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If You Bought RAM 15 Years Ago There Could Be Cash in Your Mailbox Fifteen years ago, when many of you were sucking at the teet of your mothers the rest of us were sucking at the teet of technology, and we, being brave technological pioneers, bought our RAM and installed it ourselves. And the RAM manufacturers, being douche canoes of the highest order, collaborated to artificially inflate the price of RAM. Big names implicated in the scheme include Samsung, Crucial, and NEC. The RAM manufacturers were sued for their anti-competitive behavior, and ultimately settled for $310 million in 2014. $200 million was set aside for payments like the $60 check Deadspin’s Tim Burke received in the mail yesterday. See http://ift.tt/29tRgNz