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Question
Answer the following question briefly.
How was Sebastian Shultz's memory stored on Michael's disk? How did Michael discover that?
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Solution
Sebastian Shultz’s memory was stored in Michael’s disk while he was in hospital. Someone stole Sebastian Shultz’s games and they ended up at the computer fair from where Michael’s father bought them. So, he restored in his disk when he played them. Sebastian Shultz had a close brush with death. After he had recovered, he returned to school and narrated his experience to his classmates. Yes Michael’s discovered that.
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(a) Sebastian Shultz was badly injured in a motorway accident and went into a coma.
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