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From: king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Disk recall notice
Message-ID: <3421@grape3.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jun 90 02:48:49 GMT
References: <113@fishpond.UUCP> <1990Jun6.224027.13036@cbnewsm.att.com>
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In article <1990Jun6.224027.13036@cbnewsm.att.com> nsw@cbnewsm.att.com (Neil Weinstock) writes:
>Whoa there, what's this got to do with anything?  The limitation of 7 plus
>or minus 2 is for short term memory, which is a moot point for anyone that
>plays Tetris for more than 2 minutes (i.e., you remember the pieces in long
>term memory, not short.)

Well, 7 plus or minus 2 is a well-known and widely accepted figure, though
I agree that it's a moot point in this discussion.  What I want to know is
whether Spectrum Holobyte intends on enforcing their rights to ALL games
that have 7 +/- 2 objects?  :-)

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