Illegal Numbers
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Illegal Numbers
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#2The often relevant "What Colour are your bits?" - http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23
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#4The often relevant "What Colour are your bits?" - http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23
Summary: "Illegal number" is a term that you use to refer to protected digital information when you also want to convey that you have no grasp of the legal issues involved.
Re: Illegal Numbers
#5The often relevant "What Colour are your bits?" - http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23
Summary: "Illegal number" is a term that you use to refer to protected digital information when you also want to convey that you have no grasp of the legal issues involved.
Having read the article, I'm not sure if this summary is satirical or not. On the one hand, it sounds like it could be a relevant summary of his point, on the other hand it sounds like you're saying the author has no grasp of the legal issues involved.
Can you clarify?
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#6Numbers corresponding to obscenity depends entirely on the software that interprets and renders them, doesn't it? If I write software that translates the number 5 into obscenity, would 5 become illegal?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Summary: "Illegal number" is a term that you use to refer to protected digital information when you also want to convey that you have no grasp of the legal issues involved.
Having read the article, I'm not sure if this summary is satirical or not. On the one hand, it sounds like it could be a relevant summary of his point, on the other hand it sounds like you're saying the author has no grasp of the legal issues involved. Can you clarify?
The author of that article specifically made a point of not calling either side "right" or "wrong"; the article just exists to help both sides understand the worldview of the other. Whichever mindset you hold, understanding the other mindset will help you make more effective arguments that don't sound inherently insane.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Having read the article, I'm not sure if this summary is satirical or not. On the one hand, it sounds like it could be a relevant summary of his point, on the other hand it sounds like you're saying the author has no grasp of the legal issues involved. Can you clarify?
The author of that article specifically made a point of not calling either side "right" or "wrong"; the article just exists to help both sides understand the worldview of the other. Whichever mindset you hold, understanding the other mindset will help you make more effective arguments that don't sound inherently insane.
I'm aware, but the grandparent wrote a "summary" that could be read as either:
His point, worded a little oddly.
"The author got the law side wrong, and is yet another stupid nerd who doesn't get it."
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#9The first thing that comes to mind when looking at the flag are Windows 8 theme colors.
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#10I'm intrigued by how the law would handle one time pad cryptography in such a case. You could produce two numbers of similar length, each on its own bearing no relationship to the 'illegal' number, but which can be combined to give that number. Then post them separately. Could either of them legally be taken down?