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The Komainu strongly resemble Chinese guardian lions and in fact originate from Tang dynasty China. [10] The Chinese guardian lions are believed to have been influenced by Asiatic lion pelts and lion depictions introduced through trade from either the Middle East or India , countries where the lion existed and was a symbol of strength. [ 11 ]
Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils. People place pairs of shisa on their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses, with the left shisa traditionally having a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth. [1] The open mouth shisa traditionally wards off evil spirits, and the closed mouth shisa keeps good spirits in.
In Japan: the lion figures are known as Shishi (獅子, lion) or Komainu (狛犬, Korean dog) In Korea: known as Sanye (狻猊) In Myanmar and Laos: known as Chinthe, the namesake of the World War II Chindit soldiers; In Okinawa: known as Shisa; In Sri Lanka: known as Singha (සිංහ මූර්ති)
Support for Windows 8 already ended January 12, 2016 (with users having to install Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 to continue to get support), and support for Windows 7 without SP1 was ended April 9, 2013 (with the ability to install SP1 to continue to get support until 2020, or having to install Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 to receive support after 2020).
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Windows 98: Slipstream patch, Bug fix patch, [1] [131] support for harddrives > 137 GB, [132] support for 2k API [133] [134] [135] Windows XP: Update pack [136] [137] Internet Explorer: Fast security fix [138] Nvidia nForce Chipset Device driver: Support for older Chipsets on newer Windows OSs [139] [140] [141] Palm Pre: Functionality extension ...
In September 2022, translation group ZeroField, responsible for English translation spreadsheet and overlays for Trails games, received a cease and desist order from NIS America. [citation needed] A popular belief in the fan translation community is that distributing only a binary patch, which must be applied to the full, original game, is legal.
Kernel Patch Protection (KPP), informally known as PatchGuard, is a feature of 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows that prevents patching the kernel. It was first introduced in 2005 with the x64 editions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1.