[NOISE] Consolidation of threads ...
Matt Hinze
mhinze at why.net
Mon Apr 15 00:29:16 PDT 1996
>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?
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