This also applies to cable, chain, and webbing.
Gear that is anchored includes anchors, rocks, trees, tripods, trucks, etc.
A "bight" is a simple loop in a rope that does not cross itself.
A "bend" is a knot that joins two ropes together. Bends can only be attached to the end of a rope.
A "hitch" is a type of knot that must be tied around another object.
"Descending devices" (e.g., ATCs, Brake Bar Racks, Figure 8s, Rescue 8s, etc) create friction as their primary purpose. The friction in descending devices is always considered when calculating forces.
The "Safety Factor" is the ratio between the gear's breaking strength and the maximum load applied to the gear (e.g., 5:1).
file your_program.exe strings -n 3 your_program.exe | grep -i "MEI" If no MEI cookie is found, the file is likely not a PyInstaller archive. If you have access to the original build environment, check the version:
Here’s a technical write‑up you can use for documentation, a blog post, or an internal knowledge base. 1. Overview When working with PyInstaller‑generated executables or attempting to extract their contents (using tools like pyi‑archive_viewer , pyinstxtractor , or unpacker scripts), you may encounter an error similar to: file your_program
For further investigation, inspect the last few hundred bytes of the file for the MEI marker and cross‑reference with the known cookie format for your PyInstaller version. a blog post