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6 Sep 2024 09:16:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Smuggling BB's as software piracy  
From: somebody
Date: 23 Jan 2009 05:26:45
Message: <49799b65$1@news.povray.org>
"Mueen Nawaz" <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote in message
news:4979553f$1@news.povray.org...
> Darren New wrote:
> > gregjohn wrote:
> >> I was just imagining a scifi novel where The Man has complete control
> >> over
> >> people's computers and the only way to share software (legally/
> >> illegally) is
> >> to load your car up with bb pellets.  The Man doesn't stop cars and
> >> doesn't
> >> think to check for bb's.   Once you get to the destination, you count
> >> bb's, and
> >> viola, sofware is shared.

> > I think you're going to need a huge car to smuggle a 256 byte program.
:-)

> Different color bb's can represent different bases. Problem solved.

You just need one pellet with a carefully chosen colour.


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