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That isn't to say memory compression itself is a pipe dream. On the contrary, the technology is real, and Syncronys is not the only company to have cashed in on its appeal. But neither of SoftRAM 95's top competitors--Connectix's RAM Doubler and Quarterdeck's MagnaRAM2--can boast sales approaching SoftRAM 95's 650,000 copies. And while some have complained about the speed of the other products, neither has been targeted for the kind of virulent attacks mounted against SoftRAM...
...McDonnell Douglas warned airlines three years ago that fatigue cracks had shown up in some early models of the plane. The manufacturers advised airlines to inspect the bulkheads more frequently or reinforce all of these early-model DC-9s with "doubler" pieces...
...because they play on and on, giving the house odds a chance to operate. The only successful system, known as the Small Martingale, is to double the bet after each losing play, a maneuver the casinos effectively counter by establishing a bet limit. With a limit of $500, a doubler starting at $1 would have to bet an illegal $512 after only nine consecutive losses...
...refuse it, sacrifice his stake, start a new game. When he has accepted the double, he has the whole right to double a second time. He can make this second double before any of his throws. The right of making the third double goes back to the first doubler. There is no limit to the number of doubles that can be made, but the greatest number ever recorded in a game starting at $1 stake is twelve ($4,096). If two excited brokers on a club-car should make 20 doubles in a $1 game, they would be playing...
...University of Georgia won both games of a doubler-header with the Yale baseball team Saturday, winning 9-0 and 7-2 respectively. The Yale scores resulted from Desibow's triple in the second game with two men on the bases. Hartnett, pitching for Yale, allowed 15 hits in the first game, while Pond and Ross held Georgia in the second game to seven hits, four of which were for extra bases. Besides being weak at the bat, the Elis made eight errors during the afternoon, including two muffed fly balls in the outfield...
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