Re: copyright under stress

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Doni Gauronski <doni[_at_]citrus.ucr.edu> wrote:
>
> Isn't this a similar concept to one used by Las Vegas casinos to
> keep their customers awake in order to spend more money at the
> gaming tables? Weren't they using piped-in oxygen?

No. A debunking of this and other gambling-related urban legends can be found at <http://www.snopes.com/spoons/legends/gamble.htm>. In general, both <http://www.urbanlegends.com/> and <http://www.snopes.com/> are excellent resources to verify or debunk many urban legends like this.

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