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ALT A blue background features white text: "The Old New Thing" at the top. Below, there's a question about undefined opcodes ud0 and ud1, asking how they can have parameters. The bottom encourages reading Raymond Chen's Blog.

ALT A blue background features an image of an open book and glasses. Text reads: 'The Old New Thing'. Below, it asks why the compiler uses 'ud2' and 'int 3' for non-executing code. At the bottom is a prompt to read Raymond Chen's Blog.

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