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  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Hacker_Innovation_Cycles|28" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" />
      <page pageid="9" ns="0" title="Re-defining and Understanding True Hacking" />
      <page pageid="12" ns="0" title="Extant Hacker Typology" />
      <page pageid="14" ns="0" title="Hacker Generations and Evolution" />
      <page pageid="24" ns="0" title="Hackers, Problem Solving and Innovation" />
      <page pageid="44" ns="0" title="Hacking and Counter-cultural Rebellion" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>