It is learned that a huge amount of money has been spent on the invaluable dead tigers here since 1993, but its value is shrinking with the passage of time.

据悉，从1993年开始至今，这里已经耗费了巨额的资金。而在这里价值连城的死虎，正在随着时间的推移缩减着它的价值。

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But, he says, the delay more than compensates for the drag that dead money would have had on his portfolio.

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History (AOL, Netscape, the portal wars, et. al.) would suggest no, but remember when the smart money bailed on Apple and called it for dead.

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