<< Brian Hayes hayes%bh_ddemo3@hac2arpa (310) 616-5129 >>>>>>>>>>>>
From: hayes@ddemo3.aero.org (Brian Hayes 74-35 x65129)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Gauntlets of Dexterity
Date: 9 Apr 92 23:08:31 GMT
Followup-To: hayes%bh_ddemo3@hac2arpa
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company; El Segundo, CA

Is there any way to change the bonus of a pair of gauntlets of dex?


-- 
<<<<<<<<<< Brian Hayes hayes%bh_ddemo3@hac2arpa (310) 616-5129 >>>>>>>>>>>>
From: rob@wzv.win.tue.nl (Rob J. Nauta)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: spoiler (-MAX_INT) AC
Date: 6 Apr 92 10:15:32 GMT
Organization: Sex, UNIX & Rock 'n Roll

In article <LCL.92Apr3125805@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu> lcl@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu writes:
>
>As a leprechan can you steal gold from a priest without angering them?  
>I assume to do it you'd try to move into their space, as with other 
>attacks, right?  Or do you use another means?

No no, use #monster if you can, it's always hilarious what you can do
as certain monsters :-)

>Shore hope there'll be a nethack server somewhere soon...  Been a long
>time since I got to hack!

'Shore' hope so too... :-)

>Lisa Caroline Lewis   		    Our country, right or wrong.  
>lcl@csa.bu.edu      -or-	    When right, to be kept right; 
>lcl@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu     when wrong, to be put right.
>                  	             - Carl Schurz, January 17, 1872

Rob


-- 
+-----------------------+
| Rob J. Nauta          |       "In the end, all time spent is wasted time."
| rob@wzv.win.tue.nl    |
| Phone: +31-40-833777  |
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From: act31797@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Procrastinator  P1000)
Subject: Eating geckos and poison resistance
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:07:52 GMT

	One of the rumors says something about not being able to be healthy
if you eat a gecko.  Does eating geckos either remove the poison resistance
intrinsic, or prevent you from ever getting it (short of, say an amulet)?
ADVthanxANCE.
--
Andrew Trapp       atrapp@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
dreamer@uiuc.edu   act31797@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

"Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost 
faith in ourselves." -- Eric Hoffer
From: ningwang@acsu.buffalo.edu (Ning Wang)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: MORE PROBLEMS WITH CASTLES
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:54:03 GMT
Organization: UB

In article <1992Apr15.170421.1@jaguar.uofs.edu> cmj1@jaguar.uofs.edu writes:
>I posted before about the castle, and I was told to just fall down the trap
>doors in the back.  Good idea, but nada.. It took me to the center of the earth,
>I mapped out the whole area and found only one stairway up, at which I found
>myself back at the castle... AGGGGGHHH!!! NOW WHAT?  I will gladly send my save

Hmmm, the first time I got there, I fell down the trapdoor and got fried..
The second time I was prepared, I had both the waterwalking and the jumping
boots.. But some $!$%@!$ turned off my computer as I was walking in the water
SOO close.. So how did you live to get into hell anyway??


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From: silly@molest.ugcs.caltech.edu (Brad Threatt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: The tale of Andrigo Sipaliwini
Summary: A curious tale
Date: 7 Apr 92 04:07:14 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

I've spent many a sunless day and moonless night in the dark caverns beneath
those fair woods I once called home, and in that time, I've learned of the
wonder and the horror that lies in the wizard's dungeon.  Few things are more
curious, however, than the tale of Andrigo Sipaliwini, a squat, fierce human
whose shop is at the end of ten stairways leading down.  I was in dire need
of food, and Sipaliwini had an ample supply, but, as is the unfortunate habit
of shopkeepers, he was unwilling to part with his waybread and slime molds
without compensation.  I was recently robbed by a fair nymph and a leprechaun,
obviously in league with each other, and so I had nothing with which to pay
Andrigo.  I did, however, have a wand of polymorph.  Recalling the dire 
and vague warnings about killing a shopkeeper, I decided that I should
polymorph him instead, and then run while he chased me as a lesser creature.
I aimed my wand and squeezed it lightly, focusing my inner strength, and the
wand glowed.  Suddenly, Sipaliwini the shopkeeper became Sipaliwini the grey
unicorn!  He was obviously upset with me, and, being a tourist of mild manner,
I didn't want to kill such a unique beast.  I drew a useless gem (I know not
what kind) from the floor of the shop and hurled it at Sipaliwini.  He was
further maddened, but disappeared into thin air.  Surprisingly, when I found
him again, he was calm and composed, and every time I threw a gem at him, he
because furious, then neighed and disappeared, and soon forgave me.  When I
last saw Andrigo, he had returned to his shop and was adjusting to his new
form well.  If, someday, fate claims this body, I hope to adjust to the 
change as well as he.

