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Re: [NOISE] Consolidation of threads ...

To: [email protected] (Clay Olbon II)
Subject: Re: [NOISE] Consolidation of threads ...
From: [email protected] (Matt Hinze)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 04:26:06 GMT
Cc: [email protected]
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>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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