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1996-04-15 - Re: [NOISE] Consolidation of threads …

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From: mhinze@why.net (Matt Hinze)
To: olbon@dynetics.com (Clay Olbon II)
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UTC Datetime: 1996-04-15 07:29:16 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 15:29:16 +0800

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From: mhinze@why.net (Matt Hinze)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 15:29:16 +0800
To: olbon@dynetics.com (Clay Olbon II)
Subject: Re: [NOISE] Consolidation of threads ...
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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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