--
Brad Threatt | MISSING! Single white male Jesus look-alike in blue 
             | Members Only jacket.  Answers to the name 'Dave Gillespie'.
Safe sex is  | Last seen with roller-skating couple in Pasadena.  
for wimps.   | If found, please return to the cs10 lab immediately.
From: olsonr@acf3.nyu.edu (Ron the Carboard Box)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Colors on IBM...
Summary: How can I change the colors?
Keywords: IBM color hack
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:33:34 GMT
Organization: New York University

Hi all...

I just got a new copy of nethack after playing hack for a long long
time, and wow! What a difference! A *much* better game!

Anyway, on Hack, my colors were dark blue on black, which is the way I
have the screen set up so that all prompts are in those colors,
directories, whatever.

NetHack, however, wants to play with white on blue. Yuck.

I checked the .CNF file and it only mentioned the graphics. I set the
TERMCAP to the one in nethack, but I can't make out the color section
of it to save my life.

I don't want to change any other colors, but keep the dungeon dark
blue on black. Any ideas?


Thanks

Ron
.
From: hayes@ddemo3.aero.org (Brian Hayes 74-35 x65129)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Infinite gold
Date: 17 Apr 92 15:32:03 GMT
Followup-To: hayes@hac2arpa
Distribution: na

In article <1992Apr16.215234.730@schaefer.math.wisc.edu> mckinzie@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Mark McKinzie) writes:
>wen5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Stan "T2" Wen) writes:
>
>>I have found a way to get infinite gold on any level, but I'm afraid to
>>reveal it because people might abuse it.  What should I do?
>
>Infinite gold strikes me as being useless in the game.  But if you
>have a way of getting infinite strength to carry the gold, then I
>might be interested.
>
Stan: please post as spoiler...I have a certain priestess I would like 
to visit.




-- 
<<<<<<<<<< Brian Hayes hayes%bh_ddemo3@hac2arpa (310) 616-5129 >>>>>>>>>>>>
From: tvasi@shakti.bio.uci.edu (Taha K.Vasi.)
Subject: Re: down to level 50 ...
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 13 Apr 92 00:34:35 GMT

In article <1992Apr12.075106.19259@cco.caltech.edu> bonnie@cco.caltech.edu (Bonnie Jean Wallace) writes:
>tvasi@shakti.bio.uci.edu (Taha K.Vasi.) writes:
>
>>I managed to get to the castle level, and conquer it. Now I need to go down
>>to level 50 and work my way up. My problem is that I don't have a scroll of
>>teleportation. And the level teleporters don't seem to be working for me. 
>
>>I wonder why? I even removed my magic-prot cloak...I still keep getting 
>>a "wrenching sensation". I am a little tired of waiting for creatures and 
>>killing them, in the hope that they drop me a scroll of tele. I do have a
>>wand of tele. but I it won't level teleport, when I'm confused.
>
>>Any ideas???
>>				- Taha
>
>
>Only one.  What kind of armor are you wearing?
>

Am wearing the following:

	1. blessed +3 gray dragon scale mail
	2. blessed +1 small shield
	3. blessed +1 water walking boots
	4. +3 orcish helm
	5. blessed +2 riding gloves

I also have a blessed +2 elven cloak, which I removed thinking that it might
have made a difference.
From: valiviit@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Mika Valiviita)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: If you get punished...
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:19:34 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

...early in the game and you are doing so badly that you want to quit...

...throw that ball up (<)...

...Killed by a falling object.  
-- 
Mika Valiviita  (valiviit@cc.helsinki.fi) The University of Helsinki
         I'll be back!    Why?    I just will!    Why?
From: z0w6103@summa.tamu.edu (WU, ZUOGUO)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: a bug?
Date: 7 Apr 92 09:34:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

This is a possible bug in 3.0.10.

My barbarian, with a Dex of 18, was wearing an unidentified gauntlets of
dexterity. (The gauntlets worths 50 in a shop, and it was not power or
fumbling, so I figured it got to be dexterity)  Then he read a spellbook,
which happened to be cursed, and his gauntlets was corrided. After he took
off the -1 gauntlets, the Dex went up to 19. That was a natural 19, I thought
it was impossible.

Can anybody confirm this?

---ZGW
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: phth@cc.newcastle.edu.au
Subject: Re: NetHack with Windows 3.0 in 386/Enhanced mode
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 03:01:11 GMT

On 13 Apr 92 Josh writes

>Whenever I try to do this, I get the message "can't find configuration
>file."  I can run NetHack just fine when I'm outside the Windows environment.
>See, I just obtained a 386 and finally I'd like to be able to run the game
>from a window.

Windows 3.0 uses a one-line command for running applications, meaning that
the default directory will *not* be the one containing the nethack overlay
files. The simplest workaround is to write a small batch file something like

CD \GAMES\NETHACK
NETHACK

call it NH.BAT and run it when you want to play the game. (To avoid problems
don't call the batch file NETHACK.BAT!). I haven't tried this out but am
fairly confident it will work.

	Tony Dyson,
        Newcastle Uni Australia

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