[NOISE] Consolidation of threads ...
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. Clay --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clay Olbon II | Clay.Olbon@dynetics.com Systems Engineer | ph: (810) 589-9930 fax 9934 Dynetics, Inc., Ste 302 | http://www.msen.com/~olbon/olbon.html 550 Stephenson Hwy | PGP262 public key: on web page Troy, MI 48083-1109 | pgp print: B97397AD50233C77523FD058BD1BB7C0 TANSTAAFL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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?
olbon@dynetics.com (Clay Olbon II) writes:
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.
Hmm. In the days of COCOM (a relative of ITAR) there was a doctrine that individual pieces of a mosaic may be unclassified, yet together they may form a whole that needs to be export-controlled. Likewise 8-bit values 0x46,0x55,0x43,0x4B may not be obscene individually, but together they comprise a vile, CDA-prohibited obscenity. --- Dr. Dimitri Vulis Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
Clay Olbon II writes:
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.
Ah, the naughty bits. .pm
Clay Olbon II wrote:
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.
Clay
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