17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
OK, I have a proposal that consolidates two threads that have been discussed recently. How about proposing legislation that mandates that a byte is now 9 bits instead of 8. This would allow the ninth bit to be the decent/indecent bit, thereby solving all of our problems.
The question of decency is still a fundamental problem. What is decent? What is indecent? Who decides? Plus, wouldn't it be difficult to *legislate* an additional bit? How would one implement that into transfer protocols and the like?