[NOISE] Consolidation of threads ...
Dr. Dimitri Vulis
dlv at bwalk.dm.com
Sun Apr 14 16:50:55 PDT 1996
olbon at 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.
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