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From: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Steve Jackson Games (was Re: "Bad" backups)
Message-ID: <1990Nov24.021414.24935@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 24 Nov 90 02:14:14 GMT
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Reply-To: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh)
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL
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In article <1990Nov20.041806.29066@digibd.com> merlyn@digibd.com (Brian Westley (Merlyn LeRoy)) writes:
>You're all missing the most obvious solution:
>
>Old Adage: Never write anything down.
>
>New Adage: Keep everything in RAM.
>
>Cops usually remove what they are searching for, and I doubt they
>would give a second thought about turning the computer off & unplugging it.
>
>
>---
>Merlyn LeRoy
>"Eeelectricity
>   is penny cheap from N..S..P..to..yooooooooou!"


	Now THAT is a good idea.  Yet, RAM is a BIT more expensive than your
average magnetic media.  On my machine one MEG costs $50. Yet a 60 MEG HD
would cost only about 490.   That is about $8 per MEG.

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zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM